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Originally Posted by Richard
I know what Ecclesiastes says - and, gee, I wonder if that thought and any such similar patterns of circumstances existed before any particular religious group decided to give proprietary claim to it? 
And so it goes...
Richard  |
Not sure that any propietary claim to the thought was made in Ecclesiastes, or by any religious group.
The all-to-common idea is used by Solomon to support his sermon, in addition to personal experiences related and observations made with a poetic beauty preserved across millennia and translation.
Such thoughts tend to lead to a conclusion (Solomon explicitly states his) and when most people make an observation of this "common idea" they tend to
pause and consider.
Selah.
