The catholic church initially held that God created man. Darwin's theory of evolution did not fit into its theory and hence was not supported. However, 100 years later, now, the same catholic church has "tuned" its reaction to evolution by saying that God created the soul, evolution occurred, human beings may have descended from primitive organisms. This is a very fine (recent) example of how religious ideas and beliefs keep changing.
Religion seems to be a framework developed by humans to explain/theorize their observations and experiences. When compelling evidences that stand contradictory to current ideas surface, religion does indeed seem to absorb it. This is similar to science theories wherein a theory is modified to incorporate exceptional observations.
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