| I would say that supernatural religion is a reaction to reality. What most all supernatural religions do is anthropomorphize reality and then try to negotiate with the personification. A spirit or elemental or demon or jinn or angel or god is simply a particular manifestation of that personification for that particular susperstition. There are then those that claim that they can communicate with that personification or control it. The covenant of the old testament is simply a purported contract with such a personification. Christianity is based on a "new deal" with the personfication created by the Jews. The really funny dang thing about it is that for the most part the Jews think that Jesus had nothing to do with their god. Go figure. But when you live in an imaginary world everybody gets to make up any dang thing they want. I just wish they wouldn't try to force everyone else to live in their particular dream world. That they would just be happy to be allowed to be functionally insane.
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