Why Religion Evolved and Still Survives Today Part 2

This is a continuation of my last part. This is the first part of How and Why Religion Evolved and Survives Today. I know it's not great, I haven't made a video in a while. I know I have a lot of uh and ums. Religion clearly must have had a real evolutionary purpose with in humans due to the fact it is prevalent in most human cultures. In this video I'm talking about how religion must have evolved in humans, why it did, and why it's still exists today. There is obviously MUCH more, and if you give a suggestion to talk about in this video, thank you, but don't think I haven't thought of it already.
Sources: http://www.religioustolerance.org/rel_theory1.htm http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101617951
http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/behavior/brain-rel...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_religion

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[jcmmanuel]

By the way the phrase "scientifically god does not exist" sounds at odds with science, which does not address any god-questions at all. This has little to do with the "physical" characteristics of things - we know the world looks less "physical" (in the sense of matter) today than it ever did before in the eyes of physicists. When will we stop trying to make science something 'atheistic' (or theistic for that matter)? Let science be what it is: a great tool. Nothing more, nothing less.

[kataang321]

@jcmmanuel Many of what we study in science has physical properties. When you have empty space within matter of an object, it still is empty space. We are learning more on why, but empty space is empty space, it doesn't have any properties except for being nothing. To measure something in science there has to be something with physical properties. We can measure the empty space because of our knowledge of the matter, science solely relies on the physical world for data of any kind.

[jcmmanuel]

Someone else said it already: "Religion clearly must have had a real evolutionary purpose with in humans due to the fact it is prevalent in most human cultures" does not follow from the premise. It is simply one way in which people make sense of life, rather than saying that things is essentially "meaningless". Evolutionary advantage is an explanation but not a conclusion. There are other ways to make sense of spirituality - none of these "create wars". Nor does science eliminate wars.

[kataang321]

@jcmmanuel I was saying that religion can be a reason for a war because it is based on mere guesses. The question is: Why do humans make sense of life in this way? Why is it that we don't see such prevalence of religious activity in other species? Of course science doesn't eliminate wars. However, science has brought us a better understand of how humans are more linked than divided.

[purple89]

You should make a video on what you think on occupy wall street,

[kataang321]

@purple89 Yes, I agree. Great Idea. :)

[jcmmanuel]

@x1x2x3ct You worry me. If for some incomprehensible reason you might imagine anyone being impressed by your concealed self-complaint, I would insist to un-believe yourself at this point, as soon as possible. I have a lot of atheist friends, but the self-complaining ones are not among them. But keep talking to yourself, if that's amusing to you, I have no trouble with that.

[x1x2x3ct]

@jcmmanuel you fucking jew science is atheist business, religious people are not reasonableyou fucking moron go die in a fire

[x1x2x3ct]

@jcmmanuel shut upf you fucking nigger

[jcmmanuel]

@kataang321 Well, science didn't really do that. Science does nothing, it is human beings who do science. And those human beings happened to be theists too, an deists. His religion didn't prevent Newton from being brilliant. Science is just a tool. It deserves to be taken seriously, I'm all for it. But science to me is not atheist business, it's something that all reasonable people love, regardless the meaning that they may find in religion or in arts or anything besides science.