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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
No. My point has always been that the people who rise to the bait of calling people who believe in creationism idiots, themselves typically are just buying into evolution based upon FAITH, and no more.
What is different between laying out in school 1 the primordial ooze theory, which is untestable and really just hindsight reconstruction to explain something non-creationists want explained and 2 maybe God started stuff and it evolved from there and he came back occasionally to prod (i.e. Organ systems start).
They are both non-testable and both solely faith based. Why should one be taught but not the other?
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1. No. I believe in God. And I believe Creationists are idiots. Simple rational thought leads to me to both clonclussions. That Creationists are idiots is inescapable. Algebraically, "X" = "willful ignorance of the obvious" in the equation "X x Mind = Belief in Creationism."
2. People who believe in Evolution do not take it as faith. But its pretty fucking obvious from the fossil record, and if you've been to a zoo lately, that some animals evolved from others. I look at an ape and, again, its fucking inescapable that we all came from a shared foundation. If that doesn't work for you, compare our dna to that of apes.
3. You confuse the anger and frustration of evolution supporters with some sort of "secular faith." You're dead wrong. We're just frustrated that anyone can look at the obvious support for evolution, as imperfect as it is, and choose to believe in something as stupid as Creationism. And whats more frustrating is to realize those people know they're wrong, know they sound idiotic, but refusse to capitulate because they believe their ignorance is "faith."
My God encourages me to think and learn, not stick my fucking head in the sand and make a goddamned ass of myself. You are free to make a fool of yourself believing whatever you like. But don't try to teach it to my kids.
