Were the ancients in on something we are not?

One needs to look no further than evangelical Christian's (and other religious groups as well...but here, in this Country (U.S.), I think it's more problematic with these evangelicals than with any of the other groups). I don't know...you'll have to ask them that question.
But if I had to hazard a guess, I would assume it's something along the lines that it provides them with some level of comfort. They don't like the idea that we (humans) have no more purpose than any other living thing on this planet, or that we were not the "goal" of creation. They don't like the idea that we just "are" and that we are the result of evolutionary processes, not some divine creation set here to rule upon all other organisms.It gives them their much desired "special purpose" (thank you Navin R Johnson )Edited by FliesOnly, : To add my "reasons"Edited by FliesOnly, : to fix a typo