RE: Would any of you drive a car made by Darwin's ideas?
March 13, 2014 at 1:22 pm
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2014 at 1:23 pm by Alex K.)
(March 13, 2014 at 1:14 pm)Ben Davis Wrote:(March 13, 2014 at 12:35 pm)professor Wrote: I now understand.No, I'm not standing for that. Evolution is not a deity, it's a human term to describe a natural process! People who understand that evolution is factually existent are not 'as bad as believers' and you don't just get to say so because your feelings get hurt!
I should have promoted natural selection to the status of a god, making it's decisions on what it wants to keep and what it wants to throw out. Very good.
You have gotten rid of that pesky god you didn't like, and gotten a new one instead.
Well done.
The theory of evolution is based on physical evidence, rigorously repeatable & reproducable testing with demonstrably practical real-world results. Unlike God for who the only 'evidence' is anecdote, wishful thinking and faith.
It's just the oldest intellectual defense mechanism in the book (quite literally), which devout believers often employ to shut down thinking: claiming that a particular insight or piece of knowledge is tantamount to replacing God by a false idol allows you to disregard said insight without thinking about it. This is what "professor" has attempted with this sorry bit of pouting.
