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Are you a monkey’s cousin, or is your god is an asshole?

Poll: Do we share a common ancestor with the rest of the primates, or is your god an asshole?
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Humans share a common ancestor with the rest of the primates.
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God is an asshole.
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Are you a monkey’s cousin, or is your god is an asshole?
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RE: Are you a monkey’s cousin, or is your god is an asshole?
June 19, 2013 at 11:49 am
(June 19, 2013 at 11:46 am)Kayenneh Wrote:
(June 19, 2013 at 11:32 am)Savannahw Wrote: Psh. I don't know what your talking about. I am a bunny.

Huh.. I thought Ms. Lucky was one.

(Is this an invasion of bunnies?!)

Yes, we are going to cover the world in fluffy adorableness.

However speaking for me personally, sometimes I morph into a lion. I already have the mane.
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RE: Are you a monkey’s cousin, or is your god is an asshole?
June 19, 2013 at 4:23 pm
(June 19, 2013 at 11:49 am)Savannahw Wrote: I already have the mane.

RAAWR! Big Grin
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RE: Are you a monkey’s cousin, or is your god is an asshole?
June 19, 2013 at 5:25 pm
(June 16, 2013 at 1:00 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: About 8% of human DNA is viral in origin. Almost all of the viral DNA is common to all primates. There are only two possible explanations for both the commonality and the differences. It accumulated over time in our ancestors during the evolutionary process, or god put it there. The former, like everything else we understand about biology is consistent with evolution. As for the later, well there was no real reason for god to put viral DNA in all its creations. Especially since god would know that I and others like me would see the evidence for evolution and reject creationism. If that is the case my theist friends your god wants me to burn in his hell fires, and that makes him an asshole.

By asserting god to be an asshole by human standards for not keeping viral DNA out of primate genome, one implicitly assumes other specific features in this god as well - for example great power as well as desire for economy, as well as we have comprehensive knowledge of the full impact of viral DNA.

What if our assumption of attributes of this god is incorrect, and god is a bumbling weakling, and the best he could do was to kick off evolution and hope for the best?

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RE: Are you a monkey’s cousin, or is your god is an asshole?
June 19, 2013 at 6:00 pm
(June 19, 2013 at 11:32 am)Savannahw Wrote: Psh. I don't know what your talking about. I am a bunny.

Mmmm, bunny...

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Save a life. Adopt a greyhound.
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June 19, 2013 at 6:02 pm
who are the canids?
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RE: Are you a monkey’s cousin, or is your god is an asshole?
June 19, 2013 at 6:04 pm
Random pic.
Save a life. Adopt a greyhound.
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RE: Are you a monkey’s cousin, or is your god is an asshole?
June 19, 2013 at 7:04 pm
Someone's taking my name in vain. Cranky
MY BOOKS: https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Palazzo/e/B07L44H19P

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