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Heated debate on evolution with brother
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Heated debate on evolution with brother
So, my older brother and I were were on a lengthy road trip tonight and we were having deep conversation along the way. He is significantly older than me and often talks to me in a sort of domineering and strident, though not necessarily rude fashion.

Now, my brother is smart in many ways. In fact, in many ways he's a genius. He's a very successful engineer who has led an impressive career and is very accomplished in life. But he is the type who is very attached to his own way of thinking and his own opinions.

Over the course of about four hours in the car we talked about all sorts of things such as politics, computer programming, etc. Everything went fine until I mentioned evolution. Then he kind of lost it. He kept saying that there's no evidence for evolution. That it was all bogus etc. I told him that, yes, in fact evolution is one of the clearest and most well understood things in science. He kept saying that he's never seen one piece of evidence that confirms evolution and that all of the fossils are fabricated. He kept asking why there are no animals currently changing forms, etc. He displayed utter ignorance of the entire concept. But there's just no getting through to him. He claimed that the scientists were trying to dismantle the Christian belief.

At that point I had to just withdraw. There was simply no getting through to him. He kept reiterating that he was open to the evidence, but that there is no evidence. The hostility he displayed was tremendous.

Any tips on good information sources to send him?
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Heated debate on evolution with brother - by MyelinSheath - January 3, 2017 at 3:13 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Aoi Magi - January 3, 2017 at 3:26 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by robvalue - January 3, 2017 at 3:31 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Aoi Magi - January 3, 2017 at 4:28 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by robvalue - January 3, 2017 at 3:43 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Mudhammam - January 4, 2017 at 2:53 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by AceBoogie - January 17, 2017 at 8:47 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by snowtracks - February 24, 2017 at 12:22 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Esquilax - February 25, 2017 at 9:12 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by AceBoogie - February 27, 2017 at 7:28 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by The Valkyrie - February 27, 2017 at 8:13 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by robvalue - January 3, 2017 at 5:06 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Alex K - January 3, 2017 at 5:08 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Alex K - January 4, 2017 at 10:45 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by brewer - January 3, 2017 at 8:00 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by robvalue - January 3, 2017 at 5:27 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Aoi Magi - January 3, 2017 at 5:59 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by ignoramus - January 3, 2017 at 7:00 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Brian37 - January 3, 2017 at 10:11 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by CapnAwesome - January 3, 2017 at 10:23 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by robvalue - January 3, 2017 at 10:30 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by pocaracas - January 3, 2017 at 7:42 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by paulpablo - January 3, 2017 at 5:52 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - January 3, 2017 at 7:48 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Iroscato - January 3, 2017 at 7:30 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Jackalope - January 3, 2017 at 11:07 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Minimalist - January 8, 2017 at 11:39 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by chimp3 - January 4, 2017 at 6:17 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Aoi Magi - January 4, 2017 at 7:12 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Alex K - January 4, 2017 at 7:37 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by robvalue - January 4, 2017 at 9:45 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by pocaracas - January 4, 2017 at 11:23 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by pocaracas - January 4, 2017 at 11:57 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - January 4, 2017 at 4:04 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - January 5, 2017 at 2:28 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Alex K - January 5, 2017 at 6:51 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - January 5, 2017 at 7:02 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by robvalue - January 5, 2017 at 6:17 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Mr Greene - January 5, 2017 at 6:45 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - January 5, 2017 at 6:50 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Alex K - January 5, 2017 at 7:04 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - January 5, 2017 at 7:15 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by pocaracas - January 5, 2017 at 7:53 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Cyberman - January 5, 2017 at 11:41 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Esquilax - January 8, 2017 at 4:23 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by snowtracks - January 13, 2017 at 2:04 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by snowtracks - February 11, 2017 at 8:23 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by pocaracas - February 11, 2017 at 8:30 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by robvalue - January 8, 2017 at 4:25 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by ignoramus - January 11, 2017 at 9:25 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by brewer - January 11, 2017 at 9:45 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by ignoramus - January 11, 2017 at 9:48 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Edwardo Piet - January 11, 2017 at 10:07 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Alex K - January 11, 2017 at 10:37 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Edwardo Piet - January 11, 2017 at 10:39 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Alex K - January 11, 2017 at 10:43 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by pocaracas - January 11, 2017 at 10:46 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Edwardo Piet - January 11, 2017 at 10:48 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Cyberman - January 11, 2017 at 6:44 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Cyberman - January 11, 2017 at 6:44 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Mr Greene - February 24, 2017 at 3:30 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Alex K - February 25, 2017 at 10:15 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - February 28, 2017 at 2:11 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - March 1, 2017 at 8:23 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - March 2, 2017 at 6:18 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - March 18, 2017 at 4:39 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - March 19, 2017 at 5:55 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Alex K - March 20, 2017 at 12:47 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by GUBU - March 20, 2017 at 6:05 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by GUBU - April 17, 2017 at 6:08 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Cyberman - April 26, 2017 at 6:48 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by GUBU - April 26, 2017 at 1:59 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Lucanus - April 26, 2017 at 4:03 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Brian37 - March 19, 2017 at 2:15 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Brian37 - March 10, 2017 at 10:17 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Cyberman - March 18, 2017 at 5:03 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Brian37 - March 18, 2017 at 8:46 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Alex K - March 18, 2017 at 12:13 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by brewer - March 19, 2017 at 9:06 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Cyberman - March 20, 2017 at 6:59 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by GUBU - March 21, 2017 at 5:24 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Jesster - March 20, 2017 at 6:32 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Cyberman - March 20, 2017 at 7:31 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Brian37 - March 20, 2017 at 7:31 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - March 20, 2017 at 4:41 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - March 20, 2017 at 6:02 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Cyberman - March 21, 2017 at 5:11 am
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Jehanne - March 21, 2017 at 8:50 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Jehanne - April 17, 2017 at 1:29 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by GUBU - April 26, 2017 at 6:26 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by bennyboy - April 29, 2017 at 7:32 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - April 26, 2017 at 8:38 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - April 28, 2017 at 3:47 pm
RE: Heated debate on evolution with brother - by Amarok - April 28, 2017 at 4:00 pm

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