Certainly most cultures have moral provisions for fighting outsiders, but given that Christian societies have also found moral provisions for battles and crusades, I don’t think you’re making any case that belief in a Supreme Being is the genesis of the social contract.
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Certainly most cultures have moral provisions for fighting outsiders, but given that Christian societies have also found moral provisions for battles and crusades, I don’t think you’re making any case that belief in a Supreme Being is the genesis of the social contract.
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I think you are something of a “philosopher” and this applies to YOU:
It’s often said that most of what the academic elites call “philosophy” is nothing but some underutilized minds worrying themselves about questions that common-sense folk find obvious.
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You seem to be picking quibbles based on your own interpretation of historical events. But that is one of the great things about FR.