A long time ago, the Greek philosopher #Xenophanes noticed how odd it was that the #gods we worship bear a striking resemblance to us. They walk like us, talk like us, and behave like us. They have the same petty jealousies and ambitions as humans, and they have superhero level powers. In the 19th century, the German #philosopher #Feuerbach noticed the same thing, and he said that religion is a manifestation of our ‘species consciousness.’ Species consciousness is the capacity we have to not onl