# Did God Evolve? An Evolutionist's Speculation about Religion

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Steve Jones
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, History, Philosophy, Religion
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/did-god-evolve-evolutionists-speculation-about-religion)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Did God Evolve? Ideas and beliefs evolve as much as do bodies and brains and in some ways the two processes are similar. A survey of world religions, both now and in the past, shows some interesting consistencies, with a clear fit between levels of belief and degrees of social inequality. From the beginning, particular faiths have been - as Darwin showed for bodies - driven by demographic success, and Christianity at least is safe, since its believers reproduce far more effectively than do we atheists.

## Lectures

1. [Did God Evolve? An Evolutionist's Speculation about Religion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/did-god-evolve-evolutionists-speculation-about-religion/867d93dd8961) (YouTube)