Moses wasn't the first to climb a mountain to meet his god. For at least 10,000 years people in the Negev and Sinai deserts were climbing skyward, leaving silent hints at purpose beyond functionality in the shape of standing stones and altars on the hilltops. ...
So, it may be a stretch to suggest that Judaism and its offshoots, Christianity and Islam, arose directly from deep roots in the Neolithic. It might be less of a stretch to suggest that the Neolithic beliefs continued with the requisite tweaks unto this very day, and that they themselves may have stemmed something greater and deeper, and earlier, that is common to all humanity – since humankind seeking godkind on high apparently wasn't confined to their descendants in what would become the heaven of the Middle East.
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