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The oldest religion?

The oldest religion?

The cooperative spirit of Poverty Point

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Gary A Schlueter
Jul 07, 2022
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    Wikipedia tells us, “The Iron Age kingdoms of Israel (or Samaria) and Judah first appear in the 9th century BCE.” That makes the Jewish religion 3,000 years old. In the northeast corner of Louisiana, Poverty Point is older than that, and the religion practiced at Poverty Point was 2,000 years older than that. It’s my thesis that the religion of the …

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