Will the Evolution Debate Soon be History?

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Will the Evolution Debate Soon be History?

Post by maiforpeace » Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:46 pm

Atheists have always argued that this world is all that we have, and that our duty is to one another to make the very most and best of it. ~Christopher Hitchens~
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Re: Will the Evolution Debate Soon be History?

Post by FBM » Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:52 pm

I hope he's right, but there are a lot of fundies who are very good at going :lalalala: to evidence.
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Re: Will the Evolution Debate Soon be History?

Post by amused » Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:48 am

Organized Religion is a huge business with a lot of money at stake. It doesn't matter if the facts of science prevail, there are still so many shysters making money in the religion business that they will keep on shucking the gullible and needy. To do that, they will keep fighting evolution and other facts of science, if only to create a 'them' to scare their flock.

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Re: Will the Evolution Debate Soon be History?

Post by Svartalf » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:07 am

Much as I respect Leakey, he underestimates how stuck in their rut creationists can be.
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Re: Will the Evolution Debate Soon be History?

Post by JimC » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:11 am

It is over, at least for that portion of humanity that is living and thinking in the real world...

Leaving aside much interesting tinkering with the details, of course...
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Re: Will the Evolution Debate Soon be History?

Post by Tyrannical » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:29 am

Even the average atheists lives in constant denial of the reality of evolution. You simply can't credibly believe in evolution without at least considering racism to be ground in genetics and science.

So as JimC puts it, maybe it's time to start living and thinking in the real world, and not some egalitarian fantasy land.
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Re: Will the Evolution Debate Soon be History?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:19 am

Tyrannical wrote:Even the average atheists lives in constant denial of the reality of evolution. You simply can't credibly believe in evolution without at least considering racism to be ground in genetics and science.
Bullshit. At the genetic level there's no difference in the race. Troll off, please.
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Re: Will the Evolution Debate Soon be History?

Post by Tyrannical » Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:10 pm

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
Tyrannical wrote:Even the average atheists lives in constant denial of the reality of evolution. You simply can't credibly believe in evolution without at least considering racism to be ground in genetics and science.
Bullshit. At the genetic level there's no difference in the race. Troll off, please.
Demonstrating the constant denial in reality I see :zilla:
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Re: Will the Evolution Debate Soon be History?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:11 pm

Tyrannical wrote:
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
Tyrannical wrote:Even the average atheists lives in constant denial of the reality of evolution. You simply can't credibly believe in evolution without at least considering racism to be ground in genetics and science.
Bullshit. At the genetic level there's no difference in the race. Troll off, please.
Demonstrating the constant denial in reality I see :zilla:
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Re: Will the Evolution Debate Soon be History?

Post by Pensioner » Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:43 pm

Tyrannical wrote:
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
Tyrannical wrote:Even the average atheists lives in constant denial of the reality of evolution. You simply can't credibly believe in evolution without at least considering racism to be ground in genetics and science.
Bullshit. At the genetic level there's no difference in the race. Troll off, please.
Demonstrating the constant denial in reality I see :zilla:
Bull shit. I'm glad you wrote that as if I posted such crap I would be ashamed of
myself. :nono:
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Re: Will the Evolution Debate Soon be History?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:41 pm

Pensioner wrote:
Tyrannical wrote:
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
Tyrannical wrote:Even the average atheists lives in constant denial of the reality of evolution. You simply can't credibly believe in evolution without at least considering racism to be ground in genetics and science.
Bullshit. At the genetic level there's no difference in the race. Troll off, please.
Demonstrating the constant denial in reality I see :zilla:
Bull shit. I'm glad you wrote that as if I posted such crap I would be ashamed of
myself. :nono:
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