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MineralMan

(149,591 posts)
10. Your examples are poor.
Mon Apr 1, 2019, 11:59 AM
Apr 2019
We no longer uses horses to pull loads. - Sometimes we do, though, or at least some people do. Consider the Budweiser Clydesdales. We don't use draft horses much, but there are still working horses out there.

We no longer draw water from a well. - Many rural dwelling places continue to rely on well water. In fact, there are rural communities everywhere that do. Indeed most municipal water supplies rely on wells. We don't use buckets and a windlass to get the water, though, any longer. Electric pumps handle that work.

We no longer use a bow to hunt for our food. - Bow hunting is a very, very popular thing in many states, which often have a separate hunting season for bowhunters. Every year, tens of thousands of bowhunters take to the field. Bowfishing is also a popular sport, and most fish caught that way are eaten.

We do behave in the same basic ways as our ancestors. We seek mates. We form social groups and societies. We look for answers to our questions. We fight wars and commit crimes. All the same. We just have different technology.

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Anachronism [View all] NeoGreen Apr 2019 OP
Are humans still humans? guillaumeb Apr 2019 #1
Citation needed. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #7
There can be no citation because the proposition is undefined. marylandblue Apr 2019 #9
It's defined implicity. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #14
Those seem undefined as well. marylandblue Apr 2019 #15
I know, right? Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #17
Perhaps for you. eom guillaumeb Apr 2019 #18
And anyone else who isn't hopelessly credulous. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2019 #20
We do a lot of things differently than back then. marylandblue Apr 2019 #8
Your examples are poor. MineralMan Apr 2019 #10
Here's something that's different: we've learned a lot from each other. trotsky Apr 2019 #21
Well, perhaps. It's diverting to come to the Religion Group. MineralMan Apr 2019 #22
Not a well thought out response. Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #19
It is a delusion to even think that an appeal to some invisible all-powerful being that we project vlyons Apr 2019 #2
If you had enough faith, prayer would work for you. LuvNewcastle Apr 2019 #4
Faith is nothing but wishful thinking vlyons Apr 2019 #6
It's a crutch. LuvNewcastle Apr 2019 #11
I like Top Hats Cartoonist Apr 2019 #3
Indeed they do. Here's one hatmaker who offers MineralMan Apr 2019 #13
I also like Derby Hats Cartoonist Apr 2019 #16
It will probably never go away since it seems able to adapt marylandblue Apr 2019 #5
We can hope that someday it will be a vestigial tradition, like the army's sabers. Pope George Ringo II Apr 2019 #12
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