But surely we'd have better proof by now if that were the case?
I don't agree with you. There were lots of societies who had no communication with each other who came up with strikingly similar creation myths, among other things. These, like ghosts, come from a human desire to explain things whichever way we can. People miss people when they die, it's comforting to think that death isn't the end. But it is.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:28, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Your answer is more succinct and much faster than mine.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:29, Reply)

I really hope it is.
For the sake of most b3tans. We're fucked otherwise.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:11, Reply)