How about some general pointers to the issues involved?
--- Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's because, a Lack of clear understanding > of how Science works. > > But that is a long and complicated subject > not suited for discussion in this forum. > > Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:08:20 +0100 (BST) > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] fundamentals of > evolution > > > Was it an inter-racial marriage? I had a class of > college students who told me that white folks were > made by God and black folks descended from apes. The > same class was about equally divided into two > groups. > One group believed that Jonah was swallowed by a > whale > because the Bible said so. The other half said that > this was nonsense because whales eat plankton. > Moreover, nobody could live in the stomach of > another > creature for three days. They dismissed the entirety > of the Bible based on this one story. There was one > creative soul, however, who said that the Bible told > the truth, but whales had since then evolved to have > better values, and so now, they no longer eat > humans. > > I'm not making any of this up. We're talking about > college seniors here. > > --- matrixmonitor <matrixmonitor@ yahoo.com> wrote: > > > a little girl asked her mother, "How did the human > > race appear?" > > > > The mother answered, "God made Adam and Eve and > > they had children > > and so was all mankind made." > > > > Two days later the girl asked her father the same > > question. > > > > The father answered, "Many years ago there were > > monkeys from which > > the human race evolved." > > > > The confused girl returned to her mother and said, > > "Mom, how is it > > possible that you told me the human race was > created > > by God, and Papa > > said they developed from monkeys?" > > > > The mother answered, "Well, dear, it is very > simple. > > I told you about > > my side of the family and your father told you > about > > his." > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with > Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
