As expatiated in the previous text, cognitive scientists consent that
religion is a result of outgrowth of brain architecture that advanced during
human evolution. It is also agreed to, that religion evolved in order to
enhance cooperation and cohesion among groups; in turn, multiplying
individual’s chances of survival and reproduction. Even so, there are a few
concerning issues which are contended. There are controversies upon the
accurate approach that drove the evolution of religiosity.
The first perspective is that religion evolved due to natural
selection and has selective advantages. It can be said that religion is the
medium by which humans find a way of living. It is a path, they follow which have
set rules; and they follow them. In the initial stages of civilizations, humans
came across things and events; usual or unusual. They attempted to reason that
out, deciding upon what is correct and inscribing it as a rule to be followed.
This came about as an adaptation to that particular event. When many such
events occurred, many directives were fabricated; and together they were a set
of protocols and explanations that made up entire religions.
The second theory is that religion came into existence as an
evolutionary byproduct of other adaptations.
Wow.... This enlightened me about how religious believes started.... Great work!!
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ReplyDeleteThis is really interesting. We must understand how religions, that rule the lives of billions of humans today, came into place before blindly following the rules.
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ReplyDeleteEvolution of religion ... Never had thought of it yet. 👍
ReplyDeletewell i dont know hell about religion but practicing it gives you an utter satisfaction , utter peace . well we don't have will power to practice religion like if something went wrong we blame god for it and if the thing went right we worship god for that . somebody said to me once that following your inner soul , your instinct is the best religion you can follow so i do that and i am happy because if anything went right or wrong i am to be blamed for it or to be praised for it and it helps me to learn from my mistakes not that impose your mistake on god and let that go
ReplyDeleteI almost agree with you.. I really like your phrase, "your instinct is the best religion you can follow" to this, I completely agree... I believe that we live to be happy... and we should do whatever makes us happy, follow the religion makes us happy
Deleteand what christian , what Hindu and all . just best thing you can do is be a human .
ReplyDeleteand i can bet you your lifes gonna be a lot simpler
ReplyDeleteand the thing evolution of religion i practically dont believe in it . nowdays its more kind of sort of business
ReplyDeleteGood research work. If we analyse evolution of religion we need to understand have we really evloved or devloved by being religious.
ReplyDeleteEvery individual can follow or practice his choice of religion provided he follows it properly and topics related to religion should be handled like glassware.
A suggestion which i would like to share is lets be good spiritual human and not religious.
Very well articulated.....
ReplyDeleteQuite informative as many of us would have never investigated about origin of religion.
It would be interesting to know your views on relevance of religion in modern time.......