Religious evolution shows a progression from comprehensible anthropomorphic gods (like Greek gods with human desires) to unknowable, hidden gods (invented by Judaism) who lack familiar appetites and cannot be understood, requiring individuals to project their own needs onto the blank canvas of the unknowable deity.

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Robert Sapolsky

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But what Jews seem to have invented back when is the unknowable God. A God who didn't have familiar appetites.

Source

31. Religious Belief by Robert SapolskyStanford School of Humanities and Sciences
Created: 8/12/2026, 5:59:56 PM

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