Missing Link Found

[The Wrath]

http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060..._evolution.html

How long before the fundies come out screaming that it's a fake?

My boss (a Muslim) has already rejected the discovery because it goes against Creationism. As an aspiring social scientist, it's a little sad that he doesn't understand the scientific method any better...he begins with a conclusion and uses it to reject the evidence.

[Liriodendron Tulipifera]

My boss (a Muslim) has already rejected the discovery

Surprise, surprise. My former Muslim co-worker doesn't believe in evolution, either. And this is someone who is a molecular biologist. All these religious people have a lot in common, Christian or Muslim.

As for the funding showing that this science is bogus, there probably won't be much. There will simply be denials and assertions, as with any politically or religiously or ideologically motivated people that don't like the truth. All they will do is ridicule and demand more proof. They will demand that scientists make cells that function. Then when scientists do that, they will say, "But these cells aren't exactly like real cells. Make those!" Then when scientists do that, they will demand that scientists make multicellular organisms. Then when they do that, they will demand that scientists cause cells to evolve into multicellular life, and from that multicellular life, form a human. Of course, none of this will ever happen, and even if it could the scientists would be accused of being "unethical" and of playing God and such, and all of this will be enough "evidence" for them that "intelligent design" must be true.

F***wits.

[Eternal]

How long before the fundies come out screaming that it's a fake?

God placed those bones there, to test our faith .

[Liriodendron Tulipifera]

God placed those bones there, to test our faith .

Exactly. And how they can reconcile a belief in an all-loving God with a God who is a charlatan, I will never understand!

[The Wrath]

God placed those bones there, to test our faith .

I actually went to college with a guy who thought this about the dinosaurs. Except that he thought Satan put them there to trick us.

[Liriodendron Tulipifera]

I actually went to college with a guy who thought this about the dinosaurs. Except that he thought Satan put them there to trick us.

To which you could have said, "Now why did God allow that to happen? Isn't he in control of Satan?"

[Eternal]

To which you could have said, "Now why did God allow that to happen? Isn't he in control of Satan?"

To which they would happily answer: "This is God's way of testing our faith".

[DavidV]

In other news, biologists have uncovered a living fish that hunts on land.

[Myself]

I'm going to see if I can get into one of Shubin's classes next year An amazing discovery. Come on though - has anyone really expected religious zealots to embrace evidence contrary to their beliefs? People I know insist that it was Noah's flood that makes fossiles appear to be older then they are. All I can do is laugh - their ignorance is almost comical. You wonder how people can consistently practice doublethink without going insane - to hold two contradictory beliefs at the same time. If I didn't see it every day I would have said it was impossible.

[Elysium]

1. It is extremely difficult to change someone's mind once it has been made up.

2. People's desire for consistency will attempt to make their opinions, actions, and thoughts all align if at all possible, and hence, rationalization.

[Dargormudshark]

When I read the title I thought this thread was going to be about the Anti-Concept Mentality, forgetting what section of the forum I was in. It's funny that we can talk about the evolutionary missing link and then see how it correlates with anti-concept mentalities (Creationists)

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Edited July 2, 2006 by Dargormudshark