Category Archives: Ch.17) Proximity to Bounty

If you delve into specifics, people today ‘hunger’ for a god for reasons that poorly overlap with more ancient reasons. At least in areas of the world with amply stocked supermarkets and respected borders. Today we enjoy relative peace and … Continue reading →

Why do alpha males tend to be keepers of the garden? Before answering that question, let me explain what I mean by ‘keepers of the garden.’ No primate species but one will cultivate and tend a garden. Yet many if … Continue reading →

“Eventually Mike [a chimpanzee] calmed down and became a benign alpha. He was exceptionally generous in sharing meat.” (4) Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to … Continue reading →

The threshing floors will be filled with grain; the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. (Joel 2:24) To promise an abundance of food, there must either be a preexisting surplus to command, or a power capable of generating … Continue reading →