So there's this dude, goes by the name of Ham (how fitting), and he's preachin that evolution is a hoax. Now, many of you are probably not aware but there are some things that really irk me. One is moths, two is stupid people, and three is Evangelists. I swear man, ever try gettin in an arguement with one? Yeah, don't bother. There's so many looholes in both cases, it goes on for friggin ever. Anyway, enough bitchin about God's little soldiers.
So this Ham dude is goin around preachin that kids should argue with their teachers regarding evolution (the ones that aren't afraid to get sued by the parents for teaching their kids something they don't want them to learn). So here's his arguement: When someone explains the evolution theory, kids are supposed to be all smartass and reply briskly "You weren't there!". Yeah, sounds adorable. Then the evolutioninaire is supposed to say "Neither were you" Then the kid shoots back a "But I have a historical book that recounts all this blahblahblah". What this kind of retort fails to tell is that the bible has been changed ever since it's creation to match the politcal views at the time of the change. Worst thing about about these kind of answers is that there's no real way to end the arguement.
We've heard all about the Religous arguement, and it's all fine and well. Now here's the one I support, the evolutionist arguement. Where's their proof? Not in a book, where you use stories to create images in your head. No sir, their evidence lies in things that you can see with your eyes. Bones, skin samples, charts, graphs, etc. There is proof of land-walkin whales, prehistoric horses, and gigantic friggin badges and whatnot.
Now my arguement (most important of all). Let's assume there's some crazy disaster. Example, howabout a freak storm that brings about a second ice-age. Many people kick the bucket, the stronger ones live (Darwin: Survival of the fittest). Evangelists and evolutionists will most likely agree up to this point. Where the human race goes, however, is where the path diverges. Evangelists will believe that *pop* new people will just appear. Obviously they won't adapt to their surroundings like normal animals (Darwin: Adaptation aka EVO-FUCKIN-LUTION!), but God shall simply poof everything alright again. Evolutionists will argue that people will begin to mutate to better suit their new lifestyles. Of course we're not talkin instantaneous, that would be far too convienient. Depending on the climate conditions, it could be anywhere from 200-1000 years beofre noticable changes take place.
Well, I hope you enjoyed that little rant. Those of you religious folk don't take it too personally, this is just one man's take on a one subject. Keep in mind that although it sounds a lot like I know what I'm talking about, I didn't really do any research. All of the above is just assumptions. Like now, I make the assumption that this Ham dude rapes pigs. That's right. Farm animals. Bastard. Later!
Unfortunately, his arguments are good. If I was a creationist, which I'm not. So he loses.
Unfortunately for all of you creationists out there with your strict, 6 days and that was it, you cannot call 'intelligent design' a theory because YOU HAVE NO PROOF WHATSO-EVAH, the Bible doesn't count as evidence, it would never stand up in a court.
So yes, I think that some crationists should go to hell for their stubborness. Science and religion don't need to clash, infact they SHOULD NOT. Science is about HOW life works, religion is about WHO is responsible for it. YAY, I think I've said enough.
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Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
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Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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Gen 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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Gen 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.
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Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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Gen 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.
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Gen 1:10 And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.
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Gen 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
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Gen 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
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Gen 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
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Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
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Gen 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
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Gen 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.
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Gen 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
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Gen 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.
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Gen 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
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Gen 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
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Gen 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
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Gen 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
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Gen 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
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Gen 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
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Gen 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
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Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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Gen 1:27 So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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Gen 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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Of course, I've seen better articles on the subject than that.... thing, but naturally I'll be darned if I can find them when required.
I do know that my Japanese teacher told me about it a year or so ago, and she had a decent newspaper with a readable and on-topic article about it.