by Bentley Scarton

Created on: June 08, 2008   Last Updated: June 09, 2008

As humans culturally started to evolve from their primitive nature about 10,000 years ago interesting phenomena commenced that would reverberate into humanities ascension to civility. The main of these phenomena was language, the evolution in it is evident from drawings in caves to hieroglyphs to the adapting of Phoenicians vowels into most Western languages. However 10,000 years ago as primitive man stumbled in forming a language other things started to happen, the development of a primitive consciousness and phonology. Obviously the primitive language wouldn't be as full with terms to describe our world and ourselves and even the analogous concept of self or "I" making existence not as personal but more collective.

Interestingly as man started to communicate he also started to think. However how would man interpret his thoughts then? Language back then was an invention and learned through exposure and creativity contrary to today where most of it occurs during infancy. Assuming that the speaking hominids were much like bilingual students we can suppose they had to put some effort in making statements, however when in thought perfect sentences flowed through their heads. Now man encounters a treacherous predicament it thinks but it cannot see itself as an "I" or have a self image so soon he starts to hallucinate that this voice pondering about the world and making suggestion in his mind is not himself but the commanding voice of an outer entity. So commanded by this imaginable God, mankind was guided to built temples, worship, and controlled until the notion of self was developed. Many scriptures allure to such way of thought; the Sumerians believed in a personal God to everyone. The Greeks believed that their Oracles were possessed by Gods and this was the way of Gods to reach human ears and so forth.

Consciousness in its advent to humanity was a confusing commanding spirit that soon started to govern our way of life. Its turbulent beginning still has imprints in human culture. Consciousness is what enabled us to maintain records and expand our knowledge making us the creators of a fascinating and modern 21st century with many amenities. Humans being conscious is what gave us the power to achieve most of our technological achievements. Remarkably some are still ingrained with their reverence to themselves.

We should pride in our cultural and natural evolution instead of discrediting our forefathers in the name of a religion.

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