God or Ape

[HAL 9000 96]

But they're fruit, MC... and that's enough for some juicemakers.

[Teacher Mark 53]

Why are you all so afraid of religion?

[NickD 203]

Some people you meet, like my wife's last IO or my ex evangelist in-law for just two examples, gives credence to the theory we evolved from apes. Where some people haven't fully evolved yet, we should be patient and give them another 100,000 years or so.

But then, maybe these theorist have it all backwards, where people are actually evolving into apes, and these ape like morons are way ahead of us. Something to look forward too. At least in their stupidity, they seem to be happy.

[pedroh 21]

Why are you all so afraid of religion?

not afraid, but religion has no place in science

[Teacher Mark 53]

Scientists and religious leaders call for end to fighting over Darwin's legacy

Prominent scientists and leading religious figures have joined forces to call for an end to the fighting over Charles Darwin's legacy.

Ahead of the 200th anniversary of the pioneering naturalist's birth on Thursday, they warn that militant atheists are turning people away from evolution by using it as a weapon with which to attack religion.

However, in a letter published in The Daily Telegraph, they also urge believers in creationism to acknowledge the overwhelming body of evidence that now exists to back up Darwin's theory of how life on Earth has developed.

It comes after a survey of 2,000 people conducted by Theos, the religion think tank, found that half believe the theory of evolution cannot explain the complexity of the natural world. One in three said they thought God created the Earth within the past 10,000 years.

The influential signatories of the letter include two Church of England bishops, a spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain and a member of the Evangelical Alliance, as well as Professor Lord Winston, the fertility pioneer, and Professor Sir Martin Evans, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

They write: "Evolution, we believe, has become caught in the crossfire of a religious battle in which Darwin himself had little personal interest.

"We respectfully encourage those who reject evolution to weigh the now overwhelming evidence, hugely strengthened by recent advances in genetics, which testifies to the theory's validity.

"At the same time, we respectfully ask those contemporary Darwinians who seem intent on using Darwin's theory as a vehicle for promoting an anti-theistic agenda to desist from doing so as they are, albeit unintentionally, turning people away from the theory.

"In this year of all years, we should be celebrating Darwin's great biological achievements and not fighting over his legacy as some kind of anti-theologian."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechn...ins-legacy.html

I'm going to respect their wishes. I'm just busting chops anyway. I believe in evolution.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

the·o·ry

1: the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another

2: abstract thought : speculation

3: the general or abstract principles of a body of fact, a science, or an art <music theory>

4 a: a belief, policy, or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action <her method is based on the theory that all children want to learn> b: an ideal or hypothetical set of facts, principles, or circumstances ?often used in the phrase in theory<in theory, we have always advocated freedom for all>

5: a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena <the wave theory of light>

6 a: a hypothesis assumed for the sake of argument or investigation b: an unproved assumption : conjecture c: a body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject <theory of equations>

I don't see anything wrong with both theories being presented side by side. The key is making sure that the text, and the instructor, are unbiased. Let the students decide for themselves.

Because only one of the theories is science.

I would love to see religion classes in schools, but I don't want intelligent design being taught as an alternative to evolutionary biology any more than I want kids being taught 2+2 = 5.

It's OK for the other parents to have their children taught what they don't believe though?

Yes its absolutely ok. Since when did schools teach self delusion?

You can believe that the moon is made of green cheese, but you that doesn't mean others should have to humor it.

[pedroh 21]

that's where you're wrong, the moon is made of mozzarella

because God loves mozzarella cheese

[Ellie-and-David 38]

that's where you're wrong, the moon is made of mozzarella

because God loves mozzarella cheese

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!! Do you also worship the FSM??!?!?!

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Loving this thread....

Dave.

[NickD 203]

What's wrong with seeking the truth?

[pedroh 21]

that's where you're wrong, the moon is made of mozzarella

because God loves mozzarella cheese

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!! Do you also worship the FSM??!?!?!

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Loving this thread....

Dave.

LOL

yea the flying spaghetti monster is 4real

[mendeleev 68]

There was a time when I thought that religious nutcases wanting to teach creationism or its equivalent ("intelligent design" sic hadn't been invented yet) in schools were communist dupes seeking to subvert our ability to competing scientifically future by assuring that our students would have no idea what science really was.

After this sillyness survived the fall of communism, I came to question whether there was any intelligent life in our galaxy -- but that's another thread...

[HAL 9000 96]

What's wrong with seeking the truth?

The Truth Is Out There.

There was a time when I thought that religious nutcases wanting to teach creationism or its equivalent ("intelligent design" sic hadn't been invented yet) in schools were communist dupes seeking to subvert our ability to competing scientifically future by assuring that our students would have no idea what science really was.

After this sillyness survived the fall of communism, I came to question whether there was any intelligent life in our galaxy -- but that's another thread...

Absolutely. Ha, question should be if there is any Christian life out there.

[Sprailenes 47]

God or ape... how about GAPE!

[pedroh 21]

everybody's wrong...

God is a DJ!

[Ellie-and-David 38]

God or ape... how about GAPE!

Hmmmmmm....having seen how some people gape at toast and oily windows...I like it!!