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sendero

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5. What cracks me up..

Reply to Coyotl (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 09:16 PM

Nov 2013

... is that "Christians" purport to disbelieve in evolution, but in the real world they are totally wedded to evolutionary concepts such as survival of the fittest.

Their apparent disdain of the poor and needy fly in the face of Jesus' teachings and fall squarely into the realm of social Darwinism.

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Why It's Easier for Republicans to Believe in God Than Evolution [View all] Coyotl Nov 2013 OP

Belief gets in the way of thinking and it's easier. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #1

Most Democrats believe in God. Skip Intro Nov 2013 #3

I don't think the Obamas believe the Earth is only 6000 years old. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #7

How do you know this "factoid" anyway? Coyotl Nov 2013 #8

Um...observation mostly. Skip Intro Nov 2013 #9

O.K., that's four of them that appear to be. Coyotl Nov 2013 #10

Sadder that pretenders would ever hold office. Skip Intro Nov 2013 #11

Gallup 2011: 90% of Democrats believe in God. Skip Intro Nov 2013 #13

Shocking, just shocking. I thought we lived in an Age of Reason. Coyotl Nov 2013 #14

And how many of those 90% will agree on what the word "God" even means? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #17

But that's the whole point. Nine Nov 2013 #18

I didn't claim the poll was inaccurate. I claim that it asks people whether they believe in a word Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #19

I appreciate you saying 'Republicans' - because that's more correct muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #2

God is under their control. gulliver Nov 2013 #4

Indeed, you can believe pretty much whatever you want, thousands of religions, one science. Coyotl Nov 2013 #6

We'd like to control evolution though The2ndWheel Nov 2013 #16

What cracks me up.. sendero Nov 2013 #5

If God is The Decider, moondust Nov 2013 #15

To be fair to Creationists, Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #12