[Onelifetogive]

Perhaps those who question the basic idea of evolution have a political agenda, and if so, they ought to be upfront about it because right now they simply appear to be irrational.

Perhaps those who refuse to question the basic idea of evolution have a political agenda, and if so, they ought to be upfront about it because right now they simply appear to be irrational

[RightWhale]

Creato-rationalism serves no purpose. Many scientists would find their work impossible without a working hypothesis, and as a practical matter find creato-rationalism to be nonfunctional.

[Condorman]

Perhaps those who refuse to question the basic idea of evolution have a political agenda, and if so, they ought to be upfront about it because right now they simply appear to be irrational

Here is the basic idea of evolution:

The diversity of life arose through the interaction of three mechanisms--

Phenotypical variation within a population
Unequal reproductive success of the members of a population
Inheritability of those phenotypical variations

Now, which of these are driving a political agenda and should be questioned?

[Concerned]

RIGHTWHALE WROTE: "Perhaps those who question the basic idea of evolution have a political agenda, and if so, they ought to be upfront about it because right now they simply appear to be irrational."

ONELIFETOGIVE RESPONDED: "Perhaps those who refuse to question the basic idea of evolution have a political agenda, and if so, they ought to be upfront about it because right now they simply appear to be irrational."

BINGO!

I remember growing up "learning" about evolution and that we "evolved" from lesser animals. I remember going to the zoo and seeing skulls of various "evolving" stages of apes and ape-like animals. I was convinced [actually brainwashed from an early age in school] that we DID evolve from lower animals.

Now, however, after having had children and seeing the developmental stages of them, and after having examined a lot of information about human and other animal development, I am convinced that humans DID NOT evolve from lower animals.

I am convinced that there IS a Supreme Being who created UNIQUELY DIFFERENT animals, although some can be similar in many ways. (For instance, animals mate and reproduce in a similar fashion, i.e. via male/female HETEROsexual---NOT HOMOsexual---union).

Different animals have their own UNIQUE DNA. A horse's DNA is different from a monkey's DNA, which is different from a dog's DNA, which is different from a HUMAN's DNA---from the MOMENT OF CONCEPTION!!!

SOMEBODY had to plan and figure all that out ahead of time!

The probability that there ISN'T a Supreme Being that figured out how to come up with all the zillions and zillions of DNA combinations---and keep them all straight---is so infinitely low that I have come to the following conclusion:

IT WOULD TAKE MORE FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ISN'T A SUPREME BEING THAN TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A SUPREME BEING!