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Originally posted by Mantus
It should be noted that religion also “corrects” itself, much like science. It has evolved quite a bit over the years. We went a long way from believing in ancestral spirits and magic to monotheism that incorporates social and philosophical values.
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how is this "correcting" itself? it's not. religions may evolve, but they don't correct themselves, they can't. since there is no proof one way or the other about god, if a religion modifies it's beleifs, it's actually becoming another religion. if christianity right now said, "well, turns out we were wrong about john chapter 3 verse 16, we translated it wrong" that would be correcting itself. saying that there is one god, and no animal spirit ancestors is just a change in belief structure.
/i'm not sure if this actually adds anything to the thread. <sigh>