| The zealots do end up destroying themselves, true. On the other hand, the zealots are typically male, leaving the females at home to raise the children.
Add to that the fact that it's only the clergy that must be celibate, and everyone else has to propogate as quickly as possible, and it's not really inconceivable that religion gives an evolutionary advantage as technology advances. I mean, look at the world today — birth control (and scare tactics :rolleyes: ) are forcing our birth rates downward. What is trying to combat this? Religion. Birth control bad! Procreation good! Those that take this to heart reproduce, the only way evolution works. |