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My hypothesis
January 31, 2017 at 10:29 pm
Religion is like a parasitic organism and its ideal environment is an ignorant society. It is dying in our information age.

Two or more religions can form a daughter religion and over time a religion will reproduce itself with variation in a population according to selective pressures (known scientific facts).

This model predicts that many religions should appear spontaneously in ancient history (no selective pressures) despite low population and that religion should go extinct in the near future despite high population.

So essentially, the population of evolution deniers is dwindling according to principles of evolution.
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RE: My hypothesis
January 31, 2017 at 10:42 pm
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"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

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RE: My hypothesis
January 31, 2017 at 10:42 pm
Where've you been, NV?!
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

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RE: My hypothesis
January 31, 2017 at 10:46 pm
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RE: My hypothesis
January 31, 2017 at 11:09 pm
(January 31, 2017 at 10:42 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Where've you been, NV?!

Smoking crack apparently, lol. Or maybe Catholic Lady protests too much.
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RE: My hypothesis
February 1, 2017 at 4:40 pm (This post was last modified: February 1, 2017 at 4:40 pm by ronedee.)
(January 31, 2017 at 10:29 pm)Nihilist Virus Wrote: Religion is like a parasitic organism and its ideal environment is an ignorant society. It is dying in our information age.

Two or more religions can form a daughter religion and over time a religion will reproduce itself with variation in a population according to selective pressures (known scientific facts).

This model predicts that many religions should appear spontaneously in ancient history (no selective pressures) despite low population and that religion should go extinct in the near future despite high population.

So essentially, the population of evolution deniers is dwindling according to principles of evolution.


The problem with your theory is that the "information age" has not given any info about the nonexistence of God. So, religion will thrive until it does. And if extinction is in the cards, it won't be because of Christians. It will be in spite of them.
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RE: My hypothesis
February 1, 2017 at 5:26 pm
It has however provided the invisible community with the means to communicate.
It exposes blatant hypocrisy by the leaders of faith groups and allows rapid fact checking of claims as well as providing access to research data.
Quote:I don't understand why you'd come to a discussion forum, and then proceed to reap from visibility any voice that disagrees with you. If you're going to do that, why not just sit in front of a mirror and pat yourself on the back continuously?
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RE: My hypothesis
February 1, 2017 at 8:04 pm
(February 1, 2017 at 4:40 pm)ronedee Wrote:
(January 31, 2017 at 10:29 pm)Nihilist Virus Wrote: Religion is like a parasitic organism and its ideal environment is an ignorant society. It is dying in our information age.

Two or more religions can form a daughter religion and over time a religion will reproduce itself with variation in a population according to selective pressures (known scientific facts).

This model predicts that many religions should appear spontaneously in ancient history (no selective pressures) despite low population and that religion should go extinct in the near future despite high population.

So essentially, the population of evolution deniers is dwindling according to principles of evolution.


The problem with your theory is that the "information age" has not given any info about the nonexistence of God. So, religion will thrive until it does. And if extinction is in the cards, it won't be because of Christians. It will be in spite of them.

Information indicating the nonexistentence of God is sufficient but not necessary for said information to be considered a selective pressure.
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RE: My hypothesis
February 1, 2017 at 10:45 pm
(February 1, 2017 at 5:26 pm)Mr Greene Wrote: It has however provided the invisible community with the means to communicate.
It exposes blatant hypocrisy by the leaders of faith groups and allows rapid fact checking of claims as well as providing access to research data.

Well, that could be any group. The major question goes unanswered.
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RE: My hypothesis
February 1, 2017 at 11:02 pm
(February 1, 2017 at 10:45 pm)ronedee Wrote:
(February 1, 2017 at 5:26 pm)Mr Greene Wrote: It has however provided the invisible community with the means to communicate.
It exposes blatant hypocrisy by the leaders of faith groups and allows rapid fact checking of claims as well as providing access to research data.

Well, that could be any group. The major question goes unanswered.

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