Romans 1:19-20, Acts 14:17
“Because what can be known of God is clear to their inner moral sense; for in this way God Himself has shown it to them. For ever since the creation of the world, His invisible characteristics – have been made intelligible and clearly visible by His works. So they are without excuse . . . (Williams’s translation) . . . yet He didn’t fail to give evidence of Himself by doing good, giving you rains from heaven and crops in their seasons filling you with food and happiness. (Beck)
So in the beginnings of civilization, mankind knew that the sun was the servant of God. As some men acquired political power through natural abilities according to Polybius, this leadership arose from the organization of hunting bands. Hunters accustomed to following direction from a leader in the field, would naturally retain this rudimentary social organization upon return to the larger group. Even the production of spear points required an intensive apprenticeship. These hunting bands soon found that they had power over the distribution of food. Later, as agriculture required public works an officer cadre’ was already in place; to encourage a transition from an egalitarian state to an authoritarian state, stratification had already set in as a division between hunters and non-hunters. As both classes became producers, the trade of meat for grain tended to consolidate the power of the hunting class to which possession of, and expertise with, weapons was no detriment. As production increased, so did the population. The primordial social organization increased as well with the increase in population came a concomitant increase in specialization and the stratification of that population. When production
“Because what can be known of God is clear to their inner moral sense; for in this way God Himself has shown it to them. For ever since the creation of the world, His invisible characteristics – have been made intelligible and clearly visible by His works. So they are without excuse . . . (Williams’s translation) . . . yet He didn’t fail to give evidence of Himself by doing good, giving you rains from heaven and crops in their seasons filling you with food and happiness. (Beck)
So in the beginnings of civilization, mankind knew that the sun was the servant of God. As some men acquired political power through natural abilities according to Polybius, this leadership arose from the organization of hunting bands. Hunters accustomed to following direction from a leader in the field, would naturally retain this rudimentary social organization upon return to the larger group. Even the production of spear points required an intensive apprenticeship. These hunting bands soon found that they had power over the distribution of food. Later, as agriculture required public works an officer cadre’ was already in place; to encourage a transition from an egalitarian state to an authoritarian state, stratification had already set in as a division between hunters and non-hunters. As both classes became producers, the trade of meat for grain tended to consolidate the power of the hunting class to which possession of, and expertise with, weapons was no detriment. As production increased, so did the population. The primordial social organization increased as well with the increase in population came a concomitant increase in specialization and the stratification of that population. When production
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