Simplify? Oh hell no! Show her this video, professor please:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMDTcMD6pOw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMDTcMD6pOw
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 Leader of the gang of jerkoffs(tm)  Religious Views: L'Uomo verrà portato dalla sua creazione  (April 20, 2013 at 10:46 am)Rhythm Wrote: "Descent with modification" there you go, three words, that's as simple as it gets, and is accurate in every particular. Simpler in every way but surer than shit some believer is going to ask who modified it. (Been there. Done that. Ran out of room on my wall for more creationist heads.) Therefore I prefer the simplest response that addresses the how it modified. RE: Simplify Evolution
April 20, 2013 at 1:22 pm
(This post was last modified: April 20, 2013 at 1:23 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Ah, but as soon as someone asks "who modified it" the damage is done. They have accepted the brute force of fact and are now asking the "how". God the tinkerer is infinitely less tiresome than "I don't believe in evolution". If people want to believe in fairies, okay - so long as their belief in fairies isn't sitting in the middle of the road - like a boulder- to something so simple as evolution, it;s much easier for me to swallow (especially from a loved one..lol).
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(April 20, 2013 at 1:22 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Ah, but as soon as someone asks "who modified it" the damage is done. They have accepted the brute force of fact and are now asking the "how". God the tinkerer is infinitely less tiresome than "I don't believe in evolution". If people want to believe in fairies, okay - so long as their belief in fairies isn't sitting in the middle of the road - like a boulder- to something so simple as evolution, it;s much easier for me to swallow (especially from a loved one..lol). If I propose only a what or how then they have to invent the question of a who and I immediately demand they defend the invention of a who question. They put themselves on the defensive. I find it works so well that their first response it to try to claim I brought up a who. Never expect a believer to have considered the consequences of his beliefs. They are not wired that way. Example. There is no evolution species were created complete. Question: Why does not god keep creating new species? Ans: He doesn't. But you have already agreed species appear and disappear in the fossil record. The absence of "transition" species is why you are saying there is no evolution. Therefore the creation of new species must be continuous and on-going. That means your god could cause herds of carnivorous elephants to appear in north America at any moment. Shouldn't we be worried? 
@OP: If she doesn't understand DNA and genetics, how the environment affect the individuals of a species and how the individuals interact with each other and with other species, it's futile to try and make her understand
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