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The Mesopotamians did not believe in their gods and ghosts; they took them for granted, which is a different mechanism entirely.

Drawn from what Irving Finkel said

Subjectreligion
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religion Faith as a thing a society runs on, and what has been tried in its place.

What Irving Finkel actually said

  1. Irving Finkel Assyriologist at the British Museum
    But they didn’t believe in ghosts, they took them for granted. And they didn’t believe in the gods, they took them for granted. This is a different mechanism, because nobody here in the world today takes those things for granted, just the opposite.

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