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Is Evolution the Work of Satan?

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11-01-2010 12:21 PM 		Reply to: Message 8 by Phat
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Re: Human Copouts
Why is the idea of evolution such a threat for fundamentalists?
It isn't, though they perceive it to be a threat.
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My understanding is that they noticed that students were entering the biology class as Christians, but graduating as atheists. So they put 2 and 2 together, came up with 5 as the answer, and blamed evolution.
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As far as I can tell, what really happens in biology class is that the students come face to face with the cruelty of nature, and they are unable to reconcile that with what they had been taught in Sunday school.
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11-01-2010 2:53 PM 		Reply to: Message 12 by ringo
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Re: Human Copouts
Students begin to study biology at an age when they naturally begin to question what they've been told. Any reality-based subject would probably have the same effect.
Yes, I agree with that.
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The correct solution for religion, is that they should paint an honest picture of the world. That way, when students begin to find out how reality is, they won't be confronted with the realization that they were misled.
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Jesus was a liberal hippie
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11-01-2010 7:34 PM 		Reply to: Message 15 by Dr Adequate
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Re: Human Copouts
nwr writes:
The correct solution for religion, is that they should paint an honest picture of the world.
Dr Adequate writes:
In what sense would that be religion?
They can still have cultural traditions and rituals.
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