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Thread #155384   Message #3663594
Posted By: Donuel
25-Sep-14 - 10:38 AM
Thread Name: BS: Special thread on Evolution & religion
Subject: RE: BS: Special thread on Evolution & religion
Semantically in this way of thinking about the changes we see as evolution, you could see social evolution in a far for expansive way. Islam evolved as the fertile crescent failed and the loss of arable land hardened survival the people turned turned from cooperation to predatory practices. Today Syria has lost 50% of its farms and farmers to climate change leading to concentrated populations in cities with less food and work.

Of course the west's historical colonial systems, enriching only a few for the oil, and slave trades have caused on going strife.

Like matter and anti matter, opposite cultures will fight it out for survival until they are both a little bit more like the other but unfortunately for some only after a phenomenal explosion. Islam may evolve quite naturally into a greener more peaceful culture. The West may become more tolerant. One can only hope.

I bet if the middle east was today a great rainy place to grow watermelons and the profits from oil were evenly distributed, there would be peace and Islam would evoke a welcoming feeling of being a shepherd to the Earth instead of warrior of the Earth.
We may not be able to change the rainfall but we can change the economics. Will the greedy abide? They might have to.