15
July
The De-syncretization of Faith and Reason through Superstition
July 15, 2025
Pope Paul produced an Encyclical on Faith and Reason (FIDES ET RATIO). I now believe reason is faith, faith in a reason for everything. The state is Grace, as Christians understand it. The process is the pursuit of truth, as I understand it. It began with the Ubaid people 7,400 years ago.
This table constitutes my organization of faith for an upcoming book.
I may call the book the resychritization of faith and reason. They are at first one, then idolatry (or polytheism) breaks them apart. This happened to the Sumerians thousands of years ago, and it now happens to Christians today.
The research is ongoing. This table will change. I published it because I use the published link to think about the subject.
The Birth of Reason
| Title | Date (BC) | Best LINK | Notes | Image |
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| Neolithic | 10,000 | Neolithic Revolution | The dawn of agriculture, also known as the Neolithic Revolution, refers to the period when humans transitioned from nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles to settled agricultural societies. This transformative shift, occurring around 10,000 BCE, involved the domestication of plants and animals, leading to a more reliable food supply and the development of larger, settled communities. |  |
| Neolithic Spread | Neolithic Revolution | Apparently, agriculture did not begin in lower Mesopotamia (Sumer) |  |
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| Ubaid | 5,400 | Ubaid | Initially Egalitarian. Ubaid made the first Temple in Eridu — first Sumerian city.. Leaders emerged over agriculture and administration. |  |
| Biblical Birth of Earth | 4000 BC (6000 years ago). | |||
| Sumerian Beginning (Ubaid end) – URUK period | 4,000 | Uruk experienced further urbanization and social stratification Anu — the King of the Gods Inanna — the Queen of Heaven | Uruk was first city. By 3600 BC, Uruk supported between 25K to 50K residents. Decentralized with religious center — City center was ENSI led. Temple districts formed. (1) Eanna district, dedicated to Inanna, the deity of love, divine law, and warfare. (2) Anu or An (Sumerian sky God). Included FIRST Ziggurat. Mass production began. Potter’s wheel invented. Bronze invented. Writing invented: 3500, proto-cuneiform. | |
| Early Dynastic Period | 2900-2334 | Early Dynastic | Rise of kings (Hereditary) Rise of city-state protected by tutelary deity. Nippur remained led by priests. Dedicated to Enlil, the supreme god of the Sumerians. Schools established. Temple still exerted significant control, owning large areas of land — 50% of land in private ownership. Struggle for power between temple and palace. | |
| The Corruption of the Kings | Circa 2384 | King (originally an Enzi) Enetarzi and his son Lugalanda of Lagash In 2351 BC, a man known as Urukagina rose to power in Lagash, overthrowing the corrupt king, Lugalanda. | The palace bureaucracy imposed heavy taxes and seized property from citizens. Officials unjustly confiscated animals and grain. Temple properties were appropriated for personal use. Rich and powerful preying on the poor and vulnerable. —— Urukagina enacted reforms representing a landmark in ethical governance. —— Lagash declined. Lugalzagesi from Umma, a neighboring city-state, attacked Lagash, and eventually all of Sumer. | |
| The King of Sumer | Circa 2334 | King of Sumer | Lugalzagesi conquered Akkad, Elam, parts of Syria | |
| Sargon of Akkad — The King of the World | 2334 | Subjugating Sumer | Rise of Akkadians over Sumer Created Agade and taxed the Empire. Sargon’s reign marked a transition from independent city-states to a centralized, multi-cultural empire. Shifted the language of the Empire to Akkadian. Created Babylon. The Akkadians didn’t get it. They called the Sumer Sumer (the land of the civilized Kings). The “sumerians” called Sumer Ki(land)-En(Noble/lord)-Gir(??) (Native Land??). The Garden??? | |
| Narum-Sin (grandson of Sargon) — King of the Four Corners of the World | Peak Akkadian Empire fueled by agriculture production, trading, and conquest. Narum-Sin deified himself. His son, Shar-kali-sarri assumed the throne and ended the empire. The Gutians conquered Akkadia (sans Agade) and Sumarian cities went independent. | |||
| Gutian Period. Lagash Recovered semi autonomously. | 2193-2119 | Sacked Agade and left no archeological evidence of its existance. Guitian rule was authoritarian. No administrative capacity. | ||
| Re-emergence of Sumer by Utu-Hengal The Third Dynasty and Neo-Sumerian period. | 2112 | Re-emergence of Sumer Shulgi deified himself. | His son-in-law and governor, Ur-nammu, ascended to power and relocated the capital to Uruk. He added the ziggurat of Ur dedicated to moon god Nanna. Code of Ur-Nammu, the oldest surviving code in history–finalized by Shulgi. Around 20th year of Shuli’s reign, he deified himself. | |
Sumerian Empire disintegration (Amorites, etc.) — Ibbi-Sin | 2028-2004 | Ibbi-Sin |  |
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| Elamite, Gutians, and other tribes from the Zagros mountains destroyed Ur. The extermination of Sumer | 2004 | Final Days of Sumer Lament for Ur. | ||
| Abraham (preserving the light of monotheism) | Between 2100 and 1900 | Evidence of Abraham | Born in Ur. Mainstream biblical scholars acknowledge that there’s no definitive proof that Abraham existed as a single, historical individual, but the general context of the stories is supported by archaeological and textual evidence. | |
| Babylonia Beginning (Su Lagon) | 1894 | |||
| Hammurabi and Babylonia … and a god to replace An (Marduk — chief god of Babylon) | 1792-1750 | |||
| Cassite Babylon | 1595 | |||
| Genesis Written | 1450 | The Jewish prophet and leader Moses has historically been considered the author of the Book of Genesis. Traditionalists also believe that Genesis was composed sometime around 1450–1410 BCE. Moses’ authorship of Genesis has largely been accepted as a matter of dogmatic tradition, though experts have passionately debated the question for centuries. | ||
| Elimite | 1155 | |||
| Babylon completely destroyed by assyrians. | 689 |  |
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| New Babylonian Empire of Nebekenzzar. | 612 | |||
| Persian Conquest of Babylon | 539 | |||
| Jewish community at Elephantine in Egypt The Queen of Heaven Survives. | 500-700 | Queen of Heaven (antiquity) | There was a temple of Yahweh in Egypt at that time, the 6th-7th centuries BC, that was central to the Jewish community at Elephantine in which Yahweh was worshipped in conjunction with the goddess Anath (also named in the temple papyri as Anath-Bethel and Anath-Iahu). Although the title of Queen of Heaven was often applied to many different goddesses throughout antiquity, Inanna is the one to whom the title is given the most number of times. In fact, Inanna’s name is commonly derived from Nin-anna which literally means “Queen of Heaven” in ancient Sumerian (It comes from the words NIN meaning “lady” and AN meaning “sky”),[10] although the cuneiform sign for her name (Borger 2003 nr. 153, U+12239 𒈹) is not historically a ligature of the two. |
