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"Anthropological research has suggested that the taboo may have something to do with the image the villagers have of pygmies as the custodians of forest magic......
And their height is directly proportional to the amount of non-pygmy DNA inherited—"the less one is pygmy, genetically speaking, the taller one is," said Patin.
originally posted by: JAGStorm
"Anthropological research has suggested that the taboo may have something to do with the image the villagers have of pygmies as the custodians of forest magic......
And their height is directly proportional to the amount of non-pygmy DNA inherited—"the less one is pygmy, genetically speaking, the taller one is," said Patin.
It's amazing the weird stuff you can read/watch when in quarantine, or in my case pretty much anytime.
I've always been intrigued by the pygmy people. Look at how small these people are. Just imagine if some of them were even smaller at
one time. I'm really curious about this "forest magic" too. Were there pygmy type people in places other than Africa?
originally posted by: Guyfriday
a reply to: RubyRogue
By default there can't be "Sin".
Now then, why would dwarfism be something religiously linked, but gigantism isn't? I think the idea that a group of inbred, poorly nutrient, isolated group of people could very well explain some of the myths of "Little People". Now if we could think about the "Green Children" situation then maybe we'd be on to something.
originally posted by: Guyfriday
a reply to: RubyRogue
Yes no sin by default. God is good, therefore it can only do good things, and if God created all things, then by default all things are good and can only do good things. Any personal belief that a person had sinned, is in contrary to whatever god's actions are, but even those little naughty beliefs of yours is still good by default.
Let's look at it from another angle, Jesus died for all of our sins. This includes you and everyone you know, so future sins were included in Jesus' sacrifice. Therefore everyone born after 32AD can not have any sins, nor can they actively sin since all is forgiven.
So by default sin doesn't exist. I used the basic Christian model for this, but in all deity based religions that use the same model has the same confliction of morality.
religiously: you imply that being a pygmy is a sin, but left the reasons up in the air.
inbred: since most people know what this means, I bet you're asking about it in context. In researching the Little People of Flores (homo floresiensis) were a group of people that became stunted in growth due to diet, lack of genetic diversity, and environmental issues.
Haven't you ever heard of the "Green Children of Woolpit"? Very interesting tail, with real world evidence to back up the existence of the puzzle.