According to the scientific theories of adaptation and evolution, mankind came about from a neccessity to survive in a changing world.
Now, when you think about it, mankind has evolved and adapted a sense of morals in order to survive with one another. All humans have it - what they believe is right and what they believe is wrong.
Now secular morality is adapting into religion. It has been for quite some time, but now the majority of the Earth believes in one God or another. Isn't it then, by scientific theory, safe to say that Religious people are evolved people?
2007-10-08 21:21:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
BTW, do not tell me about the wars caused by religious people. There were wars caused by non-religious people over their beliefs as well.
Evolved or not, some people are aggressive and some people aren't.
2007-10-08 21:22:35 · update #1
I never said morality wasn't evolution. I said that religion is evolved morality.
2007-10-08 21:33:07 · update #2
Oh yes, and a belief system is not a religion. Take, for example, the atheist. He has a clear belief system and moral structure. Would you classify him as religious? No... but what if he believed that women have the right to be free to make their own choice and another atheist thought otherwise?
If they got into a battle, it would be a non-religious war based off beliefs.
2007-10-08 21:35:59 · update #3
You make a good point. Throw in that some people are devout Muslim, while others are Buddhist and others are Christian. All believe their God is correct and others are not. How can they be ALL correct?
The only common theory is that science can only go as far as we have learned. Then, we must believe in some kind of miracle. It's that leap of faith that keeps us going, especially scientifically.
Despite this point, we MUST believe in science to get the truth. We cannot give our life to a God who cannot be proven to be the one true God. Anyone who believes their God is the only one is brainwashed.
2007-10-08 21:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by Your Uncle Dodge! 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
"Now secular morality is adapting into religion. It has been for quite some time, but now the majority of the Earth believes in one God or another. Isn't it then, by scientific theory, safe to say that Religious people are evolved people?"
This is the part of what you wrote that I object to, most. You said that Now the majority of the earth believes in one God or another. But quite frankly, that has been true for ALL time. The ancient people in the Americas had their gods, the Ancient Egyptians, Babylonian, and Chinese had THEIR gods, along with the Romans and Greeks. Quite frankly this concept of religion is NOT a new Concept that came about with the advent of Christianity, which you are implying. The fact that one religion can dominate for a time but fade away makes me suspect that the same will happen with Christianity today.
What it boils down to, in my opinion, is that the fact that Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are the dominant religions in much of the western world today by no means suggests that it is any better. All of the same inconsistencies are there!
2007-10-09 11:14:20 · answer #2 · answered by Tikhacoffee/MisterMoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All people are evolved from something else if you go back far enough; it's a fallacy to equate culture with evolution, however.
Science does not actually address the existence of God. No way has been found to demonstrate the existence of God using scientific methodology, and so God is not an object of scientific concern.
Pax
2007-10-09 04:46:04 · answer #3 · answered by Babs 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's an interesting premise, but the major flaw is in assuming that "morality" and "religion" are synonymous. I'm sure there have been religious beliefs throughout mankind's history that we would find immoral today, and your argument seems to stem from the idea that morality could only have formed from religion. I would respectfully disagree with that statement and reject your hypothesis on those grounds.
2007-10-09 04:29:40 · answer #4 · answered by Tut Uncommon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, everyone is a product of Natural selection, even the religious. What's your point?
Religion isn't evolved morality, it's evolved superstition.
2007-10-09 04:26:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
"There were wars caused by non-religious people over their beliefs as well. "
I have not heard this, every primitive tribe or clan had some sort of belief system to help them try to understand the unknown. This has even been proposed for the neanderthals.
How would you describe "their beliefs" as other than religion
2007-10-09 04:29:34 · answer #6 · answered by vladoviking 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes evolution has led to people who believe in all sorts of things. That doesn't necessarily mean that what they believe in is true.
We could argue that belief in Gods is a means of adaption to cope with the pressures of the world. It does not follow that religion itself is true.
Thank you for your time and belief in evolution.
2007-10-09 04:39:28 · answer #7 · answered by penster_x 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Evolved or not, how come a humans nails are on top of the finger? Its a horrible place for a claw.
2007-10-09 04:27:18 · answer #8 · answered by Marcus R. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
*Sigh*
We are ALL "evolved people". The fact that we are here illustrates that our ancestors were successful in reproducing and raising new generations.
Religion and morals are two different things, and sometimes one excludes the other.
2007-10-09 04:27:17 · answer #9 · answered by Scott M 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not safe to say that at all. Secular humanist laws were in place far before any organized religion. If they weren't, we'd have killed each other to death already.
2007-10-09 04:30:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋