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Atheists & Agnostics

Curmudgeoness

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10. In answer to that last idiot,

Reply to progressoid (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 09:35 PM

Feb 2014

because we did not COME FROM MONKEYS! Ancestral relationships are not a direct line. It is a tree, not a line.

That is one of the arguments that really pisses me off for the ignorance of the subject that it imparts.

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Science vs. creationism [View all] Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 OP

I thought Nye did wonderfully! TxDemChem Feb 2014 #1

LOL, I love the drinking game you devised. Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #2

I wish I were that creative. TxDemChem Feb 2014 #4

The best thing that came out of the "debate" was the revelation that... trotsky Feb 2014 #3

That was the most poignant point! TxDemChem Feb 2014 #5

It is too bad Promethean Feb 2014 #6

I don't think it changed these people's minds either: progressoid Feb 2014 #8

In answer to that last idiot, Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #10

lel CallmeJoe Feb 2014 #11

I disagree. The "on the fence" people need facts. Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #13

Nye was perfect for this debate. onager Feb 2014 #7

Really good point about why Nye was a great choice to do this. Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #9

Anyone remember Nye on Fox News? onager Feb 2014 #12

I don't remember that one. Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #14

I thought maybe you meant this one Lordquinton Feb 2014 #15

Yes, good point. onager Feb 2014 #16

Oh I agree fully Lordquinton Feb 2014 #17