Evolution: Fact Or Fiction

Whats your religion?

Atheist	39.3%	[ 1138 ]
Protestant	16.9%	[ 489 ]
Catholic	14.1%	[ 407 ]
Hindu	1.3%	[ 37 ]
Muslim	1.8%	[ 53 ]
Jew	2.3%	[ 67 ]
Buddhist	5.1%	[ 149 ]
Greek Orthodox	0.7%	[ 21 ]
Pagan	14.2%	[ 412 ]
Egyptian	4.2%	[ 122 ]
Total Votes:			[ 2895 ]

[SOADrox429]

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jc_beatrice

WE ARE NOT EVOVLING!!! 4laugh rofl

Yes, we are.

[Jaclyn Hope]

Christian! heart

[A Soporific]

SOADrox429

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jc_beatrice

WE ARE NOT EVOVLING!!! 4laugh rofl

Yes, we are.

Why the thread necromancy?

[BlackShadow03]

A Soporific

SOADrox429

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jc_beatrice

WE ARE NOT EVOVLING!!! 4laugh rofl

Yes, we are.

Why the thread necromancy?

I was thinking the same thing. confused I got all excited and everything.

[Vryko Lakas]

BlackShadow03

I got all excited and everything.

Perhaps you should seek counseling?

[Held In Focus]

Everything evolves. It's a part of life. Bacteria evolve to fight the medication that we use to get rid of them. That's why scientists have to make new medications.

Also, humans evolved from apes because humans by definition ARE apes. Look it up if you think I'm wrong.

[Xerios]

EnglishPixie101

Everything evolves. It's a part of life. Bacteria evolve to fight the medication that we use to get rid of them. That's why scientists have to make new medications.

Also, humans evolved from apes because humans by definition ARE apes. Look it up if you think I'm wrong.

You're last statement is incorrect.

Humans AND apes evolved from a common ancestor. Humans by definition are hominids, not apes.

[potate]

Xerios

EnglishPixie101

Everything evolves. It's a part of life. Bacteria evolve to fight the medication that we use to get rid of them. That's why scientists have to make new medications.

Also, humans evolved from apes because humans by definition ARE apes. Look it up if you think I'm wrong.

You're last statement is incorrect.

Humans AND apes evolved from a common ancestor. Humans by definition are hominids, not apes.

wikipedia

An ape is any member of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates.

Humans are members of said superfamily, so yes, they are apes.

[Xerios]

BlueRavioli

Xerios

EnglishPixie101

Everything evolves. It's a part of life. Bacteria evolve to fight the medication that we use to get rid of them. That's why scientists have to make new medications.

Also, humans evolved from apes because humans by definition ARE apes. Look it up if you think I'm wrong.

You're last statement is incorrect.

Humans AND apes evolved from a common ancestor. Humans by definition are hominids, not apes.

wikipedia

An ape is any member of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates.

Humans are members of said superfamily, so yes, they are apes.

Okay.

That's correct.

I should really stop trying to argue s**t at 12:30 A.M.

Goodnight.

[Juillet Clair]

I believe humans evolved from primates.
I also believe that God made us all and that the Bible, to a degree, is fact.

I think the details of human evolution were lost in the multiple translations of the Bible.

[Helcaraxe]

Juillet Clair

I believe humans evolved from primates.
I also believe that God made us all and that the Bible, to a degree, is fact.

I think the details of human evolution were lost in the multiple translations of the Bible.

Doubt the guys that were lynching pregnant women and "burning witches" knew their a** from their elbow, much less anything about DNA...

But they would've wanted everyone to click the link in my sig and come feed our pets/get your pets fed! 3nodding

Even nutjobs aren't crazy enough to pass up on THAT OFFER!

[Placidius]

Vryko Lakas

Like bats being birds

Bats are birds as long as you classify them as such. Just because an ancient text doesn't agree with todays taxonomy does not make it wrong by the standards of its time.

[A Soporific]

Helcaraxe

Juillet Clair

I believe humans evolved from primates.
I also believe that God made us all and that the Bible, to a degree, is fact.

I think the details of human evolution were lost in the multiple translations of the Bible.

Doubt the guys that were lynching pregnant women and "burning witches" knew their a** from their elbow, much less anything about DNA...

But they would've wanted everyone to click the link in my sig and come feed our pets/get your pets fed! 3nodding

Even nutjobs aren't crazy enough to pass up on THAT OFFER!

Umm... like what do the witch panics have to do anything? I mean, it's not even something that is directly connected to Christianity, being a form of social hysteria and all.

[Trorbes]

Placidius

Vryko Lakas

Like bats being birds

Bats are birds as long as you classify them as such. Just because an ancient text doesn't agree with todays taxonomy does not make it wrong by the standards of its time.

Modern taxonomy isn't just random assignment of species, you realize. Bats are quite obviously mammals. Mammals and avians are quite obviously different. One would think God would be realize this, wouldn't one?

[Ihavenoarmz]

Trorbes

Placidius

Vryko Lakas

Like bats being birds

Bats are birds as long as you classify them as such. Just because an ancient text doesn't agree with todays taxonomy does not make it wrong by the standards of its time.

Modern taxonomy isn't just random assignment of species, you realize. Bats are quite obviously mammals. Mammals and avians are quite obviously different. One would think God would be realize this, wouldn't one?

"Bird" doesn't necessarily equate to "avian" in ancient literature, much like "bug" doesn't necessarily equate to "hemipteran" today. Dragons were called "serpents" (wurms), monkeys were called apes and vice versa (they still are today, but you can now beat someone with a dictionary if they do that.) Vulgar names tend to have loose definitions, and the association between a specific clade and a vulgar name is obviously quite modern. It's silly to call a beetle a coleopteran and a butterfly a lepidopteran when the target audience just calls them bugs, unless you're writing a science textbook or something.

Now if the Bible had said "chiropterans are avians"... of course it'd never have said that because the terms didn't exist, but then again the word "bird" as defined today didn't exist either.
(I heard the hebrew word used essentially translates to "flying thing", by the way.)