Does the cult of evolution have churches and preachers?

Question

SEE HOW IT FEELS

Answer 1

Yes

Here's a sermon from a Darwin institution in England by one of their PHD Preachers:

I believe goblins are our future
Tuesday, October 17, 2006

The future of human evolution? When we look to the future, we look to perfection.

Fans of Star Trek see humanity seamlessly working together, while the film Gattaca, with its improbably good-looking cast, suggests we will become more beautiful.

But one evolution expert has come up with another theory on what some of us will become – dim-witted, squat, ugly goblin-like creatures. Not unlike Gollum from Lord Of The Rings, in fact.

Dr Oliver Curry, of the Darwin @LSE Centre at the London School of Economics, says the Gollums will be part of a genetic 'underclass', while an 'upper class' will be slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent and creative.



Such as sharp divide was predicted by HG Wells in his 1885 book, The Time Machine, where the ape-like Morlocks preyed on the fragile Eloi.

But Dr Curry's study predicts man peaking by the year 3000 with humans becoming giants up to 7ft (2.13m) tall.

Race will be a thing of the past and everybody will be 'coffee' coloured and live to 120 years.

Men will exhibit symmetrical facial features, look athletic, have squarer jaws... and bigger penises, Dr Curry believes.

Women will develop large, clear eyes, pert breasts, glossy hair, even features and smooth, lighter, hairless skin.

But, after 10,000 years, reliance on technology will see our genes degenerating and some humans could begin to resemble domesticated animals, or even children.

In about 100,000 years, sexual selection will breed greater and greater inequality and see the emergence of the two HG Wells-style sub-species.

Dr Curry said: 'The future of Man will be a story of the good, the bad and the ugly.

'While science and technology have the potential to create an ideal habitat, there is a possibility of a monumental genetic hangover due to over-reliance on technology reducing our natural capacity to resist disease, or our evolved ability to get along.'

Dr Curry predicts that eventually this will result in people splitting into two categories – either the healthy superhuman elite or the genetically disadvantaged Gollums.

Sexual selection will allow people to be choosier about who they mate with, thereby reinforcing the distinctions.

Answer 2

Evolution is not a religion. It is change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms from one generation to the next. These changes are caused by a combination of three main processes: variation, reproduction, and selection. Very different from a cult. Early christianity was considered a cult in 1st and 2nd century Rome ... which just goes to show you that the only difference between a cult and a religion is how many followers you have.

Answer 3

It is not a cult, it is a fact, intelligent people can understand this without a preacher, we only need scientists researching and exploring new contributions to the advancement of man kind. The church is the class room and the preachers are the professors.

Answer 4

Evolution is a theory predicated on science, it is not a competing religion. People who make it a religion have stopped the scientific process.

It would be very dangerous as a religion because it is a dead end considering the largest force on man is man. So even scientifically it acquires spiritual dimensions.

Answer 5

No, but you'll find many propentents of evolution in non-Dark Age churches on the various sabbaths.

Answer 6

Evolution is not a religion (you asked this before), hence not a cult, nor does it have any trappings of religion. It is, however, a proven fact (details on request).

Answer 7

It doesn't hurt when you say that because it is a lie to say evolution is a religion or a cult.
If you are feeling bad when someone says it to you maybe it is because you are not confidant that what you believe is the truth.

If what you believe can not stand up to scrutiny than it is not worth believing.

Answer 8

Now that would be pretty useless, wouldn't it? Evolution is studied in laboratories by scientists, and out in the field, surrounded by God's glorious creation.
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Answer 9

I too am waiting for your little boyfriend Gary. And then Bender can show up and you all can have a cute little cuddlefest. Awww, love.

Answer 10

There's only one way to find out... join them and see for yourself. Then you can come back and tell us how the experience was for you.