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cheap trick behind the most devastating lie in the history of mankind
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_Poll ^ | 10/15/2003 | self

Posted on 10/15/2003 4:29:25 PM PDT by Truth666

Here are the some of the results of a 1999 Gallup poll on creationism, evolution, and public education :
49% believe that human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life.
Evolution theory is the most important weapon to twist people's minds.
For 99% of the people the most important REAL reason for believing in it : a trick that costed a few bucks, 100 years ago.
Even more incredible : the trick has remained the same until now.
Only lately, with very fast computers that allow virtual reality software to perform convincing enough, have we seen some effects added to the base trick.
I wonder who is the first Freeper to find out the trick behind the most devastating lie in the history of mankind.


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To: socal_parrot
You win.
21 posted on 10/15/2003 4:48:48 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Support Free Republic

22 posted on 10/15/2003 4:51:07 PM PDT by MarkeyD
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To: Truth666
So it really isnt 42 ?

I KNEW it !

Thanks for the update.

knews hound
23 posted on 10/15/2003 4:51:25 PM PDT by knews_hound (Out of the NIC ,into the Router, out to the Cloud....Nothing but 'Net)
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To: WhiteGuy
The job was done in six days. On the seventh day He rested.
24 posted on 10/15/2003 4:53:02 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
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To: Dog Gone; socal_parrot
That stuff in Jack in the Box tacos is actually not meat? -socal_parrot
You win. -Dog Gone

For it to be a trick wouldn't someone have to believe that it actually was meat?

25 posted on 10/15/2003 4:54:12 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Ignore the propaganda, focus on what you see.)
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To: philetus
Yeah, I know, don't nit-pick..........

Answer the question
26 posted on 10/15/2003 4:54:16 PM PDT by WhiteGuy (Not necessarily white, or a guy.............Or AM I???????)
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To: Truth666
cheap trick behind the most devastating lie in the history of mankind


27 posted on 10/15/2003 4:55:59 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: Spruce
I hate you.
28 posted on 10/15/2003 4:56:34 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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To: Truth666
Is it anything like the trick where by treating the Bible too literally people become self-righteous, closed-minded, self-appointed arbiters of truth?
29 posted on 10/15/2003 4:57:48 PM PDT by thoughtomator ("A republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Lazamataz
Saw them on tv last night,, the lead singer sure has aged and gotten fat,,,,,,
30 posted on 10/15/2003 5:01:44 PM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: Truth666
It was not, darnit! It was Supertramp! Supertramp!

Qwinn
31 posted on 10/15/2003 5:03:01 PM PDT by Qwinn
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To: thoughtomator
I believe you may be onto something.
32 posted on 10/15/2003 5:04:15 PM PDT by Sentis
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To: knews_hound
Now go grab yerself a pangalacticgargleblaster.
33 posted on 10/15/2003 5:07:13 PM PDT by Orbiter
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To: thoughtomator
No.
34 posted on 10/15/2003 5:13:04 PM PDT by Truth666
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To: Truth666
... the most devastating lie in the history of mankind.

Evolution? The most devastating lie in history?

Even it were a lie, I don't see how anyone could come to that conclusion.

I figured the most devastating lie in history would be "I'm from the government; I'm here to help you". After all, variations of that lie killed over 100 million people in Communist countries in the 20th century.

How many people have died because they believed in evolution? Or is it your contention that people who believe in evolution go to Hell?

35 posted on 10/15/2003 5:32:29 PM PDT by Joe Bonforte
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To: Truth666
a trick that costed a few bucks,

If you are incapable of handling basic English, you'll have a lot of trouble convincing anyone that anything you have to say has any merit.
36 posted on 10/15/2003 5:39:39 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: WhiteGuy
I think the Genesis creation account is really too generous. Personally, I think he did it all at once in an instant. But then again, the FACT that God created the heavens and the earth is the point of the story, not how long he took to do it.
37 posted on 10/15/2003 5:40:52 PM PDT by bethelgrad (for God, country, and the Corps OOH RAH!)
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To: Joe Bonforte
That's good, I'll have to remember that.
38 posted on 10/15/2003 5:42:36 PM PDT by bethelgrad (for God, country, and the Corps OOH RAH!)
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To: bethelgrad
I agree...............

but couldn't the process have taken millions of years by design?

39 posted on 10/15/2003 5:47:47 PM PDT by WhiteGuy (Not necessarily white, or a guy.............Or AM I???????)
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To: Joe Bonforte
"How many people have died because they believed in evolution?"

One could make the strong argument that Communist states would not have been able to kill 100 million people in the 20th century if they had not believed in evolution, and the attendant atheist state that came with it.

For example, peacenik lefties love to point to Ghandi as the role model of all political activism. The truth is, the only reason Ghandi's tactics worked was because the British, because of their religious beliefs, were not amoral nor atheist enough to kill them all.

Now if Ghandi had tried his trick on atheist Stalin, Stalin would have smiled, given Ghandi the Order of Lenin for making his job so easy, and then bulldozed the entire area where Ghandi had so conveniently gathered all his critics.

Qwinn
40 posted on 10/15/2003 5:47:50 PM PDT by Qwinn
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