Abraham, assuming he even existed, was mentally ill.
In ancient times, the mentally ill were said to have been touched by the god(s). The most functional of the mentally ill became known as "prophets."
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.So much for evolution, or maybe we have peaked. Maybe this is as good as we get as a species. 
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Well, I'll take a satircal approach and say that the smarter of us have made it so that society is a lot safer than it once was, and stupid people are better able to survive and reproduce which leads to society being dumbed down in general. From an evolutionary standpoint, it would make sense that stupid people would need to reproduce more often to better insure their genes get passed on ... at least it would in a dangerous environment, and that making society safer didn't change their reproductive rates. So, the intelligent are just currently grossly out numbered.... and so we end up with stupid things like climate change denial, Brexit and Trump.
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