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[...Evolution does not advance civility, it excuses depravity...]

If I am a beast, then I am accountable to nothing but "instinct"
and my behavior is excused.

Job 12:7-8 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;
and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: God's hand
is the life and breath of every living thing.

Romans 1:20 …For since the creation of the world His invisible
attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly
seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are
without excuse. 3:10… for they exchanged the truth of God for a
lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator,
who is blessed forever.

619 posted on 02/20/2006 5:17:39 PM PST by Jo Nuvark ((Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3))

"If I am a beast, then I am accountable to nothing but "instinct"
and my behavior is excused."

Evolution doesn't say you are a *beast*; it says you are a human. You are getting so caught up in the steps that got you here and forgetting where *here* is. Whether a God made me or I evolved, I am what I am. (Yes, I am quoting the eminent philosopher, Popeye :).

If I am a beast, then I am accountable to nothing but "instinct" and my behavior is excused.

Codswallop. I know of no rational biologist who would suggest that the placement of homo sapiens sapiens in kingdom Animalia in any way excuses or justifies any kind of behaviour.

Even if this were true (and it is not), it would have no bearing on the validity of the claim that humans are animals. You are appealing to consequence and wishful thinking. You are not making a rational argument to show that humans are not animals.

637 posted on 02/20/2006 5:51:50 PM PST by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)

Oops. In my reply I mistakenly believed you were also the poster who claimed that humans are not animals. I apologize for the portion of my reply that relates to that assumption.

I maintain my claim that no rational biologist would suggest that human origins sharing common ancestry with apes in any way justifies any kind of behavior.

638 posted on 02/20/2006 5:53:30 PM PST by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)

Job 12:7-8 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: God's hand is the life and breath of every living thing.

Has the bible figured out that bats aren't birds by this point?