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quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
It's funny when people say they didn't evolve from monkeys, mainly because it's true but not for the reason they think. Common ancestor and all that jazz.
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Ha, I always lol at that too-- less abrasively though, of course...
quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I never understood why anyone would object to that until I started hanging out with an evangelical Christian. One day we were chatting and she was like:
"Wait, do you believe in evolution?"
"We've got a pretty reliable amount of data going for it, so it's reasonable to say it's very likely. Why?"
"I didn't come from an amoeba!"
I let the conversation die at that point
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I think the idea we 'come from something' which isn't human is hard to conceptualise, but its just because these people are incapable of abstract rational thought...
They can't figure out when it's said 'you have a shared ancestor with primates' we don't mean 'your dad's brother is a monkey'... so they reply "umm hello, I've always been a human being, and so was my dad, and my grandpa! THERE!! PROVED!! Evolution is false!"
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