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[AtheistCrusader]

63. I don't see how it's related, but I'm sure you know, that is unknown.

Tribal behavior can be demonstrated to a degree, for some time periods. But at some point going backwards, meaning or intent is beyond the reach of anthropology. Same for theism. Humans seem predisposed to faith, and there is likely an social evolutionary reason for it, but the chicken/egg problem leaves it likely un-answerable as to which came first. For instance, Proto-faith May have been the mechanism that led to tribalism. Or perhaps the other way around. The best we can do here is observe remaining un-contacted tribes, but even that is pretty much contaminated at this point, and almost extinct.

That said, Tribal behavior need not be intolerant, nor theistic/non-theistic in nature.

Can you elaborate on what you are getting at here, as your supporting argument? I certainly disagree that intolerance is ‘human nature’, actually regardless of theism/non-theism. It’s certainly not universally so.

My point is more that of theism and a-theism at the society level, we can observe one more tolerant than the other in current world affairs. (With two exceptions that I argue aren’t exceptions at all)