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Atheists & Agnostics

Voltaire2

(14,835 posts) Mon Feb 12, 2018, 09:35 AM Feb 2018

Its Darwin Day!

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Its Darwin Day! (Original Post) Voltaire2 Feb 2018 OP

Rethuglicans make me question my belief in evolution. AJT Feb 2018 #1

Sadly, poop flingers are just as evolved as we are Freelancer Feb 2018 #4

I believe that I evolved from a a non-sentient animal into an intelligent being... HopeAgain Feb 2018 #2

The vindication of Darwin has been amazing Bradshaw3 Feb 2018 #3

AJT

(5,240 posts)

1. Rethuglicans make me question my belief in evolution.

Reply to Voltaire2 (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 09:49 AM

Feb 2018

Maybe being a jerk will make for better odds of survival and reproduction.

Freelancer

(2,107 posts)

4. Sadly, poop flingers are just as evolved as we are

Reply to AJT (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 02:27 PM

Feb 2018

It's been a lost generation and a half. Maybe if we can keep the gen-X-ers and the millennials away from eating the lead paint chips, we'll be alright.

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)

2. I believe that I evolved from a a non-sentient animal into an intelligent being...

Reply to Voltaire2 (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 10:02 AM

Feb 2018

Right wing religious people believe they did not so evolve. It appears we are both correct in that respect.

Bradshaw3

(7,962 posts)

3. The vindication of Darwin has been amazing

Reply to Voltaire2 (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 10:12 AM

Feb 2018

From fossil record discoveries to radio carbon dating to DNA sequencing, every new scientic measurement tool or fossil find has served to validate and reinforce his theory over the past 180 years. I can't think of another grand scientifc vision you can say that about.

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