[kosta50]

If you believe in evolution, then presumably primitive man did not have ANY sort of revelation comparable to the scriptures.

What is a revelation? To some tribal shaman, a thought occurred that the rumbling volcano might be an angry god and that something had to be done to appease him. To make his conviction "true" he presets it as something the volcano god revealed to him. And when various sacrifices failed to "tame" the angry "god," they believed they didn't do enough, and the "god" didn't hear they prayers. Sounds familiar, right?

[Forest Keeper]

To some tribal shaman, a thought occurred that the rumbling volcano might be an angry god and that something had to be done to appease him. To make his conviction "true" he presets it as something the volcano god revealed to him. And when various sacrifices failed to "tame" the angry "god," they believed they didn't do enough, and the "god" didn't hear they prayers. Sounds familiar, right?

No, it doesn't sound familiar TO ME. To the shaman, the basis for his faith in the volcano god was whatever he made up himself, or was told by other men. IOW, nothing. THAT sounds familiar to me. :) By contrast, we have the Holy scriptures which are God's revelation to us directly. The shaman didn't have God-breathed words.