Subject: Re: Religious issues Was Evolution, natural selection


>  Bread has historically been a staple food,
> something people relied on for sustenence. It was important. It
> symbolized life, survival, sharing, charity, etc. It was a miracle food
> that could feed many more people than the surrounding wild game and
> vegetation. Perhaps that is why it is described as having been
> multiplied to feed the masses. Bread, being the staple food, created
> mans' body, and so symbolized the body of the creator.

It also made complex war possible. Your could easily send soldiers for long
trips to conquer other peoples and their land. The soldiers would not, as
the hunter/gatherers stop fighting to get hold of food. They already had it
in theri knapsacks.
It was Kain the graingrower who killed Abel the shepherd.
Eva