Busting Rocks - Stone Age Science Fiction/Fantasy RPG - clarifications

[hej]

Thanks for all who gave me feedback. To show my gratitude, I have taken the time to create fuller, more correct explanations to explain the following.
Why...
1. religion did not exist.
2. morality did not exist.
3. numbers did not exist.
I also added,
4. intelligence and ignorance
I have posted them at Busting Rocks and I welcome further commentary.

--hej
Busting Rocks
This game reflects archeological and linguistic evidence about the Stone Age at a particular time and location. Truth is elusive. Knowledge is sparse. Magic is, as now, about deception. Characters can not write. Nor can they count. Religion does not exist. Neither does morality. Conscience does, though, and can assist or impede characters' acting in their best interests.

 

[Bill Reich]

I have followed your threads on three different fora. I think almost all of the disagreements have been about definitions. Your point about religion not being mentioned in the very earliest writing seems telling but burial rituals precede that writing by a lot. I think that what was written down was what was temporary and not part of the memorized oral tradition. If a neighbor owes me two sheep, I can't put that into the epic poem by which we remember our traditions because he won't owe me two cows tomorrow. He may owe me none or he may owe me three. So, the earliest writing was for the small stuff.

 

[hej]

Thank you for your respect for my little project.

"Your point about religion not being mentioned in the very earliest writing seems telling but burial rituals precede that writing by a lot"

Why not just call it a burial custom?

In my clarifications, I do not mention writing all all when it comes to religion.

True that the earliest writing was for "small" stuff (accounting for goods), but by just one thousand years later, law was being carved into stone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Ur-NammuThe Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100–2050 BC.

No longer small stuff. But religion is missing from inscriptions because it still did not exist.