I'll today be starting a new series on evolution.  The foci will include: Religion, a spiritual matter. Universe, probably next Sunday, for this too has spiritual implications. Humanity, same. Fire. Artificial Intelligence. There could be other topics. I've long thought about how religion first got started, and in my mind, how it came to be was that the equivalent of a cavemen/cavewomen community usually had some sort of leader.   How could this person maintain control?   One way was to have his subjects police themselves, so created was a supreme being who watched over you all the time.   These societies were provided an advantage that favored their dominance for survival.   I've also long felt that religion led to larger communities, and might have been essential for Humanity to arrive at where we are earlier than without. Of course, there is strong sentiment for God being the originator of religion.  I asked Google AI, how old i...