Amazing. During last night's Republican debate, three candidates signaled that they did not believe in the theory of evolution. Mike Huckabee, Tom Tancredo, and Sam Brownback. John McCain himself, who was initially asked the question, seemed almost hestitant to endorse what is perhaps the most robust scientific theory of our age. You might as well say you don't believe that planes can fly. Watch.
Of course, evolution itself is not incompatible with a belief in God, as some would have you think. But it certainly doesn't square with a literalist interpretation of the Bible. One wonders how each candidate would respond in full to this question, and whether it's the last we'll hear of it.
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91. How about the NA who post commentary here not attempt to represent your whole nation. As NA I find it offensive when one of us with a very loud opinion attempts to be a spokesman for their Nation.
A very wise man (Tecumseh) once said, "Trouble no man his religion."
I was raised with a strong belief in our Creator, I was raised with our stories of Creation, yet I do not discount evolution. I feel anyone with an open mind can see both sides of this discussion. I haven't studied the bible, I am by no means an expert, but,,,,, Adam and Eve had sons they sent into the land of Nod, the bible says nothing about "God" creating those people. I don't know about how anyone else views this,,, but daily I see people who are living proof some people are direct decedents of ape like creatures.
This commentary is made by just one, I am by no means a spokes person for my whole Nation.
Mackie at 9:11PM on May 25th 2007
92. Time itself is a measure of a changing Universe. Change is the basic tool for evolution. Evolution is not only limited to life but it touches everything, even the stars.
It is kind of scary to see how these beliefs in organized religions with their gods and holy books have become so strong in the 21st century. It is even scarier to see how many people actually believe in this non-sense. All one has to do is to study the history of religions and how they "evolved" to understand that they were created by men who wanted to control the masses and who had nothing to do with those men (such as Jesus & Mohammed) who were the original "messengers" of those ways of life. Has anyone ever questioned why neither Jesus nor Mohammed ever considered writing their holy books?
If the Koran and the Bible were written while they were still alive, they would have organized a party to burn them. I am sure they are both rolling in their graves right now.
I know I must have upset many of you but, please, just keep on reading...
Due to the political environment that we live in today, a large part of the human population who believe in organized religions have become empowered. Not only for their own sake, but they are also trying to empose their belief system on all the rest of us. Why? Perhaps it would make them feel better about themselves.
These are people who instead of taking the time during their life to do their "homework" and try to understand the meaning of why they are here, they have, instead, prefered to take on a "Pre-packaged" solution that was produced for them centuries ago.
These are usually people of a lesser intelligence, hardly any deligence whose only motivation is that they are afraid of Death. They are lazy, stupid bums who want to be told that they are right at any cost, whether it is human or environmental.
Those of you who resist change and will not allow themselves to EVOLVE will inevitably become extinct.
P.S. and for those who believe that homo sapiens are better than other animals, just spend some time with animals, look in their eyes, try to read their feelings and emotions.. you will find that most are more human than us.
Loh at 9:29PM on Jun 3rd 2007