NoStateofMind
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Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Originally posted by: PC Surgeon
Well if you all believe you came from apes then so be it. Thats not my belief and never will be. Just one question though. If we all came from apes then why are there still apes around? Wouldn't evolution have transformed the remaining apes into humans by now? So silly.
Right here.
This is the exact reason why many religious folks object so strongly to the theory of evolution. It's as if they cannot fathom the fact that humans and animals share a common ancestor (or in this particular ignorant view, that we CAME from apes).
But I digress, there's something about humans being highly evolved animals that does not jive with Christianity. Perhaps because it clashes with their belief that we are of divine origin ... something special ... different from animals. I guess it must really burn your world view pretty harshly to realize we're essentially monkeys with big brains. Well, at least some of us anyway.
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LOL your first mistake is thinking I'm of the religious mind set. I'm not in the "traditional" way. I believe a mixture of evolution and ID or "God said let there be man". But what I believed was never the question here, the question is whether kids should be allowed to learn ID instead of evolution in school. In that aspect I haven't changed my mind. No one, no matter how sure they are that they're doing the right thing, should ever lord over another individual and decide what they will believe or learn.
As for your evolution "we came from apes" theory, where is your missing link? Where is the common ancestor you guys speak so much about? Oh that's right, it doesn't exist. So don't give me that BS about "belief" because you have to add your own belief to make this "common ancestor" thing work.
