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Not so, according to recent science, humans are primates, yet zillions of times more different than other primates.
Chimps, gorilla's, bonobo's, orang utangs, humans.
All primates.
Genetically, humans and chimps are more similar then chimps and gorilla's.
You can ignore or deny the facts if you want.
But the facts are the facts are the facts. No matter what you say.
Who are these atheists?
Are there any of them on this board?
No. It is extremely easy to define: it is the position of not believing the claims of theism.
That's it. There's no need or reason to complicate matters with all kinds of irrelevant qualifiers.
Clearly, not always. Look above. I just defined it without appealing to any belief whatsoever. .
No. Not believing X, is not a belief.
Just not like playing soccer, is not a hobby.
A belief is to accept something as true.
I don't accept the claims of theism as true. That, and that alone, defines me as an atheist.
Using false analogies only serves to weaken an argument.It is so obvious that the Invisible Pink Unicorn exists (BBHHH) that I'm not even going to explain why.
Do you see why this argument doesn't work?
Using false analogies only serves to weaken an argument.
The gene percentage has nothing to do with the similarity of the species.
But obviously it is not the definition that all atheists choose.
The exact opposite is true.
This is why your DNA will be more similar to that of your 1st cousin as opposed to your random neighbour.
What I thought was ''with similirarity to other species''.
It's the exact same thing.
"Species" is just a human label, based on the snapshot of the current state of life on this planet at this particular time.
DNA is DNA, wheter we are talking about DNA among family members, ethnic groups, racial groups, species, genus, etc.
The more similar the DNA, the closer related the organisms the DNA belongs to.
It's just the way it is. Reality, it's a neat thing...
Do you know just how much chimpanzees differ from humans? Regardless of the DNA pecentage.
Can you demonstrate that absolutely nothing has ever existed?
Easy! By giving the idea of "nothing" a brand new meaning as atheist scientists do.
To be fair - it seems to me that this is a problem of language rather than a conceptual problem. (And no, I am not saying that it makes much sense to assume that there was ever such a state.)
Perhaps; when people talk of 'absolutely nothing' (not Krauss's 'empty spacetime'), I think of the paradox of a box containing 'absolutely nothing'; it would be squashed flat so there is absolutely nothing between the walls, i.e. they are touching.
"How would I give proof? How do any give proof that anything can come from absolute nothing?"
How is that relevant to the OP question?
"This being illogical is why I am certain of the necessary existence that is explanatory of further existence being made."
Not sure what you are saying here.
Way for a strawman to be set up, to argue against, and atheists in the discussion would run with that, and all disregarding the actual point. I never said there was absolutely nothing, or that there ever could have been just absolutely nothing.
-_- that literally has everything to do with the similarity of species physiologically, since genes dictate physiology. This is also why you are more similar physically to the people you are genetically related to, such as a sibling, than a random person, and why siblings are considered first in matters of kidney transplants.The gene percentage has nothing to do with the similarity of the species.
Romans 9:20:
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
-_- that literally has everything to do with the similarity of species physiologically, since genes dictate physiology. This is also why you are more similar physically to the people you are genetically related to, such as a sibling, than a random person, and why siblings are considered first in matters of kidney transplants.
Humans really aren't as special as they like to assume.
-_- where did you even get that idea from? The closest thing I can think of that you might be referring to is the fact that we used fruit flies to study HOX genes, which are genes consistently shared by most animals.To my knowledge, there is a fly we share more gene percentage than with the primates.
Define complexity. I could easily argue that galaxies are more complicated than human brains are.What defines the physiology of the humans is their brain. It is the most compicated thing in the known universe.
Attempt to avoid the hubris our species is prone to. Chimps do have comparable brains to ours. Heck, they consistently beat us at memory tasks. Not to say that human brains aren't fascinating, since they are, but a lot of how we understand our own brains comes from comparative studies using the brains of other animals. Human brains don't have any structures unique to humans as far as I am aware; our cognitive abilities are a matter of how developed and sizable the structures are.So, are you really, really suggesting that we could really compare ourselves with chimps?
-_- comparing humans to other animals is an odd way to try to promote preserving ecosystems. I think you misunderstand the purpose behind comparing the brains and capabilities of other animals to humans.I know that the Earth is in danger, many ecosystems are to be destroyed, etc. etc. so it should be objectively more than popular to raise the awareness of the human connection with the overall nature. But sinking so low as to compare humans with great apes in ways that aren't remotely appropriate just buffles me.
Did you know that chimpanzee youngsters have their own youth culture and play with 'dolls'? They 'adopt' small rocks or chunky sticks and carry them around, put them on their backs, make little sleeping nests for them, just as the adults do with actual babies. These practices spread through the young of one troop and across into other troops by observation and imitation - and the females do it far more than the males. Cute, eh?Do you know just how much chimpanzees differ from humans? Regardless of the DNA pecentage.
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