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"In the beginning, human beings created God who was the First Cause of all things and Ruler of heaven and earth. He was not represented by images and had no temple or priests in his service. He was too exalted for an inadequate human cult. Gradually he faded from the consciousness of his people. He had become so remote that they decided that they did not want him anymore. Eventually he was said to have disappeared."(Last name of the author, year of pub, p.no.) This theory was proposed by Father Wilhelm in 1912.According to Schmidt, man and women had been monotheists; that is, they are said to have believed in one supreme High God also called the Sky God. Later the Sky God came to be replaced by more attractive gods and disappeared from their lives and new gods emerged. These gods were shortly forgotten.
Richard Purtill portrays his thoughts on why human beings have a need to worship. According to Richard, the need to worship appears to be a historical and......
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