when people who have no idea what electricity is see a lightning storm, they need to come up with an explanation for why it's happening. when they don't know what tectonic plates are, they need to explain earthquakes. they also needed explanations for volcanoes, tornados, hurricanes, plagues, etc, etc, etc. not hard to understand that when people can't understand the actual cause of something, they come up with the best explanation they can.
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