(It's a no-brainer)
2006-12-19 09:43:47 · 6 answers · asked by dissolute_chemical 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry, evolution isn't really working on people. Our medical technology has made it so that people don't usually die from the diseases that would have served as natural selection in the past.
2006-12-19 09:46:56 · answer #1 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, social organization and rules that kept disease from killing off tribes and enforced family structures could all have positive effects that directly enhanced the evolutionary process. Now religion is the cause for de-evolution as they ensure the survival of the weakest minds by over-breeding and dis-education. The first sign a species is becoming sentient is when they have evolved to the point where they can abstract enough to invent a god. The first time a species achieves sentient maturity is when they get rid of their gods.
2006-12-19 17:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you mean "evolution." Religiousness isn't genetic, so it isn't affected by the forces of natural selection, nor is it nature that approves or disapproves of the religious, it's society.
And there have been a lot of periods in history when the religious had an easier time surviving than the irreligious, depending on their religion, of course. Most of history, in fact.
2006-12-19 17:54:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Social evolution is based on the ideas passed down within a group. Given all the adversity the Jews have suffered, you have to wonder how important a Kosher diet and respect for learning was to their long term survival.
2006-12-19 17:51:11 · answer #4 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is being best fitted to the environment, so yes. Inquisition Spain was not a good time to start saying "So, this god then. Got any proof?"
2006-12-19 17:45:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dark Ages?
2006-12-19 17:44:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋