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RE: Ham upset that Superbowl commercial mentioned evolution
February 2, 2015 at 10:05 am
When I saw the commercial, I had a feeling that there would be some griping. I guess it's fitting that it comes from the guy building a 'cruise ship' that won't float.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
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RE: Ham upset that Superbowl commercial mentioned evolution
February 2, 2015 at 10:10 am
(This post was last modified: February 2, 2015 at 10:11 am by Alex K.)
I'd have expected that in America there would be griping that corporations exploit speeches of presidents for profit like. I guess profit is the higher good after all, nowadays.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: Ham upset that Superbowl commercial mentioned evolution
February 2, 2015 at 10:22 am
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Did Ham just seriously suggest that there is no point in Atheists going on a cruise because many of us accept the reality of evolution?
According to his friend Ray Comfort, atheists just don't want to follow god's rules. Which is it? Am I a wild woman who is running amuck and breaking all rules or am I unwilling to do anything enjoyable because life has no meaning? I need to know so I can plan my day
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RE: Ham upset that Superbowl commercial mentioned evolution
February 2, 2015 at 10:26 am
He thinks we are, or should be, nihilists because we only have little precious time in this world. What's the point of existence if it ends? Of course people like me give meaning to our own lives, and will live on through our deeds. Not everyone can be Bill Gates, and make ourselves rich while changing the world for the better, but we all make do.
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RE: Ham upset that Superbowl commercial mentioned evolution
February 2, 2015 at 12:21 pm
You could always cast him as the stupid ape.
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RE: Ham upset that Superbowl commercial mentioned evolution
February 2, 2015 at 12:22 pm
And cast a real chimp/gorilla as the smart one.
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RE: Ham upset that Superbowl commercial mentioned evolution
February 2, 2015 at 12:26 pm
He's just pissed because his little boat project isn't going so well.
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