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To: jerri
? Is someone ignorant if they don't agree with evolution?

It's certainly a possibly. Here's Richard Dawkins' famous quip in context

So to the book's provocation, the statement that nearly half the people in the United States don't believe in evolution. Not just any people but powerful people, people who should know better, people with too much influence over educational policy. We are not talking about Darwin's particular theory of natural selection. It is still (just) possible for a biologist to doubt its importance, and a few claim to. No, we are here talking about the fact of evolution itself, a fact that is proved utterly beyond reasonable doubt. To claim equal time for creation science in biology classes is about as sensible as to claim equal time for the flat-earth theory in astronomy classes. Or, as someone has pointed out, you might as well claim equal time in sex education classes for the stork theory. It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that).
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Of course, an individual may combine some of these characteristics.

648 posted on 09/25/2006 10:43:10 AM PDT by Virginia-American (What do you call an honest creationist? An evolutionist.)
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To: Virginia-American
the fact of evolution itself, a fact that is proved utterly beyond reasonable doubt.

Dawkins is wrong on this point. Evolution has never been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that).

Based on the fact that evolution has never been proven beyond a reasonable doubt this whole statement is "ignorant, stupid or insane" and shows how biased he is on the issue.

656 posted on 09/25/2006 11:06:07 AM PDT by jerri
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