Dirty Greek - Evolution vs. Creationism

Why deliberately go poking around among nasty, disreputable ideas? Why look under rocks? I do it, first of all, for the same reason I did look under rocks as a kid: plain curiosity. And I'm especially curious about anything that's forbidden... And you especially need a brain that's in the habit of going where it's not supposed to.

- Paul Graham

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I know, a tired topic - but I don't care! My brother told me about this girl the other day who said that "all the evidence for evolution can fit on one table." I found that funny, because I'm sure it's quite true - you could probably put it all on a dvd-r or two and plop them on a table. But, um, what does that have to do with the validity of a theory? Also, how much space can the evidence of the existence of god take up?

There was this kid in my biology class who, when told that human beings were homo sapiens, continually shouted "I ain't no damn homo!" We couldn't make him understand that "homo" didn't mean gay unless it was suffixed with "sexual." He said "I'm a damn tree, then, 'cause I ain't no homo."

He was a winner. This was 10th grade.

My beef with religious folk not agreeing with evolution is that "man created Adam from the soil" is to be taken literally while the firmament, a dome with holes in it that leaks water when it rains, is meant to be a metaphor. Of course, had you questioned this a few hundred years ago you'd have been beheaded. Hell, you could be killed for saying the earth was round or that the universe wasn't revolving with the earth at it's center.

See, it's really convenient when you can say "that's a metaphor" after it's been proven untrue. How long until everyone realizes that "creating Adam from the soil" and "taking his rib to create eve" is a freaking obvious as hell metaphor? I mean, even if there is a dude in the sky who blinked everything into creation, do you think he really would have tried to explain evolution to people who couldn't even figure out that drinking the water the animals bathed in was a bad idea?

Why can't you accept that the dude sitting on a cloud with a white beard is TRYING his best to explain to you how things actually happened now that you have the ability to explain and verify it? Why can't you accept that maybe, if he does exist, he's trying to use these people of great knowledge and wisdom in order to give you the truth? I mean, don't forget, they crucified Jesus for delivering god's messages - they always kill god's messengers.