On 05/24/2013 02:12 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > They make up "rules," declare them "invented by God," and then find ways > around them whenever it is convenient. The religious version of "There's > an app for that" is "There's an exception for that." Great little > article from Scientific American on how the Catholic Church once > declared beavers a fish: > > http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2013/05/23/once-up\ > on-a-time-the-catholic-church-decided-that-beavers-were-fish/ > > <http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2013/05/23/once-u\ > pon-a-time-the-catholic-church-decided-that-beavers-were-fish/>
Tribal chieftains in cahoots with the tribe's medicine man to keep the tribe members in line without force by using fear of the unknown.
