Is evolution a religion?

Question

Some people believe it and others dont that kind of sounds like a religion to me.

Answer 1

good question,

The modern world is under many forms of thinking movements, that are just as extreme and active as religion at times. mostly this is just for the purpose of freeing themselves of any form of responsability or commitment in there personal lives.
Absolute freedom.
In the attempts to pull them away from religion, they end up creating one.
i would call it idealism under the heading "religion"
Most athiests put all there faith in evolution in an aggressive fashion for this reason.

Answer 2

It depends on how you define religion, as different people have different ideas about what religion means. If you classify religion as something you enact to worship, then no, evolution is not a religion. But if you mean religion as simply a way of seeing and understanding the world, then evolution would be part of AN religion, but not a self-encapsulated one. Evolution is only a descriptive process that explains the part in the middle of the story; how things interact and change via cause and effect. But this does not explain the very beginning, nor does it explain the end, it's only the process. They is likely more wisdom to be learned form evolution, but it is inscrutable without accounting for direct experience and the role of the observer. My 2 cents anyway.

Answer 3

Religion
1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
2. a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: the Christian religion; the Buddhist religion.
3. the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices: a world council of religions.
4. the life or state of a monk, nun, etc.: to enter religion.
5. the practice of religious beliefs; ritual observance of faith.
6. something one believes in and follows devotedly; a point or matter of ethics or conscience: to make a religion of fighting prejudice.

Evolution
3. Biology. change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.


Evolution does not attempt to explain the origins of life, the universe etc
Evolution does not attempt to dictate how someone should live their lives

In fact evolution does not relate to any of the definitions of religious.

People who don't agree with evolution do so BECAUSE of their religion and for no other reason.

Evolution is real, it happens. Accept it.

Answer 4

No, it's a scientific theory. Religions also have to promote a way of life, evolution does not (most religions aside from Buddhism also believe in a higher power).

Answer 5

Evolution is based on fact. Religion is based on belief . Evolution doesn't have a collection basket, religion does.

Answer 6

Evolution itself is not a religion, but a theory.

Answer 7

Evolution is "like" a religion because you need to have "faith" to believe it. The more scientists discover the incredible complexities and of the human body and nature, the more difficult it is to "believe" that we actually "evolved" from the "ooze" (so to speak). As a watch needs a watchmaker to create the intricate interlocking parts of a watch, so it makes absolute sense that "we" had an "intelligent maker", since we are definitely infinitely more complex than a watch. And that takes much less faith to believe than Evolution.

Answer 8

Religion:

1. a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
2. an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"

Hmmm, no, not really.

Answer 9

It's too bad it wasn't. Then scientists would have to waste all that time doing all that "research" stuff--They could just say "Evolution is the only path" and the arguments would cease.

Answer 10

I'd say it would depend on the individual's approach.
Just about ANYTHING could be a "religion" to the devotee...
Some folks seem so devoted to an idea that, for them, it becomes a "religion" to them.