by raza
6. October 2008 14:18
It is me or do you see this as ironical as well. Evolution the very force helping to destroy God in the 20th and 21st century, the staple argument of the atheists, is the very agent behind the whole thing.
So why do so many people believe? And why has belief proved so resilient as scientific progress unravels the mysteries of plagues, floods, earthquakes and our understanding of the universe? By injecting nuns with radioactive chemicals, by scanning the brains of people with epilepsy and studying naughty children, scientists are now working out why. When the evidence is pieced together, it seems that evolution prepared what society later moulded: a brain to believe.
Tests of faith | Science | The Guardian
Scientists are beginning to see that evolution created a "brain to believe" because it made evolutionary sense. It was beneficial for us in helping to stay focused in uncertainty and complexity. It allowed us to form groups and societies. It seems evolution itself is doing the task of recognizing God which those who ardently preach it don't acknowledge. Now isn't that interesting.