All things change or evolve over time, should religion?

Question

Why or why not?

or...

Name something that hasn't changed since the beginning of time and/or before.

I’m truly curious.

Ah, thats were you're wrong, slinkies come in different colors and in animal form and prints.

Answer 1

Yes, it should, and it does.

The evolution of religion is a slow process which seems to change old religions out for new ones every 2000 years or so. It seems to follow along with the astrological age for the time.
In the oldest written histories, from the Age of Taurus, we see gods who are very material oriented, very grounded in the Earth; an example would be the Egyptian gods from the times of the early Pharoes.
Later when the Age of Aries came around, we saw the old gods replaced by new gods, mostly war gods. Great Empires rose up and conquored the world: Greece, and then Rome.
Still later came the Age of Pisces, the one we're still in. Pisces has seen the old gods replaced by the One God. The dominant religions of the world today (Christianity & Islam) embody the archetype of Pisces in that it encourages its followers to blind obidence to church authority (or to the sheikh, for Muslims).
Now that the Age of Pisces is coming to a close, soon to be replaced with the Age of Aquarius, I expect to see a new religion come about and replace Christianity and Islam. Based on what I know, I expect this new church to embody humanitarian ideals and place more value on individual expression than Christianity and Islam have; it will probably also be one worldwide church, or, perhaps, a worldwide federation of churches.

Answer 2

Actually, not all things change or evolve over time -- not even in nature.

Look at alligators, for instance. They look and act pretty much the same as they did millions of years ago. They haven't changed much, if at all.

Look at the sun rise in the morning and set in the evening. It's been doing it the same way since the beginning. No change there.

Certain species of animals have behaved the same way since they burst onto the scene -- in some cases, they've even followed the same migration trails for millions of years. No change.

In other words, some things are constant. Some things are even eternal.

So is God.

Answer 3

Religions evolve greatly over time. Take Christianity/Judaism. In the beginning, The Jews behind Genesis and other earlier books were still slightly paganistic. The original word for God in Genisis really meant something like "a god" or "gods" and so genesis is supposed to take place in a place where there are multiple gods, maybe even some goddesses. Later, in the 10 commandments, God doesn't really say there are no other gods, he just says that they are for others to worship, and not to worship them. At first he even says to put him before them, which means they could even worship them as long as they made sure to think they were lesser gods.

Now that has evolved into there being one, supreme God, as well as the Jesus twist in everything.

Answer 4

The Spirit of God has never changed.

Man has changed and changed things with it. So we evolved as people.

So we can look at man as being corrupted and changing the word of God to his own understanding. Which has happened but the truth of God can not be changed. Which is the Spirit of God. So as along as man keeps communion with the Spirit of God we will evolve and the corruption fades away.

So religion does evolve with the people. I believe to fit there cultural needs.... but God has always stayed the same.

Just consider the thousands of years lost since abraham, moses and Jesus... The truth is obscure to us because we have so many interpetations from the bible and to many doctrines. But they all point to the same thing it just thier practices are different. So if your sincere and seek the truth you will know what it is all about.

Answer 5

Evolution isn't basically replace. it truly is a organic technique that demands self replicating structures with a variable mechanism for inheritability of characteristics. It must additionally fulfill the Markov materials. This leads to a branching technique that unavoidably generates nested units. Religions, governments and paradigms could replace yet they do no longer evolve in accordance to the organic and organic experience of the time era. in accordance to the extra primary colloquial experience evolution may be used to point replace ordinarily, yet evaluating organic and organic evolution with colloquial evolution is an invalid apples to oranges assessment.

Answer 6

Religion may eventually evolve, but there will always be people how cling to the old ways. I think it is good for religion to change to the new times. Look at the Constitution. It has been changed to accommodate the new era.

Answer 7

It did evolve, its called the New Testament, as opposed to the Old Testament, which was quite a bit different. As people evolved, we were given Christ, and the New Testament, because we were finally mentally able to comprehend things like mercy, foregiveness, etc., which in the Old Testament were basically non-existent. No more "eye for a eye", but "turn the other cheek". He gave us rules we were able to understand in the OT, because basically at that time in our mental development, we could not comprehend more complex thought.

Answer 8

Religion should change. People aren't static and nor should their beliefs be. It's very hard for people to accurately judge something or someone against standards that have been set a thousand years ago. I will say though I like the verse "love thy neighbor as thy self". I just wish others would remember it.

Answer 9

Religions should evolve, but Christianity doesn't believe in evolution, therefore can't evolve according to its own teachings, so in theory should be just the same as how it started out. It is not, proving its theories wrong, so doesn't work.

Answer 10

One thing that hasn't changed over time is man's susceptibility to sinful temptations. And to your question, things can "change" over time to a certian degree, but the things that are truly of God remain forever.