Instead of trying to prove that spirituality is inherent to humans?
Obviously it is... We've been spiritual longer than we've been civilized!
Obviously just your opinion. So now we're starting lap 2? You lost lap 1, lap 2 won't be any different unless you come up with something real. Because at the end of lap 1, you had nothing.
Dude... you are on record.
Ok, first links says he was ritually cremated some 42,000 years ago. Ok, link looks authentic, so that wasn't so hard for you to do, was it?
Third link says, "Mungo Lady is the oldest known cremation in the world, giving some idea of just how long spiritual beliefs have characterised our species. " (even though nobody explains why that's the conclusion of a cremation, but whatever, we move on...)
Ok, so the earliest ritual ceremony around a death is 42,000 years ago. So remind me, how does this prove spirituality is inherent in humans and not something like stone tools that we simply picked up along the way? And also, what about before that, man wasn't spiritual for the previous millions of years?
You read it and confirmed it... now you are saying there was "nothing"???
You really do need to have your head checked. You admitted humans were practicing spiritual beliefs 42k years ago, then started demanding to know why they couldn't have "picked that up along the way" or what about the previous "millions" of years... (humans are thought to have existed 200k years at best).
I went on to explain to you why the cremations were spiritual... the use of red ocher in their ceremony. I agreed that at some point, humans probably became spiritually aware and it has been an inherent trait of humans ever since. And we don't really know what happened before this because we haven't yet discovered it. But the whole argument began when I said that humans have been spiritual as long as they've been civilized. You've spent the last page arguing (for some reason) they weren't civilized until 8,500 years ago. Okay, so they were being spiritual 42k years ago. Now you laughingly claim I've showed you nothing... what has all this been about?
Why don't you just admit that it does not matter what evidence you're shown, your mind is made up and it's not going to be changed? That would at least be honest and people could respect that if nothing else... but this is pathetic. No, Ronda Rousey, I don't think you need to answer the bell for Round 2.... fight's over, baby!