Do you believe in evolution, OT?

I have no reason to attack you for not "believing in" evolution, but I hope you know that by calling it "bull$hit," you pretty much committed social suicide at GameSpot.

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I have no reason to attack you for not "believing in" evolution, but I hope you know that by calling it "bull$hit," you pretty much committed social suicide at GameSpot.

Er, no one with a degree in biological sciences is going to say we evolved from monkeys. It's kind of bigoted to say you don't accept evolution when you don't understand it, don't you think?

[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"][QUOTE="wis3boi"] Don't bother arguing with him about it, he showed a few months ago that he not only lies a lot but that he is incapable of critical thinking and grasping basic scientific concepts and terms.chaoscougar1

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[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"] I'm just waiting for everyone to get butthurt and suddenly pull their science degrees out of their @rse and start telling me what we all evolved from monkeys.ShadowsDemon

Er, no one with a degree in biological sciences is going to say we evolved from monkeys. It's kind of bigoted to say you don't accept evolution when you don't understand it, don't you think?

Ugh, it states that primates and humans share the same biological ancestors...

[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"][QUOTE="bub166"]

Er, no one with a degree in biological sciences is going to say we evolved from monkeys. It's kind of bigoted to say you don't accept evolution when you don't understand it, don't you think?

Ugh, it states that primates and humans share the same biological ancestors...

And care to tell me how you understand the statement then? It's been disproved we don't share the same "ancestors" as monkeys.ShadowsDemon

:lol:

They must be giving high school diplomas away for attendance these days. Back in my day, we used to have to EARN our diplomas.

:lol:

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[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"] I do understand the theories. I just use the monkey concept to remind evolutionsts that their good old friend Darwin had that idea in the first place. ShadowsDemon

Ugh, it states that primates and humans share the same biological ancestors...

Our genome is 98% similar to that of a chimpanzee. And what study do you have that certainly disproves it, without question?

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[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"] I'm just waiting for everyone to get butthurt and suddenly pull their science degrees out of their @rse and start telling me what we all evolved from monkeys.ShadowsDemon

Er, no one with a degree in biological sciences is going to say we evolved from monkeys. It's kind of bigoted to say you don't accept evolution when you don't understand it, don't you think?

Do I believe in evolution being the way how human beings and other animals came to be? Yes.

And care to tell me how you understand the statement then? It's been disproved we don't share the same "ancestors" as monkeys.ShadowsDemon

The burden of proof lies upon you to show that a large percentage of archaelogists, paleontologists and evolutionary scientists hold such a view. Because it is commonly held by scientists that the Australopithecus is one of the major points where human beings began to develop as a completely different species the great apes.

And no, please don't strawman and misquote Darwin saying that we evolved from monkeys.

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"][QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"] Yes, because having faith, my own opinion and ideas obviously means I lie and I don't understand science. :|ShadowsDemon

[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"][QUOTE="chaoscougar1"] Yupchaoscougar1

[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"][QUOTE="bub166"]

Ugh, it states that primates and humans share the same biological ancestors...

Our genome is 98% similar to that of a chimpanzee. And what study do you have that certainly disproves it, without question?

Besides, considering that fruit flies share 93%, how come we ain't fruit flies? :|ShadowsDemon

Wrong.

For example, a March 2000 study comparing the fruit fly genome with the human genome discovered that about 60 percent of genes are conserved between fly and human.

www.genome.gov/10005835

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[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"] And care to tell me how you understand the statement then? It's been disproved we don't share the same "ancestors" as monkeys.ShadowsDemon

Our genome is 98% similar to that of a chimpanzee. And what study do you have that certainly disproves it, without question?

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[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"] And care to tell me how you understand the statement then? It's been disproved we don't share the same "ancestors" as monkeys.ShadowsDemon

Our genome is 98% similar to that of a chimpanzee. And what study do you have that certainly disproves it, without question?

I said we share a common ancestor, not "We are monkeys." That's idiotic. That's like saying chocolate ice cream is not ice cream becauce vanilla ice cream is still around... It's very possible for multiple variants of the same species to coexist. What makes you think that they can't? We do not avidly hunt monkeys, so there why would our evolution as a race present any specific cause for them to go extinct? That is just silly. I mean, by that logic, how can we exist when our parents still exist? :?

Also, I did not say we share 93% of our genetic code with fruit flies, I said we share 92% with mice and 44% with fruit flies. Although I have seen estimates of up to even 60%, the source I listed says otherwise. However, 60% is probably more accurate.

Because we aren't monkeys right now (at least I'm not) If we did share the same ancestor then why are monkeys still around, or did they just randomly decide to "branch off"? Besides, considering that fruit flies share 93%, how come we ain't fruit flies? :|ShadowsDemon

Its not monkeys its apes, you are an ape, your family are apes, all humans are apes.

This may help

Not believing in evolution is like not believing in gravity

Not believing in evolution is like not believing in gravity

toast_burner

Gravity doesn't exists, it's gods love that keeps us grounded.

Not believing in evolution is like not believing in gravity

toast_burner

My whole family thinks I'm nuts because I believe in the single cell -> complex life method of evolution. As far as I'm concerned, it's a scientific certianty that's evidenced by the fossil record and DNA analysis.

But then again, my whole family is so conservative that they bleed red...err..fvck....I mean...they bleed Sean Hannity Serum. There's no getting through to them...as far as they are concerned, anyone who proposes evidence of evolution is attacking their faith-based beliefs and values.

How do you stand on this matter, OT? What say you?

br0kenrabbit

i don't want to get locked up in a dungeon for being a crazy heretic... he's right. i'm wrong.

and i also trust the government and believe everything they tell me to believe.

i also believe everythingi'm taught in school, everything i see, hear and read. i do not think for myself.

the internet and all the news agencies support what they want me to accept as fact so i do because i'm patriotic and part of a political party who doesn't give a ratsass about me.

i have it all figured out.

[QUOTE="SteverXIII"]Believe isn't the right word, I'd consider it a fact. Also Shadowsdemon is a sh!t-tier troll, just ignore him.dave123321

Absolutely not. Those fossils were planted in the ground by the devil to tempt us.imaps3fanboy

be caareful if that guy or one of his secret army members discovers you know the truth about him he might label you as a heretic and throw you into he dungeon beneath the monastery where he will proceed to torture you until you accept he love of his jesus.

Yes, because I'm not an idiot.

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[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"]No, I don't believe in that bull$hit. ShadowsDemon

I have no reason to attack you for not "believing in" evolution, but I hope you know that by calling it "bull$hit," you pretty much committed social suicide at GameSpot.

Except that we did not evolve from monkeys. Only dipsh*t creationists who fail to have even the most rudimentary grasp on evolotionary science (such as yourself) claim that.

Evolution is a fact not belief....

Evolution is a fact not belief....

ddlcpc

I wonder how much being a gamer affects the results here... seems like most people here on the same level.slowpokebro

Yes I believe in evolution and there is in fact a lot of evidence to support evolution.

[QUOTE="slowpokebro"]I wonder how much being a gamer affects the results here... seems like most people here on the same level.buccomatic

El-oh-motherf*cking-el

yes i believe in evolution. i asked my girlfriend if she believed in evolution, and she said "i didn't come from a damn monkey, i know that" and i tried to explain to her that evolution doesn't say we came from monkeys, just that we share a common ancestor and there was a split sometime in the past. but she's christian so we all know how those types usually are.

yes i believe in evolution. i asked my girlfriend if she believed in evolution, and she said "i didn't come from a damn monkey, i know that" and i tried to explain to her that evolution doesn't say we came from monkeys, just that we share a common ancestor and there was a split sometime in the past. but she's christian so we all know how those types usually are.

needled24-7

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yes i believe in evolution. i asked my girlfriend if she believed in evolution, and she said "i didn't come from a damn monkey, i know that" and i tried to explain to her that evolution doesn't say we came from monkeys, just that we share a common ancestor and there was a split sometime in the past. but she's christian so we all know how those types usually are.

ZumaJones07

Only in plants and animals, not humans.

Only in plants and animals, not humans.

kingkong0124

please explain how that works?

Only in plants and animals, not humans.

kingkong0124

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please explain how that works?VanDammFan

[QUOTE="ZumaJones07"][QUOTE="needled24-7"]

yes i believe in evolution. i asked my girlfriend if she believed in evolution, and she said "i didn't come from a damn monkey, i know that" and i tried to explain to her that evolution doesn't say we came from monkeys, just that we share a common ancestor and there was a split sometime in the past. but she's christian so we all know how those types usually are.

needled24-7

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Only in plants and animals, not humans.

VanDammFan

please explain how that works?

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[QUOTE="kingkong0124"]

Only in plants and animals, not humans.

kingkong0124

please explain how that works?

Why would he create everything else on the planet via evolution, but not humans?

[QUOTE="kingkong0124"][QUOTE="VanDammFan"]

please explain how that works?

worlock77

Why would he create everything else on the planet via evolution, but not humans?

[QUOTE="kingkong0124"][QUOTE="VanDammFan"]

please explain how that works?

worlock77

Why would he create everything else on the planet via evolution, but not humans?