Seth Huntley: Religion by

Body 1

820928_4 — 2024-10-07 16:52:43 UTC

“Everything about life in Mesopotamia revolved around the deities. … if you pleased the gods and goddesses, you could improve your luck and life in general.”

820928_4 — 2024-10-09 15:29:52 UTC

People in Mesopotamia could improve their overall life. This was done by pleasing the Gods and Godesses, in return, the gods rewarded civilization.

820928_4 — 2024-10-09 15:35:30 UTC

Without these temple people of Mesopotamia would not be able to praise the Gods and in return would not be gifted.

820928_4 — 2024-10-09 15:37:14 UTC

By praising the Gods people would receive luck, crops or other gifts.

Body 2

820928_4 — 2024-10-09 15:41:33 UTC

“Many religions have a creation myth; Mesopotamia’s went beyond creation to give people their purpose in life.”

820928_4 — 2024-10-09 15:42:47 UTC

The purpose of the Mesopotamia religion was to give the people of Mesopotamia a meaning of life. This was important to give the people a purpose to live and a goal to fulfill.

820928_4 — 2024-10-09 15:52:26 UTC

One goal someone would follow in Mesopotamia is to provide materials to the Gods. This was to give the people of Mesopotamia something to focus on besides survival.

820928_4 — 2024-10-09 15:55:42 UTC

The Mesopotamia religion was focused around multiple main Gods and thousands of minor Gods.

820928_4 — 2024-10-14 01:05:00 UTC

People in Mesopotamia would not find resources from the gods, such as irrigation systems and had to make it themselves.

Counter Claim

820928_4 — 2024-10-14 01:13:57 UTC

"He might also see it as the gods challenging him to find a solution—like inventing irrigation."

820928_4 — 2024-10-14 15:23:08 UTC

The gods often did not send rain when the citizens asked for water for their crops making the religious requests not important to the civilization's ability to water its crops and produce food.

820928_4 — 2024-10-14 15:43:41 UTC

The gods didn't supply the solution to crops, but civilization did. The gods did not provide the crops or irrigation system rather it was humans who engineered these materials.