Why do people deny evolution?

@farmerman,

I'm not. Taking Matthew Arnold's division of mankind into philistines, idealists and realists you come out as a tin pot idealist addressing philistines.

I'm a realist.

Any time you undermine any of my notions I will change them. Insults and sneers, which some say are projections, don't lay a glove on any of them. That you persist with them year after year is incomprehensible to me. The only explanation I can think of for the constant barrage of insults, sneers and homemade fantasies is that you can't lay a glove on my posts, or dare not, and the barrage is attempting to do duty instead. Which it doesn't. You only need imagine that it does to see how ridiculous it is.

I'm perplexed by your suggestion that I have anything in common with Q. I have already asked him to justify his statement that evolution is a hoax and he has declined the invitation. So he is more like you who decline such invitations all the time.

If I thought evolution a hoax I wouldn't waste my time discussing it.

Ask me a question regarding the subject.

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@spendius,

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I'm perplexed by your suggestion that I have anything in common with Q. I have already asked him to justify his statement that evolution is a hoax and he has declined the invitation. So he is more like you who decline such invitations all the time.

Sorry haven't read that, did you read my posting about the Lina Society and Darwinism?

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@spendius,

you've been the quiet master of insult. Rude comment amd misrepresentations followed by indignant retort blaming others for that which you've started. Why not go back to your pub , small one.

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@farmerman,

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you've been the quiet master of insult. Rude comment amd misrepresentations followed by indignant retort blaming others for that which you've started. Why not go back to your pub , small one.

Sorry, but you ar egetting pathetic now, if I count your AH's, you will win.

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@Quehoniaomath,

By the Way, where IS your belief system based upon ? is it not that EVERYTHNG of the enlightenment was the DEVILS WORK??
Were your ancestors the ones who tried to burn Joseph Priestleys house in the name of GAW+D?

I recall in history when evolution was a "theory" that made people respond with torches and mob violence.

Weve come a long way . Im glad that your kind is on the decline. Were it not for the internet, where jerks like you can absorb all the ridiculouness you are able, your worldview would be resting in a plot

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@farmerman,

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By the Way, where IS your belief system based upon ? is it not that EVERYTHNG of the enlightenment was the DEVILS WORK??
Were your ancestors the ones who tried to burn Joseph Priestleys house in the name of GAW+D?

I recall in history when evolution was a "theory" that made people respond with torches and mob violence.

Weve come a long way . Im glad that your kind is on the decline. Were it not for the internet, where jerks like you can absorb all the ridiculouness you are able, your worldview would be resting in a plot

your funny again but saying nothing.

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@farmerman,

I used the expression "tin pot idealist" as a polite euphemism for a philistine who has picked up some jargon from the idealists in respect of a microcosmic aspect of the subject matter and thereby deludes his fans that the whole picture is on offer.

The idealist is a moral coward coerced by the majority into conformity. You proved that when you ducked the exogamy question and accused me of being a fan of Boko Haram. An easy charge to level. And further prove it by your idiotic recourse to decisions of courts.

You use your limited power of reasoning to veil the truth that those young ladies would be serving evolution more if they were out-bred than otherwise. The rights and wrongs of the matter from a moral or ethical point of view are neither here nor there in evolution. In fact using them wholly traduces your own position. You're a sweetie underneath that tough pose you try to maintain. The disagreeable aspects of truth you have on Ignore. Which is anathema to a realist.

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The primary characteristic of religious opponents of evolution is that their posts consist of everything except arguments about evolution.

The combination of "survival of the fittest" and mutation results in slow drift of inter-breeding creatures towards greater functionality. We arbitrarily put milestones into the slow improvement and say that they separate one species from another. This theory is much easier to defend than the hypothesis that a magic creature created the observed species of the world.

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@Brandon9000,

Don't matter to them, Brandon. They don't care to know anything.

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@farmerman,

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I recall in history when evolution was a "theory" that made people respond with torches and mob violence.

It was the same with the unequal distribution of wealth. Although I'm not sure evolution ever caused such an effect. What events have you in mind fm?

I understood that mob violence was approved of by evolutionists whenever the necessity arose.

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@Brandon9000,

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The primary characteristic of religious opponents of evolution is that their posts consist of everything except arguments about evolution.

Surely you must mean "some religious opponents". Ones you have chosen.

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@edgarblythe,

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They don't care to know anything.

They have proved that they knew how to construct the mightiest culture ever invented from the foundations up.

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@Brandon9000,

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The primary characteristic of religious opponents of evolution is that their posts consist of everything except arguments about evolution.

The combination of "survival of the fittest" and mutation results in slow drift of inter-breeding creatures towards greater functionality. We arbitrarily put milestones into the slow improvement and say that they separate one species from another. This theory is much easier to defend than the hypothesis that a magic creature created the observed species of the world.

Here it is again! Funny indeed!
I am no religious person at all, but I refuse to accept (macro)evolution because there is no evidence.
Then I wrote people want to talk about anything, BUT evidence.
Then this girl writes this!

It is really very funny to see them defending their own religion while in the meantime blaming others of their religion, even if they have none.

Actually, it is hilarious!

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@spendius,

I'm not a religious person either although I admit that I can get a bit mystical after a few pints and a roll up of Afghan top leaf. I never tried navel gazing. I think I was scared of that.

Whether I could do that as a Kalihari bushman or a Chinese actuary I don't know.

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

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The primary characteristic of religious opponents of evolution is that their posts consist of everything except arguments about evolution.

Surely you must mean "some religious opponents". Ones you have chosen.

A post about me, I see. Do you want to actually talk about the theory of evolution vs Genesis? I'd be happy to.

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@Quehoniaomath,

I give up!!. I cant make a horse recite Shakespeare if it doesn't understand a word of his lines. If you wish to remain ignorant I will step away . However, don't mind me if I make the observation that, as a teacher, you've really been ill taught. Whether you cannot see any "evidence"only means that somebody fucked up as your teacher. So its really not all your fault (Im giving you credit for not being that dumb). You've been ill served by whoever worked with you as a mentor in your education re the sciences.
Listening to your minimalist mantra about seeing "no evidence" makes me appreciate the kids who ultimately "get it" and are able to define their own paths and experiments and searches, and make me proud when they start making contributions to oir stores of knowledge.

I suppose Ive got nothing further to discuss with you and I say that as one who rarely met failure. It doesn't mean you've won anything. It only means that your head is closed to knowledge more than anyone Ive ever exchanged with, and I don't detect any openings through which light can enter.
Ill bet you wish you could live 1000years earlier.

PS, whenever anyone , on a board says something like, "Im laughing"---or"you make me laugh" Don't say that because you really aren't. That's merely a "tell", almost a Freudian slip except its not unconscious and it says youre actually seething and youre quite pissed . Its like when someone says "Its not about the money" --It really is always about the money. So I wouldn't do that any more because its a giveaway that folks get under your skin.

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@Brandon9000,

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A post about me, I see. Do you want to actually talk about the theory of evolution vs Genesis? I'd be happy to.

No thanks. We might profitably talk about you missing out the "some". If you have a problem with Genesis it is one that can be corrected by a 5 year course in remedial comprehension.

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@farmerman,

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I give up!!. I cant make a horse recite Shakespeare if it doesn't understand a word of his lines. If you wish to remain ignorant...

He doesn't merely wish to remain ignorant, he's a troll. His purpose is to provoke a strong reaction, not to present his opinions. He's fundamentally dishonest and he doesn't necessarily believe anything he says. With all due respect, FM, you are really just providing the gratification he seeks. What trolls need is to be ignored. Short of banning him from the board, that's the only useful response to his posts.

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

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A post about me, I see. Do you want to actually talk about the theory of evolution vs Genesis? I'd be happy to.

No thanks. We might profitably talk about you missing out the "some". If you have a problem with Genesis it is one that can be corrected by a 5 year course in remedial comprehension.

Thanks for demonstrating the validity of my thesis. You want to talk about me, not evolution, because you cannot succeed if you actually discuss the thread topic.

Once again, I challenge you to defend your views in an actual, on-topic discussion.

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@farmerman,

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PS, whenever anyone , on a board says something like, "Im laughing"---or"you make me laugh" Don't say that because you really aren't. That's merely a "tell", almost a Freudian slip except its not unconscious and it says youre actually seething and youre quite pissed .

You might save all our eyeballs from rolling around, fm, if you would explain that to Apisa.

Your first paragraph is as circular as a midge's hoola-hoop. Your second is a boast and an assertion. And circular.

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