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As can be seen, Öcalan, in his own mind, identifies a time when
           humans started becoming human and claims that the notion of religion
           was developed by man under the influence and fear of supernatural
           events. This idea can also be seen in other statements of his:


                … Let us have a look at humans and consider their weakness
                against nature while trying to understand religion. With what
                will he overcome this weakness, this nakedness of his? I believe

                that we are not mistaken in this point: Humans, in order to
                make themselves ruling, in order to get rid of their help-
                lessness, in order to appear sympathetic towards nature and



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