2007-09-30 02:34:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not sure. A lot of them don't appear to have changed since the 16th Century.
2007-09-30 02:38:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's possible. Any group that forbids or discourages reproduction outside the group will have some small impact on their genes.
And the memetic evolution of dogma itself is a known factor: religions adjust themselves - very slowly - to incorporate new data when it begins to threaten their numbers. Look at the issues with homosexuality and evolution: schisms are taking place all over, and the resulting groups will survive or fall acoring to which one picks up the most followers.
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2007-09-30 09:41:50 · answer #2 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We humans are still at a very early stage of evolution. If we survive long enough (say another ten million years or so) dogma of all sorts will go the way of the dodo. Probably so will all racial and maybe even sexual differences. We are the first species who will play a conscious part in directing our physical evolution.
2007-09-30 09:38:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No - individuals don't evolve, at least not in the technical sense.
Do they progress, though? Yes.
Does the church as a whole 'evolve' over time? Yes, but it's a figurative use of evolution, not textbook evolution (which only would apply to a species.)
2007-09-30 09:40:35 · answer #4 · answered by Lunarsight 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spiritually yes, physically no.
2007-09-30 09:39:51 · answer #5 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-09-30 09:37:42 · answer #6 · answered by larissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋