In this episode, the ancients go toe-to-toe with Nietzsche, Marx, Durkheim, and Freud, all atheists who aimed to convince humanity that religion was a social construct.  A dive into the ancient record, however, tells a radically different story, a story that is compelling, not only for the intriguing features it reveals about The Ancient Tradition, but for the striking unanimity we find in the accounts given by the ancient Egyptians, Mesopotamians and many others. Join us for this episode and visit us on the web at theancienttradition.com for more amazing comparative religion. Thanks for listening! To learn more about the evidence presented in this episode, visit theancienttradition.com