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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 5 Jul 2016

    Is God the ultimate alpha male? https://aeon.co/essays/how-monotheists-modelled-god-on-a-harem-keeping-alpha-male … via @aeonmag

    6:40 AM - 5 Jul 2016
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      1. Johnjoe McFadden‏ @johnjoemcfadden 5 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @aeonmag

        then why are so many earliest paleolithic images (e.g.Venus of Willendorf 25k BCE) female?pic.twitter.com/FmQ9JANiI4

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      2. Delaney Sheffield‏ @DelaneyAnn_ 5 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @KimLeeHomme @aeonmag @ChelaMarieee HE USES HIS TWITTER AGAIN!!!!!

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      3. Chela Martinez‏ @ChelaMarieee 5 Jul 2016
        Replying to @DelaneyAnn_ @sapinker and

        omg stop😂 you internet troll

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      1.  ❌Deplorabot  ❤️ 🇺🇸‏ @buybuydandavis 5 Jul 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @aeonmag

        ultimate abusive patriarch. you deserve to be tortured, but in his Mercy he will relent if you obey without question.

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      1. Vincent Menezes‏ @vincentmenezes 5 Jul 2016
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        Is #God the #ultimate #alphamale? http://aeon.co/essays/how-mon … .@sapinker .@aeonmaghttps://aeon.co/essays/how-monotheists-modelled-god-on-a-harem-keeping-alpha-male …

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      1. ctmorey‏ @ctmorey 5 Jul 2016
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        if this were true, he would be given a name like 'Father' or something. Hmm wait..

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      1. LaurieEndicottThomas‏ @LaurieEThomas 5 Jul 2016
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        People used to regard pharaohs and emperors as gods.

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      1. Sky Leach‏ @SkyLeach 5 Jul 2016
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        God is the set Sn of all sets S-epsilon(0-(n-1)) where the members of the sets are well defined.

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      1. Zed Is Not Here‏ @ZedtheVulcan 5 Jul 2016
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        Use this to explain the appeal of ISIL.

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      1. Secular Dhimmi‏ @6siders 5 Jul 2016
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        allah and oldtest god sure

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      1. little d.‏ @rubberfist96 5 Jul 2016
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        @Versace_Rilo

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      1. blank‏ @chieflyoffire 5 Jul 2016
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        @OksanaBoyko_RT @aeonmag And not on the power of fate?Sounds too Freudian (i.e.,his teachers Ernst Heckle & Darwin...). Absurd...

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      1. Hundred Year Egg‏ @iamjimmyo 5 Jul 2016
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        everything claimed in article is disproven by ANY familiarity with history. Shockingly ignorant

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      1. Mark Bulger‏ @Mark_Bulger 5 Jul 2016
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        Quotes both Freud and Desmond Morris - are you serious? Only things missing are orcs and elves. Surprised you link this .

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      1. barry goldman‏ @barrygoldman1 5 Jul 2016
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        y monotheism come late and not to all cultures?

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      1. acromel‏ @Acromel_ 5 Jul 2016
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        Begging the question. Come now Steven, you should know better than that. Even for a click-bait article.

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      1. Rich x2c‏ @RichX2c 5 Jul 2016
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        @OksanaBoyko_RT @aeonmag No, what people dont seem to understand is that each has their own roles within the family unit!!

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      1. barry goldman‏ @barrygoldman1 5 Jul 2016
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        i always find mixing carefully collected biological data with higgldy piggldy bible an odd game. monotheism isnt univrsl

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      1. TheReal Gus‏ @IAmTheRealGus 5 Jul 2016
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        Picture him more as a bro.

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