Did darwin kill god?
Darwin's theory of evolution gave humans an alternative to God. Was this the beginning of the end for religion?
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Darwin's theory of evolution gave humans an alternative to God. Was this the beginning of the end for religion?
no | 13 | |
I want to think about this | 5 | |
yes | 6 | |
I don't care | 7 |
A corollary to Evolution is "Cultural Evolution". For the first time people could see that religions are convincing myths that compete against each other until only the most convincing myth survives.
If religion survives Darwin, it will have to change to accommodate evolution.
It mostly just killed literal interpretations of people's creation stories, it didn't necessarily kill their gods. I mean, most Christians actually believe in evolution, to my understanding (most mainline protestants believe in evolution (I think), and both the Catholic and Orthodox churches generally view evolution as being compatible with their theology), as do most Buddhists (who may or may not be theists, depending on type) and people of other religions.
Of course, this all depends on your definition of 'god.' If you hold that there is some being in this universe that literally created everything in its present state, however many years ago, then the theory of evolution probably killed that notion of god.
I'm not really religious myself, but that's my take on it.
If you believe in evolution your great ++++++++++++++++++++++grand pa might have been a egg plant.
Dude there are people who still think the Earth is flat, you can just make shit up and people will believe it.
Science and religion can exist together, but with that being said Darwin definitely didn't help religious hardliners
The scientific method is not compatible with belief in something without evidence.