i borrowed this from jedi1josh(so thanks for your answer to my question if you read this hun)
There is a book called "The god part of the brain" in which the author explores a theory that we are all "hard wired" to believe in god. That the belief in a god was something humans developed during the evolution process for the purpose of keeping us sane, since we are aware of our own mortality.
are we all hard-wired to believe in something greater?
2007-02-13 02:12:20 · 13 answers · asked by Kismet 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is exactly what I have been thinking for a while now. I think humans have a desire for a God to exists. At some point, people just started believing in order to feed that desire. Then they get so worked up, they stop thinking rationally and start believing some book, written in metaphors, written by people who spoke in metaphors.
2007-02-13 03:12:12 · answer #1 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When the missionaries arrived in west Africa around the Niger river, they found villages were always situated a few kilometers away from the nearest freshwater source. This created a situation were the women in the village had to walk very long distances every day to obtain fresh water.
When the missionaries asked various village elders why they didn't live closer to the river, the answer they received was that it was where gods lived and they were only allowed to pass through. They claimed that if they lived any closer they would be punished.
Of course, we know from history that the missionaries converted enough natives to disrupt the local belief system and the local power structure. Eventually, the villages were moved closer to their nearest water source.
It was at this point that the incidence of river blindness skyrocketed. River blindness is caused by a parasitic worm and the vector of human infection is a particular species of black fly.
Eventually, anthropologists went into the region and found the remains of the old villages. As it turned out, the distance from these villages to the nearest water source consistently matched the maximal flight distance of the black fly that served as a vector for the worm.
(Note this is all from memory, so I apologize if some of the details are slightly wrong. But the general facts I've described are correct.)
2007-02-13 10:44:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. God is distinct from His creation. He is not "part of" anything He has created. Evolutionary change is simply one of the many natural processes God designed and put into place for the continuance of the universe.
2007-02-13 10:36:59 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Bible eludes to the fact that we are "hard wired" to believe in God. I don't see how evolution, and chemical processes could explain this.
2007-02-13 10:17:04 · answer #4 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Now evolution has a will, wow interesting
Wave the Magic Wand Of Evolution HAHAHA
2007-02-13 10:16:48 · answer #5 · answered by ۞ JønaŦhan ۞ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Excellent question. I do believe that Gods evolved along with humanity.
2007-02-13 14:10:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the thought of God and an afterlife drive our survival instincts
2007-02-13 10:16:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but I think that evolution is part of God's plan.
2007-02-13 10:15:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
hmm... I may just have to go out and buy that one! Finally something with some fresh ideas.
2007-02-13 10:22:01 · answer #9 · answered by billthakat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
god invented the evolution
2007-02-13 10:16:07 · answer #10 · answered by blu_ace19 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋