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Watching sex and the city and considering the evolution of religion caused me to start thinking.
In todays society, where we are more influenced by our environment than our genes how do we judge success. If we were animals breeding would be the name of the game but have humans moved on? Are memes more important. Are we batteling to have influence, to spread our ideas rather than reproduce. Is this not after all what religion is. Jesus has to be one of the most successful humans as still half the world are still passing on his ideas or at least debating them. Did he have children? Did he date?
And so I ask why do we date, why do we have this need to form relationships, in a world where breeding is not the aim of the game why bother? really I am interested.
In todays society, where we are more influenced by our environment than our genes how do we judge success. If we were animals breeding would be the name of the game but have humans moved on? Are memes more important. Are we batteling to have influence, to spread our ideas rather than reproduce. Is this not after all what religion is. Jesus has to be one of the most successful humans as still half the world are still passing on his ideas or at least debating them. Did he have children? Did he date?
And so I ask why do we date, why do we have this need to form relationships, in a world where breeding is not the aim of the game why bother? really I am interested.