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Quote by: CoffeeSaint  This is basically about memetic evolution, isn't it? Rather than genetic evolution? Memetically, only some brands of theism prevent evolution. The Catholic Church gave themselves an out by proclaiming that the Pope spoke with the voice of God; thus he can change the rules (Through the finest of ironic terms, the Papal Bull, heehee) and the Church can adapt. Those who see the Bible/Koran/whatever as the immutable word of God cannot memetically adapt; in fact, that lack of change is part of the appeal for millions, IMO. |
CoffeeSaint I can recognise where you see the meme as the most important part of my question.
However the genetic factor is also strong, the mixing due to particular groups brought about by religion as a "control"
There is also the consideration that many new possible evolving "creations" cannot occur because of strong religious disent from useful resarch occuring, an example being the stem cell restrictions imposed by US government due to strong theist lobbies