The statement "But the primitive mind was neither logical nor consistent" is contradicted at 86:2.3 and 90:3.3, where the primitive mind is described as containing few ideas for intelligent association, and handicapped by lack of facts, but logical nonetheless.

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^{P995:2, 91:1.3} But the primitive mind was neither logical nor consistent. Early men did not perceive that material things were not the province of prayer. These simple-minded souls reasoned that food, shelter, rain, game, and other material goods enhanced the social welfare, and therefore they began to pray for these physical blessings. While this constituted a perversion of prayer, it encouraged the effort to realize these material objectives by social and ethical actions. Such a prostitution of prayer, while debasing the spiritual values of a people, nevertheless directly elevated their economic, social, and ethical mores.