According to Russell (and other soruces, but I'm too lazy to look any up right now), most of the early cultures had a strong female god, who generally was associated with birth and the Earth. I guess there is a pretty direct line between these older faiths and Gaia. Gaia: A New Look at Life on EarthMale gods in many of these cultures are ascribed an inferior status and power. I wonder how the shift from the females gods of the Egyptians, Sumerians, Babylonians, etc., transformed into the fiercer, less nurturing, more punitive God of the Jews and the Abrahamic faiths that followed?
Consider my first loose thread. I'll drop others along the way. Hopefully, I'll manage to remember to come back and pick them all up. If I don't, feel free to remind me.
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