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Religions evolve through a process of supernatural selection. In supernatural selection, the supernatural selects human as the chosen species, the harmonious temperament as the chosen temperament, and the harmonious society as the chosen society. Through the supernatural miracle (the non-representation of the natural physical laws), the supernatural selects the human harmonious society to survive by the divine revelation of the abstractness (the non-representation of the expression of the natural human mind), including the abstract bond, the abstract morality, and the abstract rebirth. In the Bible, the Garden of Eden, the first covenant, and the second covenant correspond to the prehistoric harmonious society with the abstract bond, the moral civilized society with the abstract morality, and the harmonious society with the abstract rebirth, respectively. During the Upper Paleolithic Period, the supernatural revealed the abstract bond for bonding the isolated social groups to survive the harsh environment in the prehistoric hunter-gatherer society. Without the abstract bond, human would have become extinct like Neanderthals. The emergence of civilization by the agricultural-nomad society caused the exit from the Garden of Eden by taking the fruit of the knowledge of civilization. The supernatural provided the abstract morality to prevent the activated dehumanized prey-predator instinct in the civilized society, resulting in the moral civilized society, such as Judaism, Hinduism, Confucianism, and Islam. The supernatural provides the abstract rebirth for the civilized people to return to the harmonious temperament and society, resulting in the harmonious society, such as Christianity, Buddhism, and Daoism. The Bible is the book to reveal the abstractness by the supernatural through the supernatural miracle.