NATURAL SELECTION THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE HISTORY

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NATURAL SELECTION AS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS

http://dinets.travel.ru/religion0.htm

More or less explain the evolution of religion by the laws of natureal selection.

Dont know that Natural selection is the cause. More likely fear of the unknown, and the Idea that sloppy hypothesis is preferable to scientific thoery, that is open to rigorous inspection. Also there is a cure for adults, its known as Darwins Theory of evolution, which has stood up to extremely rigourous debate since 1854. BTW for you religious lot, the bible is not a scientific document that can be used to prove Darwin wrong, and so far the theory of irreducible complexity has not held firm, if you can prove this Darwin was wrong and god gains some cred, keep trying guys, every attempt to prove this increases my belief in the theory of evolution.

The site indicated obviously treats a religion as an infectious disease. I have felt that religion was a disease for a long time and it's nice to have that speculation confirmed by a close analysis. Once that concept is accepted it is obviously time to search for a cure.

what sort of disease, maybe GSD - god spectrum disorder, its got to be something that attacks the victims ability for rational thought.

Quite serioulsy, New Scientist reported on brain scans showing a very small area of the brain that was far more active in religous people compared to atheists, No doubt they (the god worriers) will claim thats where god resides in the body.

That speculation is not too far fetched. It is likely that each acquaintance or family member has a small section of the brain allocated to it and it is likely that artificial creations have similar sites. A god, of course, would be treated similarly.

Yes I believe natural selection plays a role in religion actually.
In the biological sense: First, the existence of humans as spieces on this planet, second, the evolved brain of humans, with the cognitive skills and intelligence which differ from animals, would be the explanation of where religion comes from, and why only humans seem to have it. As oddly as may sound, religion is indeed related to intelligence as well as philosophy and any school of thought.

Related is such a vague term. Related how?

Gravity is also an important factor if you think about what would happen in its absence...

Scientific knowledge is not a matter of democratic voting.

meme theory.