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I'm an evolutionist and I'm comfortable with the idea
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I'm an evolutionist and I'm NOT comfortable with the idea
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I'm a creationist and I'm comfortable with the idea
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12th April 2005, 04:25 AM
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12th April 2005, 04:29 AM
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12th April 2005, 07:55 AM
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So what if a few millions of years down the line my ancestors were even more hairy than I am right now? Dogs are aware of and have feelings to an extent. But they are not consciously aware of the meaning of them.
Heck of a claim to establish there, lilly!
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12th April 2005, 07:58 AM
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12th April 2005, 09:51 AM
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Reps: 9,274,249 (power: 9,289) | | Originally Posted by Jet Black I am an evolutionist, and I'm not comfortable with the idea that some of my ancestors were so stupid that they thought that swinging round in the trees and eating bananas was not cool. idiots.
I definitely approve of this post. If I'd be able to find my grand-grand-grand-grand parents who ever were so stupid to leave the trees, I'd kill them. *******s, I loved climbing trees when I was a kid (although I was a little scared of heights, double *******s!). And I love bananas too! I guess they just didn't know what they started.
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12th April 2005, 10:14 AM
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12th April 2005, 10:30 AM
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Reps: 876 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by Matthew777 Evolutionists should admit that the fossil evidence for human evolution, at least on its own, is unconvincing. Science education, especially in anthropology, should take note of this.
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I'm amazed you'd make a statement like this. What about the actual anthropologists out there that have already done the studies of our ancestry? Do you disagree with their results? If so, what purpose would studying anthropology serve in your view?
Hypothetically, this is like claiming 2+2=5 and that if someone doesn't believe you, you tell them to get a math education. 
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12th April 2005, 10:58 AM
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I love my dog and he is a smart animal but...
dogs eat their own poop.  Originally Posted by Dragar I'm not uncomfortable with the idea. My parents were primates, and thier parents before them, and their parents before them...
So what if a few millions of years down the line my ancestors were even more hairy than I am right now?
Heck of a claim to establish there, lilly!
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Reps: 9,274,249 (power: 9,289) | | Originally Posted by consideringlily I love my dog and he is a smart animal but...
dogs eat their own poop.
I while ago I saw some kids eating dog poo (or at least, sticking it in their mouths). There goes humanity  ! I mean, at least dogs eat their own poo, in stead of some poo of unidentified origin. 
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12th April 2005, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Tomk80 I while ago I saw some kids eating dog poo (or at least, sticking it in their mouths). There goes humanity ! I mean, at least dogs eat their own poo, in stead of some poo of unidentified origin.
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In some respects, science has far surpassed religion in delivering awe. How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, "This is better than we thought! The universe is much bigger than out prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed"? Instead they say, "No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way." _-Carl Sagan | | |
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