RE: When people claim religion is harmless.
January 17, 2018 at 11:19 am
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2018 at 11:25 am by John V.)
(January 17, 2018 at 10:27 am)mh.brewer Wrote: As a society develops and evolves those advantages reach a finite ending. We are seeing the beginnings now.
No we're not. Projections don't show atheism making gains.
(January 17, 2018 at 11:07 am)vulcanlogician Wrote:(January 17, 2018 at 9:56 am)alpha male Wrote: Think it through. It's not difficult. Different groups of people competed with each other. From an evolutionary perspective, they didn't begin with religion slavery. Religion Slavery came in at some point. If religion slavery were deleterious to the survival of the group, it would have been eradicated. But, it fixed in practically all groups. That indicates that it's advantageous.My bold.
Some institutions may have helped certain tribes/cultures prosper during prehistory and the dawn of civilization. This doesn't necessarily mean their time hasn't passed.
And slavery has decreased in terms of percentage of population (although at an all-time high in raw numbers), while population projections show theism continuing on.
This has been posted here several times before but people still don't seem to get it:
http://www.pewforum.org/2015/04/02/relig...2010-2050/
Quote:Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population.
Theists have more children than atheists, and conversions aren't enough to overcome the difference.
