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12th April 2005, 11:09 AM
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Reps: 9,274,249 (power: 9,289) | | Originally Posted by ServantofTheOne I have read somewhere sometime ago that pigs are closer genetically to humans than monkeys or apes. what gives?
I think this is a form of convergent evolution. As humans evolve, they behave more like pigs.
On a serious note, what you read is not true. Apes and monekys are genetically closer to humans than pigs.
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12th April 2005, 11:22 AM
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Reps: 26,269,342,916 (power: 26,269,355) | | Originally Posted by Tomk80 On a serious note, what you read is not true. Apes and monekys are genetically closer to humans than pigs.
No wait, I think he may be onto something here! 
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12th April 2005, 11:55 AM
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Reps: 667 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by ServantofTheOne I have read somewhere sometime ago that pigs are closer genetically to humans than monkeys or apes. what gives?
Not genetically, but at least physically, as in bone and muscle mass, and organ size. Much easier for csi to test hypotheses on than chimp corpses. |
12th April 2005, 12:36 PM
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Reps: 169 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by coyoteBR Actually...
The whole proccess of formation of earth, the slow million of years of evolution, the way everything slowly matched on the several isolated fauna and flora systems and how they all get together to make this planet flow with life... The fact that everything slowly evolved for incontable eras...
That makes me admire God even more.
Amen Brother!
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12th April 2005, 12:44 PM
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Reps: 169 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by Asimov You mean the lack of historicity of the Gospels should be unconvincing? I slip up like that all the time, common mistake.
Perhaps you should read your namesakes book "Asimov's Guide to the Bible" which now comes convieniently in 2 volumes in one edition. Goes into great length covering the history and the archeology that support the teaching and events in the bible.
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12th April 2005, 01:12 PM
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12th April 2005, 01:44 PM
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Reps: 2,824 (power: 11) | | Originally Posted by cze_026 Perhaps you should read your namesakes book "Asimov's Guide to the Bible" which now comes convieniently in 2 volumes in one edition. Goes into great length covering the history and the archeology that support the teaching and events in the bible
Not exactly on topic where is the evidence of an eclipse and an earthquake so great it caused graves to open and the dead to crawl out and do zombie things in the streets of Judea like Matthew tells us?
For one example. |
12th April 2005, 02:49 PM
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Reps: 12,682 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by ServantofTheOne I have read somewhere sometime ago that pigs are closer genetically to humans than monkeys or apes. what gives?
If that were the case they would be using pigs to experiment on. Monkeys are closer then anything else but mice are close enough to get the job done. |
12th April 2005, 02:55 PM
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Reps: 12,682 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by Edx Not exactly on topic where is the evidence of an eclipse and an earthquake so great it caused graves to open and the dead to crawl out and do zombie things in the streets of Judea like Matthew tells us?
What is your point? That your going to skip over the 100 things we do have evidence for to look at the one thing we do not have evidence for yet? There are people who have devoted their whole life to finding evidence that the Bible is true. Then people like you come along that will not even lift their little finger to put out any effort and just complain about how there is not enough "evidence" when you do not examine the evidence that has been provided for you. So, why don't you start with what evidence has already been secured, and when your done with that, we will give you some more.
Would you not agree that it would be a little absurd for us to give you additional evidence when you have not yet examined the evidence that has already been provided for you? | | |
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