tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post6268292097848437492..comments2024-03-27T00:26:19.644+00:00Comments on Rosa Rubicondior: Evolution For Brainy PeopleRosa Rubicondiorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-62345414743076378992013-07-22T01:25:42.926+01:002013-07-22T01:25:42.926+01:00Well said. Its amazing how some people (more progr...Well said. Its amazing how some people (more progressive theists) also believe in evolution for all animals except humans. As if we are special and "god made?.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243905647317437724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-72548513117037918042013-07-21T09:30:50.424+01:002013-07-21T09:30:50.424+01:00The reason why (especially) American fundamentalis...The reason why (especially) American fundamentalists and Muslims get so hysterical about evolution is because they know it completely destroys their notion of a species specially created by a god. In the case of Christians it also destroys to whole notion of an original sin committed by our two original ancestors and so the entire need for some sort of forgiveness and redemption. An evolved species does not have two original ancestors as there is no point at which that species can be said to have come into existence because evolution is normally a slow, gradual process spread over very many generations and involving the entire genepool, not an event.<br /><br />The real problem for the clerics is that this takes away the entire basis of their control and the reason for their existence. The clerics know that evolution makes them redundant and that their 'faith' is a sham.<br />Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-1407843015119206012013-07-21T02:09:15.860+01:002013-07-21T02:09:15.860+01:00I think Katy Anders hit on an important part that ...I think Katy Anders hit on an important part that theist tend to not want to think about either. That there was interbreeding between the species. If this is true then why did god allow the neanderthals to die out? Only conclusion god is vengeful/hateful/not-worthy or god does not exist.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243905647317437724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-65107057138959517172013-07-19T16:15:48.686+01:002013-07-19T16:15:48.686+01:00It is very recent. Only the last couple of years s...It is very recent. Only the last couple of years since improved DNA sequencing was developed.Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-46649337177850986742013-07-19T14:10:14.019+01:002013-07-19T14:10:14.019+01:00This is amazing stuff, and it appears that the fin...This is amazing stuff, and it appears that the findings are really recent. <br /><br />I read Bryan Sykes' "Seven daughters of Eve" a few years back (mostly about tracing relation through female mitochondrial DNA) a few years back, and in that book, he says that there was no evidence of interbreeding between homo sapiens and Neanderthals. <br /><br />While I was reading that book, i stumbled on an article about Ozzy Osbourne having Neanderthal DNA.<br /><br />This makes it sound as though interbreeding was fairly widespread for a time. <br /><br />Great stuff...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.com