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Wayne.B

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:55:34 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:05:49 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:22:59 -0500, wrote:

They are ALL trying to tip toe the line between science and the 40% of
the population that will not accept that we are "descended from
monkeys".

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That whole "descended from monkeys" nonsense is part of the problem
that people have with evolution, and it's actually a misrepresentation
of what is currently believed. Monkeys, apes, etc., developed along a
different but closely related branch. We're not even descended from
neandrathals although there was apparently some inter breeding at
times.

I know but it is the metaphor evolution is fighting.

Personally I have a hard time understanding how anyone can deny
evolution, we see it every year with the flu virus but people still
get hung up on the monkey thing.

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The development of antibiotic resistant bacteria and insecticide
resistant mosquitos are also classic examples of evolution in action.
It's really to bad that so many religious leaders end up finding
themselves on the wrong side of scientific evidence. It would be just
as easy to turn the whole thing around and accept it as a miracle.