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Do religions and/or organisms evolve?
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Organisms don't evolve, species do.
And if "evolution" refers to "change over time", then yes, religions (and other human institutions, such as government and culture) change over time. But it isn't in the same way.
And if "evolution" refers to "change over time", then yes, religions (and other human institutions, such as government and culture) change over time. But it isn't in the same way.
...huh? What do you mean, evolve? Something like memes or whatnot?
That's what I was meaning to say.
How so?
Yes that's waht I was saying.
Read above.
Fugitive Sisyphus
Escape Artist
Both religions and organisms(species) evolve. It is trivial to prove this as both religions and species have changed from what they were in some point in the past.
Maybe in 1520, but not in 2000. They've got too many nutty subgroups to be evolved.
Masquerouge
Deity
A result of the Protestant Explosion
So they've filled the nutty fundie niches in christianity. Catholicism has filled the rationality niches, though
Not if you go far enough, you are bound to find something in which could cause a religion to evolve.
Not always, take the current pope for example. He still a bit nutty.Catholicism has filled the rationality niches, though
Fugitive Sisyphus
Escape Artist
Eh, in retrospect he's not as bad as a pope possibly could be. At least he's not bad as the popes that condemned ideas of democracy and the enlightenment.
Compared to the nuttiness of Pentecostalism, and the warped ideology of the few protestant churches which actually think that keeping material wealth and not helping people in need is a good thing, it's got nothing.
I saying like, if religion A believes in a doctrine but Event A and/or religion B comes into contact, it may cause it to mutate and thus creating a fission or even a total separation to occur. The Religions adapt to what environment they are in and will react when a variable changes, added or removed.
Does not compute.
Fugitive Sisyphus
Escape Artist
Yes. It's the way you said it originally implied that you disagreed with what I had said.
I'll give you that up to an extent, in comparison to the last pope, he is to total nut job.
I give you this in some cases, but I do say that the Protestants of the Great Awakening, for example, were a rather good influence and helped create and empower liberalism as it is today.
Gilder
Deity
Obviously. religions today differ from what they started as. Christianity being the most obvious example.
Verge
Let's hug it out
Religions change over time in order to adapt to differing environments, just like species. Any general world history book will give plenty examples of various religions adapting to new events and situations.
That's basically it. What I am asking for is some YEC and/or anti evolutionist person to come out and refute this claim. Of which, they don't seem to be confident to answer in this thread.
Emperor2
Capitalist Missionary
1st - evidence (scientific, i'm to lazy to use the back arrow) shows that organizms evolve.
2nd. - The bible evolves from Gods policy w/ Abraham to his new policy represented by Jesus. I see that as an evolution - the best example is the change in 'an eye for an eye' policy.
2nd. - The bible evolves from Gods policy w/ Abraham to his new policy represented by Jesus. I see that as an evolution - the best example is the change in 'an eye for an eye' policy.
Margim
Footy's back.
Ridiculous question, really. It's like saying "can chickens and/or a skyscraper be eaten" or "should terrorists and/or babies recieve the death penalty". You've tied two mostly unrelated entities together, without explaining why or how.
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