[hosepipe]

[.. Good question, hosepipe! Of what advantage is the ‘evolved’ trait to seek the diety?... And if it is a real quality of humankind, why would scientists denigrate the ‘evolved’ quality when it has a survival value? ..]

Scientists have generally not discovered the only way to evolve from being a primate is to be "born again"... as another creature.. In that way Jesus believed in evolution..

"You MUST be born again"- Jesus

[MHGinTN]

World English Bible
James 3:4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother`s womb, and be born?"
James 3:5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he can`t enter into the kingdom of God!"

I would submit to this forum, friend hosepipe, that Jesus was describing a process He knew to be the evolutionary process God instituted, where a being is 'born' of the woman's body (exits the water world of the womb) and 'born' of the Spirit, to enter into the kingdom of God, the next reality of the Universe.