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Socrates in Greece, Mencius in China, Buddha in India, Hillel and Jesus in Judea, all came up with the same idea within about 500 years of each other. At first I thought that Alexander’s conquests might account for the spread of this meme, but studying the teachers’ other writings, it was obvious that they had arrived at it independently from very different intellectual starting points. This process is called convergent evolution by biologists.

Read C.S. Lewis's comments on this topic in The Abolition of Man and you'll find something a whole lot more cogent than Dawkin's picture thinking. Besides, there is a type of evolution in human thought and civilization, but it is almost entirely Lamarckian in nature.

[Soliton]

more cogent than Dawkin's picture thinking. Besides, there is a type of evolution in human thought and civilization, but it is almost entirely Lamarckian in nature.

You are wrong about Dawkins or don't understand his theory.