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Scientists now know better how ancient thinkers got mixed up on the interrelationships of some of these actors and classes of actors. The ancient thinkers realized there were more components to their existence than simply heat from the sun or from fire or from a volcano. And so scientists conclude these early cultures created other gods to help the sun god or the fire god watch over the word. It is easy for a scientists to take a jaundiced look at these gods, and place all gods in a category called superstition. Looking at the first actor from this scientific standpoint, Table 3a-3f provides a summary of the gods of mankind, and is organized according to the times the various principal cultures were or are present on the earth:
- Table 3a:
- Sumerian: 4100 BC to 2334 BC
- Jewish: 1800 BC to Present
- Egyptian: 1300 BC to 343 BC
- Table 3b:
- Celtic: 1200 BC to 600 AD
- Greek: 900 BC to 400 BC
- Jain: 600 BC to Present
- Table 3c:
- Hindu: 550 BC to Present
- Mayan: 550 BC to 900 AD
- Roman: 509 BC to 476 AD
- Table 3d:
- Shinto: 300 BC to Present
- Catholic: 325 AD to Present
- Protestant: 325 AD to Present
- Table 3e:
- Hopi: 500 AD to Present
- Islam: 600 AD to Present
- Navajo: 1000 AD to Present
- Table 3f:
- Sikh: 1526 AD to Present
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon): 1830 AD to Present
- Maori: documented 1849 AD to Present
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