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> [“God did not create evolution--evolution created God. The evolution of religion is as follows: animism--polytheism--monotheism--agnosticism--atheism. As history progresses, people worship fewer and fewer gods, and the one God becomes the incredible shrinking god. He shrinks and shrinks until he becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-jackson/god-did-not-create-evolution-evolution-created-god-the-evolution-of/)

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## Other authors on Animism

- [S. Kelley Harrell 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animism/s-kelley-harrell/)
- [Graham Harvey 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animism/graham-harvey/)

## More by G.M. Jackson

> [“The claim of fine tuning is subjective. As I stated before, no measurement in physics is perfect. The amount of precision we demand can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-jackson/the-claim-of-fine-tuning-is-subjective-as-i-stated-before-no/)

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> [“A theist can't empirically prove that God exists but he believes in God because no one can allegedly disprove God's existence. By his logic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-jackson/a-theist-can-t-empirically-prove-that-god-exists-but-he-believes-in/)

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> [“BioLogos claims there is no conflict between the theory of evolution and creationism. Huh? Here is where the creationists seem to have the intellectual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-jackson/biologos-claims-there-is-no-conflict-between-the-theory-of-evolution/)

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> [“Science could potentially do a better job explaining the meaning of life if scientists devise experiments that can weed out the best answers from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-jackson/science-could-potentially-do-a-better-job-explaining-the-meaning-of/)

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> [“According to the anthropic principle proponents, if the universal constants (e.g. gravitation, the strong force, etc.) were just a nose-hair off, the universe as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-jackson/according-to-the-anthropic-principle-proponents-if-the-universal/)

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> [“Toward the end of his book, Miller explains his need to unite science and religion: science does not explain the meaning and purpose of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-jackson/toward-the-end-of-his-book-miller-explains-his-need-to-unite-science/)

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> [“Many Christians, including BioLogos, like to throw out the "you can't take the Bible literally" argument. They think it is the ultimate zinger that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-jackson/many-christians-including-biologos-like-to-throw-out-the-you-can-t/)

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> [“God did not create evolution--evolution created God. The evolution of religion is as follows: animism--polytheism--monotheism--agnosticism--atheism. As history progresses, people worship fewer and fewer gods,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-jackson/god-did-not-create-evolution-evolution-created-god-the-evolution-of/)

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> [“Every time we prove a positive, we simultaneously prove an infinite number of negatives. Therefore, it is erroneous to declare that we can't prove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-jackson/every-time-we-prove-a-positive-we-simultaneously-prove-an-infinite/)

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> [ “According to Mark 11:12-13, God's messengers were not the only ones who were incompetent: 'He \[Jesus\] was hungry. And on seeing in the distance… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-jackson/according-to-mark-11-12-13-god-s-messengers-were-not-the-only-ones/)

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> [ “Miller believes, like many theists, that religion brings us beyond the bounds of materialism. (Ironically he insists on a material explanation \[evolution\] for our… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-m-jackson/miller-believes-like-many-theists-that-religion-brings-us-beyond-the/)

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