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What about the differences between chimps and humans?

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Currently I am beginning to think that he may be the ultimate poe. He may be trying to refute Christianity by exposing all of the flaws in it.
It is an interesting thought and certainly plausible, though I think there are many other explanations. By now, I don't really care what his motivation is. I just wish he would stop it.
 
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It is an interesting thought and certainly plausible, though I think there are many other explanations. By now, I don't really care what his motivation is. I just wish he would stop it.
There's a super easy way to avoid it.
 
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There's a super easy way to avoid it.
Ya ... the IGNORE button.

Use it in case of emergency: when you don't want to have to answer a thought-provoking challenge.
 
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Too late, he fled the interview
Yup. Yet another disappointment - by elimination, I was guessing social sciences - but the attitude contradicted that... Possibly a graduate of the Dunning-Kruger school of BS ;)
 
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Yup. Yet another disappointment - by elimination, I was guessing social sciences - but the attitude contradicted that... Possibly a graduate of the Dunning-Kruger school of BS ;)

Farcical overeating of self is very pronounced
among creationists.
Wish we could get a good one, that would
be interesting.
 
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Currently I am beginning to think that he may be the ultimate poe. He may be trying to refute Christianity by exposing all of the flaws in it.

It's pretty much what all of the creationists do,
which is really too bad.
I'm no particular fan of Christianity, but it's
essence is way better than the practice of it
that we so often see.
 
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I've reached my self-imposed limit on posting to a thread. Thanks to all who engaged with me and thanks to the OP. In closing, here's the real difference between us:

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I never understand why people use chimp behavior in zoos as evidence against them being relayed to humans.

You mostly see the adults relaxing and quietly communicating among themselves, with the little ones running around and climbing all over everything.

Occasionally something significant will happen and tempers fly and aggressive body language is presented.

They are less intelligent, but really not so different to a couple of bored human families sitting around.
 
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It's pretty much what all of the creationists do,
which is really too bad.
I'm no particular fan of Christianity, but it's
essence is way better than the practice of it
that we so often see.
One should not conflate creationism with Christianity. Most Christians are not creationists. Creationists merely tend to be the most obnoxious ones. You get a false impression of Christianity if you base it on creationists.
 
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Currently I am beginning to think that he may be the ultimate poe. He may be trying to refute Christianity by exposing all of the flaws in it.
I have my doubts about him as well. Lack of empathy and understanding coupled with ‘perfect creo’ responses leads me to believe. I’m probably 70/30 Poe.
 
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I have my doubts about him as well. Lack of empathy and understanding coupled with ‘perfect creo’ responses leads me to believe. I’m probably 70/30 Poe.

He's no Poe. He does play dumb about science he knows, especially science that contradicts what ever point he's trying to make. He craves attention, but every once and a while he'll use the classic tropes against non-believers in a rather unfriendly fashion.
 
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Welcome to the thread. Your post is a little all over the place and includes some off topic items. Here I consider the rest...



The 98% figure is for Chimps-Humans, not all mammals.



This is several claims made without references. Can you support these assertions? I find it unlikely that differences are ignored. Much of science is about studying differences between similar things.



While non-coding DNA might have been over characterized as "junk" by some geneticists, there are chunks of your DNA that almost certainly are useless junk such as complete copies of viral genomes inserted during ancestral infections.



Cosmologists have determined, by measurement, that the Universe is 13.8 billion years old, but this fact is irrelevant to biology, evolution, or human-chimp differences.



Common ancestry is one of the fundamental claims of evolutionary theory. It is not a "belief" but rather a central hypothesis of the theory.



The Chromosome 2 merger is well established by the genomic sequence of humans and chimps including the remnants of the pre-fusion telomeres and centromeres in our Chromosome 2. If you would like to claim otherwise (as you just did) evidence to the contrary is indicated.



Now you've switched from a 2% difference claim for all mammals (when it is really for Humans/Chimps) to a 20% difference claims specifically between Humans and Chimps.

Whether a mutation degrades, improves, or is neutral it is still a change.
Notes taken from Dr. Georgia Purdom-uk conference 2019. Sorry if they’re all over the place. There was a lot of information to take down. :)
 
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You will appreciate that we in China are not
impressed with what your Bible is believed to say.

Nor with falsehoods or errors masquerading as science.

Some of yours-
"Mutations can not change"
A mutation is a change

"These theories are all taught as fact"
No theory could ever be a fact.
Profound ignorance could account for this error.
"It's a lie". :D. Just your mistake, don't be hard
on yourself.
"No evidence of common ancestry"
We will be generous here too, as you
may believe this falsehood.

"Scientists even say they have definite proof "

Thar is just silly. There is no such thing as proof in
science. Nobody in science would ever say as
you claim.

There's way more error in your post than that.

You cannot make a good case for your beliefs
with insults against people you don't know and
silly beginner misstatements.

Try to do better,,svp.
起初,上帝创造了天地。创世记 1:1 :)
 
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Notes taken from Dr. Georgia Purdom-uk conference 2019. Sorry if they’re all over the place. There was a lot of information to take down. :)
Georgia works for an organization where one has to swear not to use the scientific method to even work there. What makes you think that she is a valid source to go to for anything?
 
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Georgia works for an organization where one has to swear not to use the scientific method to even work there. What makes you think that she is a valid source to go to for anything?
Another false statement, you people will believe anything, including false scientific data (agendas)
 
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I never understand why people use chimp behavior in zoos as evidence against them being relayed to humans.
Many find the idea of being an ape or being related to chimps insulting and seem to assume that if they do, everyone does. The idea that we are keeping chimps in zoos seems to them an example of our total superiority rather than a sad example of our regrettable treatment of other creatures - which doesn't bother many of them because someone said that God said that they can do what they like with other creatures :rolleyes:
 
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They find the idea of being an ape or being related to chimps insulting and seem to assume that everyone does.
I'm not a huge fan of being the same species as Hitler, but it doesn't let me pretend that Homo nazi is a separate creation by space demons.
 
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