Posted on 02/19/2015 12:10:25 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The 2016 presidential campaign is already upon us and the debate is heating up over an unexpected issue -- the theory of evolution. Of course, in an ideal world, evolution would never really become a campaign issue. But the anti-science wing of the Republican Party continues to voice skepticism. Apologists for this wing would dearly like to distract the media and the voting public from what is, frankly, a national if not a global embarrassment.
In truth, the President of the United States needs to be scientifically literate. For the federal government has an important role to play and it is a role that will only grow larger and more complex in the next president's term. It has been a century since the theory of evolution has become settled, incontrovertible science. To doubt evolution at this late date is to reveal oneself to be willfully, invincibly ignorant of basic scientific principles. And there is no room in the Oval Office -- none -- for the scientifically illiterate.
Just consider some of the issues the federal government has recently addressed and is likely to address in the next few years. Let's begin with some recent history -- the Human Genome Project. In 1990, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy and some international groups and organizations commenced work on mapping the human genome -- the intricately-wrought genetic pattern that we all inherit from our ancestors and that makes human life possible. In 2003, the Project was brought to successful completion....
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I’m sorry you aren’t acquainted with the position necessary for reproduction.
Lonely?
That rate is still infinitely higher than the reproduction rate of a male-male or female-female couple.
No more GOD deniers in the White House.
The WH is full of terrorism deniers.
Great book! There are like 80 parameters that must be met for life to exist on Earth. We are, in fact, The ideal observation post for the known universe.
I tend to be more of a believer in directed evolution because as you point out, humans stand out among all the species on the planet.
While the great apes are amazingly advanced, they don’t show any sign of ever becoming more than they are and haven’t changed at all since well before there were modern humans.
The theory of evolution requires us to believe that, if there was an evolutionary advantage to us getting food out of the ocean, it’d be possible for us to adapt into beings that could jump into the ocean and breathe water in search of resources.
In essence, that’s how the theory of evolution worked from the point of view of the first fish to leave water in search of food on land. That fish had never experienced open air before and yet was able to breathe out of water.
Not a lot of participants either.
But minute compared to the population as a whole. Especially given the frequency of Down's Syndrome occuring. If genetic abnormalities are dependent on reproduction asy you all seem to believe then Down's Syndrome and Tay Sachs should have gone extinct long ago.
Not hardly. (wink, wink)
Say no more, say no more...
Not to matter.
There’s no one in the White House that could pass a “Science for Idiots” course in their local Ivy League imitation university.
But that’s the point. Homosexuals don’t say they are the way they are because they are abnormal, they claim it is normal and natural. It is not.
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