What if Evolution was created by clever people who wanted to make atheism sound scientific?

then they did a great job

Ah, fascinating question. There is a rub in place at the start, however. Evolution and atheism really have zip to do with each other. You're making a joke, yes? In Darwin's "Origin of the Species," etc. etc., gods and all that play no roles. And the definition of atheism is unbelief in the existence of any god--be it Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Celtic, Scandinavian, Jewish, Islamic, Christian...

What the hell does evolution have to do with atheism? I swear, you people don't have a clue what atheism really is. It's seriously annoying.

If that was true, I think Christians would be more likely to believe it. They seem to prefer made up tales rather than information obtained from scientific study.

What if God was created by clever people who wanted to control the masses?

except most christians agree with the theory of evolution

and besides there's mountains of evidence for evolution

Heeey, that IS clever. I guess they're just lucky that the entire physical world happened to correspond. Yay!

If it *were*, that would be interesting. Of course, the theory of evolution was created by a Christian.

Look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin#Religi...

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

What if religion was created to control the masses by pacifying them so that they won't revolt, and will die happily protecting the ruler's land.

Evolution was not created it was discovered.

Then you have to believe in a deceitful god that intends to trick us by leaving false evidence of his universe