All major world religions began before literacy became widespread - what does that tell us?

Question

Answers on a prayer-mat, please.

Pilgrim - "Adam named thousands of plants, animals and stars" what the F***? Oh I see, it's IN THE BIBLE! Lol

wow, a lot of folks on here are quite touchy about their faith.

dog sneeze, - wow - let me quess, you're a protestant?

Answer 1

It tells us that to manipulate an uneducated mass of people, you put the fear of a powerful entity into their minds, ensuring that they comply, and then maintain control by offering the promise of an eternal paradise as a reward.

Answer 2

Well the Bahai Faith Stresses Education:
"The Great Being saith: Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom." — Baha'u'llah
http://www.bahai.us/bahai-education

Knowledge is as wings to Man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. - Bahá'u'lláh
http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/

"Immerse yourselves in the Ocean of My words" -Bahá'u'lláh-

758. And among the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh is the promotion of education. Every child must be instructed in sciences as much as is necessary. If the parents are able to provide the expenses of this education, it is all right; otherwise the community must provide the means for the teaching of that child.

(Compilations, Baha'i Scriptures, p. 416)

Bahá'u'lláh declares that all mankind should attain knowledge and acquire an education. This is a necessary principle of religious belief and observance characteristically new in this dispensation.

(Compilations, Baha'i World Faith, p. 247)

The cause of universal education deserves the utmost support that the governments of the world can lend it. For ignorance is indisputably the principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples and for the perpetuation of prejudice. No nation can achieve success unless education is accorded all its citizens. Lack of resources limits the ability of many nations to meet their peoples' needs, imposing a certain ordering of priorities. It is for this reason that the decision-making agencies involved would do well to consider giving first priority to the education of women and girls, since it is through educated mothers that the benefits of knowledge can be most effectively and rapidly diffused throughout society.

(Baha'i International Community, 1992 Mar 17, Equality Girl Child)

Equality of Men and Women

One of the social principles to which Bahá'u'lláh attaches
great importance is that women should be regarded as the
equals of men and should enjoy equal rights and privileges,
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equal education and equal opportunities.
The great means on which He relies for bringing about the
emancipation of women is universal education. Girls are to
receive as good an education as boys. In fact, the education
of girls is even more important than that of boys, for in time
these girls will become mothers, and, as mothers, they will be
the first teachers of the next generation. Children are like green
and tender branches; if the early training is right they grow
straight, and if it is wrong they grow crooked; and to the end
of their lives they are affected by the training of their earliest
years. How important, then, that girls should be well and
wisely educated!

(Dr. J.E. Esslemont, Baha'u'llah and the New Era, p. 146)

No other religious movement has put so much emphasis on the emancipation and education of women.

(Misc Baha'i, Appreciations of the Baha'i Faith, p. 41)

http://www.bahai.us/
In the Bahai Faith Bahá'u'lláh teaches us about the importance of the equality of the races and the sexes,

These include the elimination of
all forms of prejudice; full equality between the
sexes; recognition of the essential oneness of the
world's great religions; the elimination of
extremes of poverty and wealth; universal
education; a high standard of personal conduct; the
harmony of science and religion; a sustainable
balance between nature and technology; and the
establishment of a world federal system, based on
collective security and the oneness of humanity.

(Baha'i International Community, 1992, Magazine - The Baha'is)

Answer 3

It tells us that they had time in those days to ponder the meaning of life and to recognise the beauty of the world they lived without having the distractions of TV and the media of the modern world. Man had time to really sit and think - that is why many of the philosophers of the world lived in ancient times and thought about things we take for granted today. Don't knock religion just because you do not believe in it - it has answers for millions of people around the world of all races and creeds .

Answer 4

FIRST
came EMPIRICAL Notions
and feelings about Each Other, the World, the Universe
THEN
came STUDY

Now we have to Balance things out
Believe...
Love Each Other, Love the Planet, Love God,

Knowledge and a Feeling of Freedom
are Hard to Balance

Answer 5

It's like that game we would play in First Grade... One person would say a statement to the person next to them. Then they would say it to the person next to them. By the time it reached the other side of the room, the statement was all distorted from its original truth. This is the Bible: a bunch of kids whispering a statement about how to live a good and clean life, but morphing it into a statement about which religion is the right one...

Answer 6

It tells us nothing. The first science and engineering would also have been done prior to "literacy." Furthermore, the existence of literacy today does not seem to preclude ignorant questions such as this one. The person asking it has apparently never really thought about the answer for him/herself for more than two minutes. And then some want to talk about "spoonfeeding?" Gimmeabreak!

Answer 7

You can't prove that statement. How do you know Adam was illiterate? He named thousands of plants, animals and stars. This would require a list somewhere to check what names were taken or an incredible memory..lol

Answer 8

It tells us that God could write before the rest of us could, and because He wanted us to know His word, He made sure literacy spread among us so we could read His word.

Answer 9

This tells us that the religeous impulse is not due to nurture, it is something ingrained in us at the very deepest level.

Answer 10

Means that people before had photographic memory and superior intelligence. There was no need to write things down, everything was stored in their brains.