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>> often the result of thousands of years of evolutionary processes which refine them >> Religious beliefs/texts are an extension of human evolution and should be seen that way.

If this is true, does it mean that churches all over the world did a big disservice to the holy books and stopped the evolution by creating institutions dedicated to preserve text of this books in unchanged form argumenting that those books literally are word of God and thus cannot be changed?



You might be aware of the fact that different factions/sects exist within the major religions, similar to how humans physically evolve separate traits. Some of those off-shoots will be more successful than others.

I'm sure you have some great ideas about living. Let's check the reproductive rate of the people who follow your ideas in a thousand years.


I was not suggesting that evolution does not exists at all in religions but rather that is actively fight back by its participants.


Your DNA does the same. It tries to reduce "mistakes" and the mistakes are the evolution. And it's generally a very slow process.




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