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Evolution does not start and stop, but rather is continual.Statis is an effect of evolutionary processes, as much as change is. So when a population is in statis, evolution is as much at work -- perhaps much more so -- as it is in a population that is changing.Evolution is not so much processes and forces working on life, but rather it is a natural consequence of how individuals procreate within their populations. It's just simply how life works. Even if there were no such thing as evolution, populations would still evolve as they had and as they continue to do.Edited by dwise1, : No reason given.

No, we're not. We're pack-animal wanna-be's, which is even worse. Trying to emulate the life-style without all the requisite instincts in place. Loved Asimov's take on that in the Foundation novels where the Foundation had started exporting technology as a religion. Say the right prayer and press the red button and it works.

That's not true. Religion rejects anything that might even begin to appear to conflict with its followers' misunderstanding of their beliefs. Even (or especially) if it happens to be true.Case in point: After viewing Da Vinci Code, I posed the question to my cabin-mate (who enjoyed the film) whether such a truth should be revealed and what effect it would have (I'm very pro-Truth, BTW). He was raised Seventh-Day Adventist. The conversation moved around to translations of the Bible (I pointed out the multiplicity of manuscripts that offer several variants of New Testament verses) and he expressed his absolute opposition to people "changing" the King James Bible, even though I kept pointing out that they didn't change the KJV, but rather were offering a modern English translation of the original Greek. His position was that the KJV took precedence over all other versions, including what the original Greek actually says.