Undecided Question If you were going to invent a religion today would you include all the miracles and crazy stuff? what i mean is if you were writing a modern bible today, what are the chances that it would include anything that went against the laws of physics? no noahs ark no jonah and the whale no resurrections etc i feel these kinds of stories are only created by the most primitive minds Answers (9) Answerer 1 It's simply evolution of the species. Atheists brains are more highly evolved than theists brains. There are physical, structural, biological and chemical differences in the brains of atheists and theists. What one believes, as far as religion goes, is part genetic and part learned. Parts of the hardware of many religious peoples brains is still stuck in the bronze age and can't be updated. But other parts of their brains work fine. The parts of the brain that control religious belief are different from the parts of the brain that control other things. Evolution didn't stop. It's going on right now. The human brain as well as the human body, continues to evolve. Individuals within a species evolve at different rates. In a way, many religious people are like modern day Neanderthals, parts of their brains haven't evolved properly. Atheists brains are physically and intellectually more highly evolved than many theists brains. It's simply evolution of the species. It really is that simple! Alas, if you live on the surface of life, superficially,