If they locate a God gene, us atheists could be the vanguards of humans next evolutionary step
2006-09-02 10:29:41 · 14 answers · asked by Black Atheist 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not so much an atheist, but I'm not a god believer either.
Your question is problematic because if believing in a God is a mental disease then not believing in a God would also be a mental disease.
Both of these are extremes as there is no proof for either.
The same faith that people have to believe that there is a god, is the same faith that people use to believe that there is not a god.
I could easily give examples why either could be true.
If one lacks faith completely and utterly, then one could not believe either one of these to be true. So maybe, I am the one with the mental illness as people with faith are the norm.
2006-09-02 10:54:52 · answer #1 · answered by Quest4questions 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes belief in religion is genetic. Every aspect of your development is based on your genes and two children raised in the same environment don't allways choose the same religious beliefs so tendency towards religious belief is not governed entirely by environment. Psychologists will probably some day declare that faith in a god is a Mental Illness becuase they get paid to have people think that the way they were born is an illness that needs to be cured. To their credit, biblebangers that I've known who get on meds tend to tone the hellfire and brimstone down a bit. The assumptions that Athiests are advanced is a bit egotistical. It's not impossible to think that they're part of a control mutation that maintains social ballance or checks population growth by encouraging promiscuity or discouraging monogamy. Either way there's little to support that Humanity is evolving towards or away from Atheism.
2006-09-02 10:42:32 · answer #2 · answered by W0LF 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did no longer the ordinary public at one time have self assurance the international became flat? What occurred to Galileo? because of the fact that while is the RRS a hate group? If an Atheist activist group is a Hate group, would not a Christian activist group be the comparable? the only ration clarification for a theory in god, is myth. have you ever study the definition of myth? i'm going to quote from Merriam Webster. "2 a: some thing that's falsely or delusively believed or propagated b: a continual fake psychotic theory with regard to the self or persons or products outdoors the self that's maintained inspite of basic evidence to the different; additionally : the extraordinary state marked by ability of such ideals" Do you have any basic evidence a god exists?
2016-11-06 07:25:07 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no gene but in Europe a headline 2 or 3 weeks ago was "Scientists found where god lives" The answer was: "In the human brain" and it seems that there is an area in the human brain responsible for religious experiences. Unluckily in some people there seem to be strong connections to whatever other area that makes agressive feelings.
2006-09-02 10:39:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, god is not a mental disease, or a gene. its simply something some people choose to believe in and some of us do not. just because i dont believe a god exists doesnt mean whoever does is closer to a neanderthal than i am, it just means they have faith in something that i dont.
2006-09-02 10:34:54 · answer #5 · answered by The Frontrunner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No faith is a mental illness. As a child everyone brain believes what it is told in order to protect the child. When the child grows up this stops unless of course you believe in god in which case this blind belief gets called faith and the brain gets stuck in a childlike state.
Say no to jesus
2006-09-02 10:33:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, we are not the vanguard of an evolutionat process. We just have different ideas than those folks. Let it be.
2006-09-02 10:36:12 · answer #7 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
believing in god(s) is something that has been indoctrinated in to peoples mind. It is not an decease or a gene it misguided. To learn more read this; http://www.godisimaginary.com/index.htm
2006-09-02 10:41:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not at all. NO athiest believes this. Don't worry.
However, there is a general opinion that dependence on mythology is something humanity is evolving beyond.
2006-09-02 10:37:04 · answer #9 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No god gene. No mental disease. Life and after life will show that to you personally.
2006-09-02 10:32:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋