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12th December 2003, 10:43 PM
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I have to say that virtually everyone I know is a Creationist, although only my best friend and his former room-mate have actually tried to make me into a Creationist. My best friend never presented any evidence for his claims- he has just told me that evolution is wrong and that we are "created in the image and likeliness of God."
It bothered me very much because he expected me to think something just because he told me too.
Has anyone else been pressured like this in real life?
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12th December 2003, 10:46 PM
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When I was growing up in England I don't think I ever met a Creationist.
I remember in my first year physics class at the U. of London we had a poll on these questions and out of 206 of us only 35 people admitted to being Christians and 1 person was a Creationist. |
12th December 2003, 10:47 PM
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12th December 2003, 10:48 PM
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12th December 2003, 10:53 PM
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All I could think of was, "don't they teach science down there?"
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12th December 2003, 11:18 PM
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12th December 2003, 11:46 PM
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I don't see how people that believe in evolution aren't ashamed of coming from a monkey. I feel more comfortable coming from God than coming from an evolving monkey. And I don't see how people can believe in evolution, because if evolution is true, then why aren't we still evolving??? 
(Please don't be offended by this post, I don't want to offend anyone, I'm just posting what I believe.)  |
12th December 2003, 11:50 PM
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2) We did not evolve from monkeys but from a common ancestor.
3) We are still evolving and so is everything else in the world. Look around the forum or ask questions and you will discover many many observed evolution of many different animals.
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12th December 2003, 11:56 PM
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Reps: 41 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by Chi_Cygni When I was growing up in England I don't think I ever met a Creationist.
Same here, the first outspoken creationist i came across was in fact a stereotypical fudamentalist al qaeda supporting muslim (a member of the unpleasant islamic group al muhajiroun: http://www.muhajiroun.com/). The parallel between this sort of extremist 'muslim' and the sort of extremist 'christian' who would be able to be a creationist (extreme fanaticism, rejection of contadictory evidence and logic, extreme dishonesty etc.). There certainly seems to be a common psycology (pathology?) operating. |
12th December 2003, 11:57 PM
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Reps: 1,385 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by PresChristian13 I believe in the Creation.And everyone I know believes in Creation.
I don't see how people that believe in evolution aren't ashamed of coming from a monkey. I feel more comfortable coming from God than coming from an evolving monkey. And I don't see how people can believe in evolution, because if evolution is true, then why aren't we still evolving???
(Please don't be offended by this post, I don't want to offend anyone, I'm just posting what I believe.)
Post like these remind me why im an evolutionist. | | |
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