A Theory Against Evolution, ID Step Aside
This guy is serious, and I think it is a complete joke. He says he is trying to get it peer reviewed, but it lacks evidence and testing. Which would make this not even close to a scientific theory.
Anyways get your laugh here, before some idiot creationist start using it.
Anyways get your laugh here, before some idiot creationist start using it.
Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian
10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!
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1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.
From EvilBible.com
9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!
6........2
1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.
From EvilBible.com
Holy Text Quote of the Day #16
"If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl's father fifty shekels of silver*. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives." -Deuteronomy 22:28-29
*That is, about 1 1/4 pounds (about 0.6 kilogram)
*That is, about 1 1/4 pounds (about 0.6 kilogram)
Why I Deny the Virgin Birth of Jesus
2) The earliest references are late and sparse.
Why is such an important story left out of all the early sources?
Probably because it hadn’t been made up yet.
Paul, the earliest New Testament author, never mentions the virgin birth. For someone who we rely upon for much of Christian theology, it is an odd omission. Paul refers to Jesus’ birth twice (Rom 1:3; Gal 4:4) and never says he was born of a virgin or of different means than anyone else. You’d think that would be important.
The virgin birth is also not in Mark, the earliest gospel, or in John, the only other gospel not based on Mark. Why is such an important story left out of all the early sources? Probably because it hadn’t been made up yet.
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Why is such an important story left out of all the early sources?
Probably because it hadn’t been made up yet.
Paul, the earliest New Testament author, never mentions the virgin birth. For someone who we rely upon for much of Christian theology, it is an odd omission. Paul refers to Jesus’ birth twice (Rom 1:3; Gal 4:4) and never says he was born of a virgin or of different means than anyone else. You’d think that would be important.
The virgin birth is also not in Mark, the earliest gospel, or in John, the only other gospel not based on Mark. Why is such an important story left out of all the early sources? Probably because it hadn’t been made up yet.
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Science Is in the Details
PRESIDENT OBAMA has nominated Francis Collins to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health. It would seem a brilliant choice. Dr. Collins’s credentials are impeccable: he is a physical chemist, a medical geneticist and the former head of the Human Genome Project. He is also, by his own account, living proof that there is no conflict between science and religion. In 2006, he published “The Language of God,” in which he claimed to demonstrate “a consistent and profoundly satisfying harmony” between 21st-century science and evangelical Christianity.
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Genetic Secrets of Colour-Savvy Lobsters
"We're talking about going from the red end of the spectrum to the blue end of the spectrum," he says.
"That's the entire length of the visible spectrum. This protein is able to do something that no other protein can do."
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"That's the entire length of the visible spectrum. This protein is able to do something that no other protein can do."
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First Animals Evolved in Lakes, Not Oceans, Study Hints
Many scientists have argued that these first, complex creatures arose in the oceans.
"It just seems like a fairly reasonable thing to assume, given the chemical and environmental stability of the oceans," said Martin Kennedy of the University of California, Riverside.
But a new study of one of the oldest known fossil beds has revealed abundant amounts of a mineral called smectite, which forms in salty, alkaline lakes—not seawater.
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"It just seems like a fairly reasonable thing to assume, given the chemical and environmental stability of the oceans," said Martin Kennedy of the University of California, Riverside.
But a new study of one of the oldest known fossil beds has revealed abundant amounts of a mineral called smectite, which forms in salty, alkaline lakes—not seawater.
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Fossil Thumbs Point to 1st Known Climber
An ancestor of mammals first took to the trees before the age of dinosaurs, evolving the first known opposable thumbs on the way, a group of Toronto researchers reports.
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Naming Evolution's Winners and Losers
Crocodiles and alligators are nearly 250 million years old yet have diversified into only 23 species, Alfaro said. They are diversifying a staggering 1,000 times slower than would have been expected. "Their species richness is so low, given how old they are," he said.
The tuatara, which lives in New Zealand and resembles lizards — although it is actually a distant cousin — has only two species. "In the same period of time that produced more than 8,000 species of snakes and lizards, there were only two species of tuatara," Alfaro said.
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The tuatara, which lives in New Zealand and resembles lizards — although it is actually a distant cousin — has only two species. "In the same period of time that produced more than 8,000 species of snakes and lizards, there were only two species of tuatara," Alfaro said.
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Women are Getting More Beautiful
FOR the female half of the population, it may bring a satisfied smile. Scientists have found that evolution is driving women to become ever more beautiful, while men remain as aesthetically unappealing as their caveman ancestors.
The researchers have found beautiful women have more children than their plainer counterparts and that a higher proportion of those children are female. Those daughters, once adult, also tend to be attractive and so repeat the pattern.
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The researchers have found beautiful women have more children than their plainer counterparts and that a higher proportion of those children are female. Those daughters, once adult, also tend to be attractive and so repeat the pattern.
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Holy Text Quote of the Day #15
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." -Exodus 22:18
It’s perfect. It’s infallible. It’s divine. It’s irrefutable. And there are witches in it.
It’s perfect. It’s infallible. It’s divine. It’s irrefutable. And there are witches in it.
Holy Text Quote of the Day #14
"There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown." -Genesis 6:4
It’s perfect. It’s infallible. It’s divine. It’s irrefutable. And there are giants in it.
Just something to think about.
It’s perfect. It’s infallible. It’s divine. It’s irrefutable. And there are giants in it.
Just something to think about.
Scientists Breed Mice From Skin Cells in China
Chinese scientists have bred mice from cells that might offer an alternative to embryonic stem cells, producing the most definitive evidence yet that the technique could help sidestep many of the explosive ethical issues engulfing the controversial field but raising alarm that the advance could lead to human cloning and designer babies.
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Did Humans Kill Neanderthals?
It is one of the world's oldest cold cases. Sometime between 50,000 and 75,000 years ago, a Neanderthal male known to scientists as Shanidar 3 received a wound to his torso, limped back to his cave in what is now Iraq and died several weeks later. When his skeleton was pieced together in the late 1950s and early '60s, scientists were stumped by a rib wound that almost surely killed him, hypothesizing that it could have been caused by a hunting accident or even a fellow Neanderthal. New research suggests that Shanidar 3 may have had a more familiar killer: a human being.
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Brad Pitt: 'I'm probably 20 percent atheist and 80 percent agnostic'
"No, no, no!," he declared, when asked if he believes in a higher power, or if he was spiritual. "I'm probably 20 percent atheist and 80 percent agnostic. I don't think anyone really knows. You'll either find out or not when you get there, until then there's no point thinking about it."
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Holy Text Quote of the Day #13
"Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun." -2 Samuel 12:11
Venus Flytrap Origins Uncovered
The Venus flytrap closes around an insect in just 0.3s or faster, while the waterwheel use thin translucent traps to snare copepods and other aquatic invertebrates.
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10 Worst Evolutionary Designs
#2 Hyena clitoris. "When engorged, this "pseudopenis," which doubles as the birth canal, becomes so hard it can crush babies to death during exit."
#10 Narwhal tusk. "The unicorn-like protuberance on a male narwhal's head is actually a tooth that erupts through the front of the jaw and keeps on growing, up to 9 feet. Narwhal: "Doc, I have a toothache." Dentist: "Indeed."
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#10 Narwhal tusk. "The unicorn-like protuberance on a male narwhal's head is actually a tooth that erupts through the front of the jaw and keeps on growing, up to 9 feet. Narwhal: "Doc, I have a toothache." Dentist: "Indeed."
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The Story of Suzie
This video has been posted already, but it was removed from YouTube because of the shooting scene, so I am reposting its censored version, cause I think everyone should see it.
Holy Text Quote of the Day #12
"God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows." -Numbers 24:8
"His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh." -Deuteronomy 33:17
"Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns." -Psalm 22:21
Here are some more verse where unicorns are mentioned:
Job 39:9-10
Psalm 29:6
Psalm 92:10
Isaiah 34:7
If you believe in the bible, you must believe in Unicorns.
It’s perfect. It’s infallible. It’s divine. It’s irrefutable. And there are unicorns in it.
"His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh." -Deuteronomy 33:17
"Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns." -Psalm 22:21
Here are some more verse where unicorns are mentioned:
Job 39:9-10
Psalm 29:6
Psalm 92:10
Isaiah 34:7
If you believe in the bible, you must believe in Unicorns.
It’s perfect. It’s infallible. It’s divine. It’s irrefutable. And there are unicorns in it.
We Must Not Preserve the Myth of God – It Was a Useful Crutch, but We've Outgrown it.
The question: Should we believe in belief?
As I explain in the chapter by that title in Breaking the Spell, "belief in belief" is a common phenomenon not restricted to religions. Economists realise that a sound currency depends on people believing that the currency is sound, and scientists recognise that the actual objectivity of scientific studies on global warming is politically impotent unless people believe in that objectivity, so economists and scientists (among others) take steps to foster and protect such beliefs that they think are benign. That's acting on belief in belief.
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As I explain in the chapter by that title in Breaking the Spell, "belief in belief" is a common phenomenon not restricted to religions. Economists realise that a sound currency depends on people believing that the currency is sound, and scientists recognise that the actual objectivity of scientific studies on global warming is politically impotent unless people believe in that objectivity, so economists and scientists (among others) take steps to foster and protect such beliefs that they think are benign. That's acting on belief in belief.
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Accept it: Talk About Evolution Needs to Evolve by Eugenie Scott
So you urge scientists not to say that they “believe” in evolution?!
Right. What your audience hears is more important than what you say.… What [people] hear is that evolution is a belief, it’s an opinion, it’s not well-substantiated science. And that is something that scientists need to avoid communicating.
You believe in God. You believe your sports team is going to win. But you don’t believe in cell division. You don’t believe in thermodynamics. Instead, you might say you “accept evolution.”
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Right. What your audience hears is more important than what you say.… What [people] hear is that evolution is a belief, it’s an opinion, it’s not well-substantiated science. And that is something that scientists need to avoid communicating.
You believe in God. You believe your sports team is going to win. But you don’t believe in cell division. You don’t believe in thermodynamics. Instead, you might say you “accept evolution.”
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Male Sex Chromosome Losing Genes by Rapid Evolution, Study Reveals
Once the biologists determined that the Y chromosome has been evolving more rapidly and has been losing more genes as a result, they wanted to find out why the Y chromosome has not already disappeared entirely. "Today, the human Y chromosome contains less than 200 genes, while the human X chromosome contains around 1,100 genes," said Wilson.
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Sharks: Missing Piece Of Fossil Puzzle Found
The mode of reproduction seen in modern sharks is nearly 400 million years old. That is the conclusion drawn by Professor Per Erik Ahlberg, Uppsala University, from his discovery of a so-called "clasper" in a primitive fossil fish earlier this year. The research results are published in Nature.
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Want to Keep Your Wallet? Carry a Baby Picture.
What would you do if you found a wallet on the street? Leave it? Take it to a police station? Post it back to the owner? Keep it, even?
The answer, scientists have found, depends rather more on evolution than morality.
Hundreds of wallets were planted on the streets of Edinburgh by psychologists last year. Perhaps surprisingly, nearly half of the 240 wallets were posted back. But there was a twist.
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The answer, scientists have found, depends rather more on evolution than morality.
Hundreds of wallets were planted on the streets of Edinburgh by psychologists last year. Perhaps surprisingly, nearly half of the 240 wallets were posted back. But there was a twist.
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Killer Flu Strains Lurk & Mutate for Years Before They Go Pandemic
Genetic “pieces” of the 1918 flu virus, which killed between 50 and 100 million people worldwide, were likely circulating between pigs and people two to 15 years before the pandemic struck, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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DNA Not The Same In Every Cell Of Body: Major Genetic Differences Between Blood And Tissue Cells Revealed
Research by a group of Montreal scientists calls into question one of the most basic assumptions of human genetics: that when it comes to DNA, every cell in the body is essentially identical to every other cell. Their results appear in the July issue of the journal Human Mutation.
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Holy Text Quote of the Day #11
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." -Luke 14:26
This is Jesus speaking.
This is Jesus speaking.
Holy Text Quote of the Day #10
"Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it." -Malachi 2:3
Holy Text Quote of the Day #9
"Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." -Psalm 137:9
Here something that goes along with the above I ran into, it from Baptist website, so don't be ashamed if it make you sick.
Here something that goes along with the above I ran into, it from Baptist website, so don't be ashamed if it make you sick.
Holy Text Quote of the Day #8
"For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man." -I Corinthians 11:7
Expedition Discovers New Chameleon
This is new to science!” he exclaims, pointing to the small reptile blinking at his flashlight. “We came here especially to find a new species of chameleon, and this is it!”
He handles the tiny little hatchling chameleon with care, like a lady looking over a fine diamond.
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He handles the tiny little hatchling chameleon with care, like a lady looking over a fine diamond.
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Turtles Make Sense After All
Turtles may be weird, but according to new research, they’re not that weird. Their funny arrangement of shell and shoulder is just the same old land-dweller vertebrate stuff — with a little fold.
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How Flowers Conquered the World
The great explosion in flowering plants during the Cretaceous Period is one of the great enigmas of evolution.
Charles Darwin had no explanation, calling it an "abominable mystery".
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Charles Darwin had no explanation, calling it an "abominable mystery".
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'Hippy' Monkey is a Killer When Starved of Sex
Lacking ready mates, males may become frustrated, creating mutual tension and aggression. Also, muriqui males bond closely for life with male siblings and relatives. Filippo Aureli of Liverpool John Moores University, UK, says that this facilitates "gang" attacks, as closely bonded males are in a strong position to victimise an individual.
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Holy Text Quote of the Day #7
"So the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them." -Genesis 6:7
If you don't understand this one, ask yourself why a perfect creator could feel sorry for a creation he made. How could God fail so tragically, that even he was disappointed?
If you don't understand this one, ask yourself why a perfect creator could feel sorry for a creation he made. How could God fail so tragically, that even he was disappointed?
Missing Universe Museum
Another creationist attempt at being legitimate and failing. Take a look at their test on evolution and see if the amount of stupidity doesn't make you cry.
Evolution Test(by creationists)
Evolution Test(by creationists)
Mystery Of Bat With An Extraordinary Nose Solved
A research paper co-written by a Virginia Tech faculty member explains a 60-year mystery behind a rare bat's nose that is unusually large for its species.
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Study Sheds Light On Earth’s Evolutionary History
Nearly everyone can recall the high school textbook illustrations of the planet’s first land-dwelling creatures, ubiquitously represented as comic-looking fish with short, stumpy legs. A team of paleontologists, however, are challenging these standard depictions, saying that the earth’s first tetrapods were for more diverse than previously suspected.
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101 Amazing Earth Facts
Is Earth a sphere?
Because the planet rotates and is more flexible than you might imagine, it bulges at the midsection, creating a sort of pumpkin shape. The bulge was lessening for centuries but now, suddenly, it is growing, a recent study showed. Accelerated melting of Earth's glaciers is taking the blame for the gain in equatorial girth.
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Because the planet rotates and is more flexible than you might imagine, it bulges at the midsection, creating a sort of pumpkin shape. The bulge was lessening for centuries but now, suddenly, it is growing, a recent study showed. Accelerated melting of Earth's glaciers is taking the blame for the gain in equatorial girth.
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Holy Text Quote of the Day #6
"From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said. "Go on up, you baldhead!" He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths." -2 Kings 2:23-24
If you had a hard time following that, basically kids were calling a guy baldy, so the guy asked the lord for help, and god sent 2 bear which mauled 42 of the children for name calling.
If you had a hard time following that, basically kids were calling a guy baldy, so the guy asked the lord for help, and god sent 2 bear which mauled 42 of the children for name calling.
Holy Text Quote of the Day #5
"If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity." -Deuteronomy 25:11-12
Common Sense Atheism
“When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.” – Stephen Roberts
Christians are often baffled as to how atheists could deny the existence of their god, Yahweh. But they shouldn’t be. Christians deny thousands of the same gods that theists deny. Atheists just deny one more god than Christians do.
Some of my favorites? Pratibhanapratisamvit, Buddhist goddess of context analysis. Or Acat, Mayan god of tattoo artists. Or Tsa’qamae, north american god of salmon migration.
Anyway, here’s a handy comparison between the gods Christians deny and the gods atheists deny. We’re not so different, after all. Let us celebrate our vast agreement on the non-existence of thousands of gods!
Christians are often baffled as to how atheists could deny the existence of their god, Yahweh. But they shouldn’t be. Christians deny thousands of the same gods that theists deny. Atheists just deny one more god than Christians do.
Some of my favorites? Pratibhanapratisamvit, Buddhist goddess of context analysis. Or Acat, Mayan god of tattoo artists. Or Tsa’qamae, north american god of salmon migration.
Anyway, here’s a handy comparison between the gods Christians deny and the gods atheists deny. We’re not so different, after all. Let us celebrate our vast agreement on the non-existence of thousands of gods!
Holy Text Quote of the Day #4
The following is Jesus speaking.
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." -Matthew 10:34
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." -Matthew 10:34
Palin Resigning as Alaska Governor
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race.
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Study of Flower Color Ahows Evolution in Action
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have zeroed in on the genes responsible for changing flower color, an area of research that began with Gregor Mendel’s studies of the garden pea in the 1850’s.
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Paleontologists Brought to Tears, Laughter by Creation Museum
For a group of paleontologists, a tour of the Creation Museum seemed like a great tongue-in-cheek way to cap off a serious conference. But while there were a few laughs and some clowning for the camera, most left more offended than amused by the frightening way in which evolution -- and their life's work -- was attacked. "It's sort of a monument to scientific illiteracy, isn't it?" said Jerry Lipps, professor of geology, paleontology and evolution at University of California, Berkeley. "Like Sunday school with statues... this is a special brand of religion here. I don't think even most mainstream Christians would believe in this interpretation of Earth's history."
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Primate Ancestor may be from Asia, not Africa
A new Myanmar fossil primate, Ganlea megacanina, suggests the common ancestor of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from large-toothed primates in Asia and not Africa, according to new research published in the latest Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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Holy Text Quote of the Day #3
"Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness......" -Genesis 1:26
If you find nothing strange about that at first, ask your self who is "US" and "OUR"?
If you find nothing strange about that at first, ask your self who is "US" and "OUR"?
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