The Onion had a piece about how the deity of humans evolved from a chimpanzee deity.
While comical, the piece deserves some serious comment.
First, in making a connection with biological evolution, it plays into the popular misunderstanding that human beings evolved from other primates which currently exist, whether chimpanzees or others.
Second, there is a serious theological point to note. Whether or not “God evolves,” there can be no real doubt that humans’ thinking about God has evolved.
On a related note, the Bible has evolved, and what people think the Bible literally says has evolved, as Karl Giberson’s recent piece on geocentrism explores.
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