Are we evolving passed the need for religion?
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I'm not sure that you're correct that we actually understand more now than we did before.  It is still a common assumption that we only use 10% of our brains.  What would we know if we were able to use the other 90%?  We still have no idea what really exists outside of our immediate environment, however far that goes into space, we can only assume that we've only scratched the surface.  Despite all the things that we can create, we cannot get close to re-creating a telescopic lens as diverse as the human eye, nor can we create a shock absorbing device nearly as complex as the knee.  Yes, we are making incredible progress in certain areas, but we will never know everything.  Secondly, my relationship with Christ is not a result of me wanting to understand the world in which I live.  It is a result of a desire to be with the one who created me.  So, to answer your question, some religions may fail, they will be proven useless.  However, a relationship with Christ will never be unnecessary.
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religion requires more complex social structures i think.  you need a fairly complex language to have a religious base.  religions by design have to explain some complex abstractions -- like how did we get here, what are we doing here, where are we going -- \nits possible they do that but you have to realize all your above traits in animals  many scientists still deny for some psycho reason or another.  i have seen boy giraffes banging other boy giraffes but its not recreational sex -- its primal sparring to virtually all scientists but the most liberal and progressive.  basically science is pulling itself out of the dark ages one more time and noticing things again -- in 20 yrs they might figure out geese have religion but i doubt its going to happen any time soon.  and whats that going to mean for your christmas goose dinner?
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Religion & Spirituality is INTRINSIC in all of us. It is our means of connecting with The Source from whence we came... \n\nWe need to seek and return to THAT SOURCE once more, not unlike the Salmon that negotiates its way upstream "somewhere" if only to roost after completing its full cycle of Life.\n\nToo bad that Man bungled it all up with their organized churches and man-made doctrines. Hmmph!\n\nPeace be with you!
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Most religions center around a god or numerous gods, except for atheism, which is not really a religion. It is just a lack thereof. Therefore your question about evolution being a religion - no, not really. Evolution is more like a theory. People either accept it, or don't. But it's not their way of life. I hope you see what I mean.\n\nTo clarify - most religions are made up of religious texts/chants/hymns. Religion is a very strong belief in something that guides peoples lives to do righteous things.
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DESPITE. While many claim we are a Christain nation, there have been many advancements that had nothing to do with religion. If anything, religon has held us back from becoming a greater spiritual nation...spirituality is way different from religion which is manmade.
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Environment.  Religion has nothing to do with our "survival", the environment does!
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If everyone had to wait until 25 to chose a religion then religion would adapt to this.  The reason right now that little kids are herded into religion is that religious beliefs are that the sooner you are taught "The Way" the less mistakes you will make in life.
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Wow -\n\nMe too.  We need more of you in every religion.
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i don't really think religion has something to do in getting to heaven,it serves as our guide on how to journey life but it is in how you live your life and how strong you faith is that matters most..
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Because more and more people are moving towards a better light and learning individualism.  People are beginning to understand that religions were old governments that were there to govern and supress people from their individualism through fear.  ex:..(God Fearing Christian).  \n\nChurches allow people to express their selves but they limit them in doing so, expecially if they were to follow it "religiously".\n\nPeople are seeing that we, as a "species" must evolve before we crumble.\n\nCameron L also has a great answer.  Very well put!\n\n:)\nPeace
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I will attempt to give you my thoughts as I understand what you are asking.\n\nExplanatory:  We all have basic questions in our lives we need to answer, namely how did we get here, what is my purpose for being here, and what happens when I die?  Religion attempts to answer these questions.\n\nEmotional:  No matter what school of thought you come from, one would have to admit that we all have some need inside of us all that we attempt to fill.  For some, religion helps fill that need.\n\nSocial: All religions, regardless of focus, emphasize brotherhood, unity, and teamwork.  Even for working on the "inner self", you at least are compelled to affiliate yourself with like-minded people.\n\nAll these, by the way, are most easily and best met by following Jesus Christ.
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Many religions...like Hinduism and Buddhism have embraced science, but also maintain certain traditions (like religious rituals, etc). And there are some western religions that do the same...well denominations or sects of western religions would be a better way of saying it. Some have evolved up to a certain point, and some are retrograding back to earlier times because they believe those times were more 'holy'.\n\nAnd the Baha'i religion (one of the youngest) not only teaches that religions evolve over time (which if you go back and study the histories of religion and what they believed at different time periods you'd see they are evolving...well some of them) and the Baha'i religion even teaches that new religions emerge to meet the demand of religion when other religions are failing to evolve.\n\nI'm a Hindu, though. That is why I know they embrace science so much and yet also keep to certain traditions (some traditions are just cultural and have nothing to do with the religion at all so as a westerner I don't observe them).
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Hear the Master:\n\nA religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths.\nSooner or later, such a religion will emerge. \n\nCarl Sagan
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I've studied many religions but belong to none.  It is not that I believe in God.  I know God exists.  I experienced God directly when I was seventeen years old.  I believe that would make me a spiritual person.\n\nYet we have to remember that in creating this "I'm spiritual so I don't need religion" attitude we have neglected one thing: community.  We are social animals, and thousands of years of working in groups has changed us, not forever, but sufficiently that becoming a lone creature again would be a hard path, taking centuries.  For thousands of years man has thrived in groups that gather and do activities in common. For some, work meets some of this need, but everyone finds some hidden need met by ritualistic gatherings.  Have you ever watched some of the people at a football game?  Body paint, costumes, rituals, chanting, even 'priests' leading the crowd in the chanting.\nDo we need to outgrow this?  Perhaps, but until then, it never hurts to visit an occaisional temple, church, gathering, etc.  Might find that it isn't so much primative as it is comforting and socially uplifting.
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Yes, because it would not be stiffled by dogma!\nIt takes room to grow and expand, but religion puts up road blocks in the mind that prevent people from being able to do this!\nTear down the walls!
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FIFTY twenty-five? Not twenty twenty-five?\n\nWell, assuming human civilization even still exists, I think there would be very, very, very radical changes by then. Christianity and Islam will be long forgotten; they will probably even be considered mythology. A lot of the East Asian belief systems will endure, though. Buddhism will stick around, and Hinduism as well. Religions will steer away from holy texts and churches and places of worship, and there will be more of a focus on one's personal spirituality. There may even come a time when the majority of people don't believe in any deities at all, because there will be more of an emphasis on spirituality instead of a "sky daddy" parent figure who rewards you or punishes you.
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No.  Morals developed out of religion.  Care and concern for human kind evolved from man's relationship with God.  While I realize it's a source of fanatical rampages, it's also a source of good in this world.  Without it, people would be a lot worse to one another.