Dr Pepper Facebook Ad Ignites Evolution Debate

[Old Union Guy]

Source: Yahoo

Dr Pepper set off a heated debate over evolution on Thursday after posting an advertisement to its Facebook page, which showed an ape evolving into a man thanks to the discovery of a can of Dr Pepper.

"My ancestors were created in the Garden of Eden," one user posted in response to the advertisement. "I ain't no freaking chimp. No more Dr Pepper for my household. God Bless y'all," Another complained: "this is showing the theory of men evolving from apes. I have lost all respect for Dr Pepper and if Dr Pepper wants business from thousands of people they will need to apologize." (Spellings have been corrected throughout.)

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/dr-pepper-facebook-ad-ignites-evolution-debate-170709276.html

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New slogan: Are YOU too stupid to drink Dr Pepper?

[Kolesar]

1. You ain't no freakin' Einstein, either, dude...eom

[Swede Atlanta]

24. Me thinks the poster is closer to the apes than he/she thinks.....

They obviously haven't evolved sufficiently to engage in critical thinking. I am a Christian but I engage in critical thought. I don't buy the 7 day story. This was told in a way that people at the time could understand.

These nutcases always talk big about how they are going to show that horrible anti-Christian so-and-so a thing of two and they always fizzle. There was the boycott of Disney because they have Gay day, etc. These always die out because there are not enough people willing to actually participate.

[frylock]

45. i can believe he's the spawn of incestual relations..

i mean if he sez so......

[Bernardo de La Paz]

54. Adam & Eve had only sons, no daughters, or so it is written. But logic escapes their descendants. nt

[Joe Bacon]

64. Well when I asked about that...

...The answer I got was that Adam and Eve had 8 children, or 11, or 13. Gosh, different preachers had different answers. When I asked them where that was said in the Bible, well, gosh, they referred me to various commentaries on that book of fractured fairy tales. That's what started me on the path to atheism at the age of 8.

[askeptic]

69. But where you have talking snakes, anything is possible...

[Liberalynn]

93. In the Catholic School I went to they just told me to quit asking questions like that.

They said I just had to learn to accept things like that on faith.

That doesn't work for me so much. I'm kind of like the science channel slogan, "Question Everything"

[CanonRay]

103. Me too. Then they kicked me out of catechism class. I was seven.

and already had intellectually outpaced the church.

[Liberalynn]

105. Why should a student have questions?

[wellstone dem]

104. I went to Catholic School and was always taught the Evolution was how we got to who we are

I was told there was no definition of how long each of the 7 days was.

[Liberalynn]

106. I think my particular Catholic School was behind the times on a lot of things

[awoke_in_2003]

72. I don't think...

the OP is agreeing with the dumbass comments in the article.

[Kolesar]

77. I didn't say that...eom

[avebury]

2. I like the ad and I will continue

to drink Dr. Pepper. People just need to learn to lighten up.

[LadyHawkAZ]

3. Much as I would love to show support...

I quit drinking HFCS. Sorry, Dr. Pepper.

[Robb]

10. They have a sugar-only product, a la Pepsi Throwback

The name escapes me at the moment, but it's out there.

[LadyHawkAZ]

16. That, I can do n/t

[jmowreader]

47. It's called "Heritage Dr Pepper"

I had to look it up...I haven't bought a DP in many years because I just don't like the stuff, which is one of the reasons they won't let me move to Texas--where Dr Pepper is the third secular religion after money and high school football.

[mwooldri]

68. Guess I'd better steer clear of Texas too...

Doctor Pepper - to me it's basically carbonated cough syrup.

Haven't seen the advert but sounds okay to me.

Would anyone who does not believe evolution have a problem with this : ?



As they say, money talks. I can understand why people abhor President Jackson - but Darwin?

[Deep13]

4. Can I reject creationism and still not give a soda credit for evolution? nt

[mindwalker_i]

21. NO!

[Deep13]

37. Suppose I think it was diet ginger ale that caused evolution? nt

[MrModerate]

57. Schweppes Bitter Lemon. Everyone knows that n/t

[anneboleyn]

85. Mountain Dew of course.

[MrModerate]

98. Well, I have heard that it's mutagenic. n/t

[mindwalker_i]

81. Maybe ginger ale, but not diet!

If anything diet soda, in general, causes de-evolution.

[Liberalynn]

94. UH OH

I am in trouble.

[drm604]

5. OMG

[PatrynXX]

6. up to dr pepper to figure that out

dumb dumbs. when was the last time I could afford real dr pepper. tend to do diet dr thunder or something..

[RKP5637]

7. I love Dr. Pepper! Always my first choice and will continue even more now as

my first choice! Really, people really do need to lighten up, a lot!
I'm too smart not to drink Dr. Pepper!

[tk2kewl]

8. lol

[progressivebydesign]

9. what the fuck is wrong with people? It's an AD.

they are the reason I stay out of church.

I'm a Pepper, he's an imbecile. New ad.

[nolabear]

11. Little known fact: Eve tempted Adam with a can of Dr. Pepper.

It's the drink of the tree of knowledge.

[Jester Messiah]

12. So... the average IQ of Dr. Pepper drinkers is soaring, then? [nt]

[sakabatou]

14. Hopefully

[GeorgeGist]

13. Buncha yahoos.

Has America ever been stupider?

[heaven05]

15. religion

Last edited Fri Sep 14, 2012, 04:26 AM - Edit history (2)

is the worst tool ever given to our reptilianrethug, so-called leaders and tea drinkers(wish it was kool-aid sometimes) but I digress. There was a guy/gal in a thread ranting about how religion, a personal thing, faith that is, is intruding in all of our lives. Jones and the meth-cooker have caused international grief in the name of religion. Whether these attacks are a coordinated effort by enemies of our country or not, our right wing religious nuts allowed our enemies a distraction, religious riots, to be able to KILL an ambassador and three others. They are just as responsible for these deaths as the ones who perpetrated the murders. The guy/gal who was so angry about religion intruding into every aspect of our lives, whether we believe or not, I agree with your assessment. Religion really, really sucks. Dr. Pepper is allowed to use a widely recognized symbol of evolution, a chimp, because the chimp, to me, seems smarter than Jones and the meth-cooker, film maker could ever be. So you don't believe in evolution. SO WHAT!!!!!If I don't believe in your christian god, not saying whether personally I do or not, do not force me to, by putting dr.pepper up to ridicule because two people screwing up in the garden of eden ended up making us all be born in sin. I didn't do it so adam and eves problem is not mine if I don't want to own it. Not my problem complainers against evolution. Grow up and think for yourselves and not be lock stepped into religious conformity because some religious nut job says you have to.

[RKP5637]

17. Well said!!!

[JRLeft]

19. Evolution is not a debate. It is a fact. Creationism is not science.

[DainBramaged]

18. Corncobs, no concept of how we got here, none.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. Funny how it's almost exclusively white people who believe they came from Adam and Eve,...

....and, of course,...Adam and Eve were white like them,...

[img][/img]

....AND, they ruled the world...

[Deep13]

39. Yup. And they had razors and scissors and hair gel.

...and penguins.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

44. Then there's this...

[img][/img]

[7wo7rees]

92. QED

[mikeytherat]

66. And, apparently, a Bowflex.

mikey_the_rat

[bullwinkle428]

82. Looks like Mittens & Ann, if Ann got extensions!

Did that scene take place on earth or Kolob?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

83. Bingo, it reminded me of the whole Mormon - "rule your own planet" myth too.

[FiveGoodMen]

86. ...and they had amazing hairdressers, apparently

[mindwalker_i]

22. I don't think they really believe it

Come on, they didn't storm a grocery store of anything.

[Rabid_Rabbit]

23. Ha Ha Ha

wait... I thought this was a joke. Now I have to cry. Reminds me of the lady that got upset with Bill Nye because he pointed out to her that the moon reflects light but is not actually a light source. I guess somewhere in the Bible it says the moon is a light source

[Art_from_Ark]

59. Yes, it's in the Book of Genesis

I may be paraphrasing a little here, but in the Creation story, God made one light (the Sun) to rule the day, and another light (the Moon) to rule the night.

[Arugula Latte]

25. FFS. The great apes did NOT evolve into humans.

But apes and humans shared (what might be considered monkey-like and ape-like) common ancestors. This is basic biology.

[awoke_in_2003]

75. Someone at work...

thought they were smart when they made the brilliant statement "if we evolved from monkeys, why do we still have monkeys?". I asked him if he believed that dogs and wolves had a common ancestor. He said yes. I just shook my head and walked away- he just couldn't put two and two together.

[FiveGoodMen]

87. That doesn't really address their concerns

They don't think they evolved at all. They think humans were created by god just as you see them today.

Furthermore, I'll bet the common ancestor looked a lot more like an ape than it looked like us.

Finally, some would argue that we are just a new type of great ape.

So that distinction really misses the point of the argument.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

88. What gets me is how INSULTING their argument is,...

....think about it for a minute.

All of the real life stories. The epic journeys as humans migrated and settled all over the globe, the adventures and the tragedies and the triumphs, the loves found and lost. The LIVES of millions of people ERASED,...

...by piety.

And they have the NERVE to tell me to respect that and to imply they are better than me.

[FiveGoodMen]

89. Agreed.

But they tell their children that god is perfectly justified in sending them to eternal torture -- because they fully deserver it(!) -- if they don't subscribe to the right version of the right fairytale, so they've kind of "pegged the needle" on insults even before they start in on evolution.

[Ned_Devine]

26. Maybe the won't drink the regular Dr. Pepper, but they will drink the diet. It tastes just as good

[Great Caesars Ghost]

27. <facepalm>

&t=3m55s
Goto 3:55

[progressoid]

79. That was great!

[graywarrior]

28. .

[lame54]

29. their new slogan...

I'm a pepper you're a dumb ass

[chknltl]

51. Wish they'd bring back rhe DUzys....

This would be one if the best.!

[Iris]

60. +1

[ndrdog]

30. Pope Pepper VII

The Vatican accepted evolution as fact in 1950. The people who claim to be of th faith here in the U.S. are usually about 100 years behind the curve, heck some of them just got around to finding a copy of the Constitution, still haven't read it, but these things must be taken in steps.

[Liberalynn]

95. I did have a younger priest tell me a few years back

that the Bible is important but does not necessarily have to be taken literally. He said for instance the flood: "Did it rain exactly forty days and forty nights, we don't know. Suffice it to say it rained a lot." He also said that the bible was written by men who had their own prejudices of the time, which were reflected in the work. He said God may have inspired the bible but he didn't write it himself.

So that was interesting to get his take on it.

I used to be a Catholic, I am now more of an agnostic bordering on atheism. I, however, fully believe in Evolution. Far too much evidence to deny.

[DJ13]

31. Yeah, that evolution stuff is a bunch of nonsense

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/13/lesula-new-monkey-familiar

[tomm2thumbs]

33. eerie

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/64sKl9HOqbY3pqWUUSyJ1g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0zODY7cT04NTt3PTUxMg--/

[frylock]

48. ell ohh ell

[riverbendviewgal]

40. looks like romney

I think so.

[tomm2thumbs]

32. F R E A K Y.... P E O P L E.....

don't need any more sodey pop anyway!

[Mz Pip]

34. Why this is even up for debate

is a mystery to me. How much proof do these clowns need?

And no, we did not evolve from apes. We shared a common ancestor. How hard is that to understand?

[Beowulf42]

35. Inherit the Wind

As a teacher I can verify that this anti-science movement is affecting young students. GIGO: garbage in garbage out takes them to a place where they aren't using good facts, thus their conclusions are fallacious. There needs to be an educational effort to educate these kids before a complete generation is lost.

[AmyDeLune]

58. Back in 7th grade

we had a question in our social studies workbook. There was a picture of a museum diorama of a group of Neanderthals and the question was "Could this be a photograph of real cave men?"

I was about to answer yes and list all the things in picture that identified the people in the diorama as Neanderthals, then I reconsidered and wrote what was logical--

"No, because they didn't have cameras back then."

It wasn't the answer in the answer book, but the teacher liked my answer better and gave me 100%.

[awoke_in_2003]

76. I think it is too late...

between the upsurge in religion, defunding of education, and blatant attacks against teachers and intellectuals in general, I have no hope for the future. Idiocracy is approaching fast.

On edit: welcome to DU

[Vietnameravet]

36. What these people prove

is that evolution not only works but it sometimes works in reverse..

[harutmasikyan]

38. Dr Pepper Facebook Ad Ignites Evolution Debate

interesting news

[young_at_heart]

41. I can't help but wonder---just how many of "them" are living in this country?

Reading those ignorant comments makes me shudder----please don't apologize, Dr. Pepper!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

55. Almost 50% believe in young earth creationism. Most of the rest believe in "guided" evolution. nt

[Oddman]

42. Amazing there are still so many ignorant people

The people who believe in a creator god and accept evolution are too tiny a number to even count because none exist. The vast majority of people that claim to accept evolution really do not accept evolution at all. They accept their own version of evolution - or junk evolution.
Evolution is random mutation and natural selection - not god guided mutation and god guided selection.
Humans are decidedly not a predicted result of evolution.
We are the result but not an intended result.
Ask the question of any christian and they will tell you humans were the intended result - which is NOT evolution but JUNK science.
What's even sadder is that people are making up pseudoscience to fit their faith which totally corrupts the actual science and completely disrespect the thousands of scientists and millions of hours devoted to the science itself.
Theistic evolution is a perfect example of junk science. That a god is somehow guiding the mutations and selections that make up evolutions is hysterical and so poorly conceived.
A god would have to be purposefully throwing asteroids the size of Mars at the earth to nearly destroy it and tilt it on its axis to affect specific changes in mutations along with all the other quintillions of interacting agents such as regulating volcanic output etc . . .
And what kind of god guides 99.9% of his creations to extinction?
Absurdity in the name of faith.
The sad fact is only about 10% of the population accept the actual science of evolution - random mutation and natural selection with no species an intended result.

[jmowreader]

50. While you're at it...

This is the perfect being which God created:

can't make its own Vitamin C, a trait shared only with rats
can't make half the amino acids it needs--a trait we share with the genetically engineered Jurassic Park dinos, who couldn't synthesize lysine either
has two major single points of failure: one heart and one brain--but has two of most of the other vital organs
has organs you don't really need (tonsils), organs you're almost better without (gall bladder) and organs whose only job is to kill you if they fail (appendix)

[Bernardo de La Paz]

56. Self-esteem issues:

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

109. And here I was, thinking I was such a person

The people who believe in a creator god and accept evolution are too tiny a number to even count because none exist.

But now comes Oddman, telling me that I do not exist. In fact, many, if not most, Christians believe in both a creator God and in evolution. One such was the late Pope John Paul II.

[tawadi]

43. Such irony. eom

[NorthCarolina]

46. Sigh. Why are so many Americans

so FREAKING STUPID???

[caseymoz]

49. Were his ancestors one of the plants?

Who'da thought. A commercial being inaccurate!

I don't think Darwinists ever conceived of Dr. Pepper being involved in human evolution either. Somehow, we can take that damage.

I seem to remember Fed-Ex had a certain commercial years ago that had cave men interacting with dinosaurs. Neither fundamentalists nor Darwinists complained about that.

[NYC Liberal]

52. I've NEVER heard of a theory that postulated humans evolved from apes.

Has anyone else?

The only theory I've heard put forth, for which there is overwhelming evidence, is that humans and apes share a common ancestor.

[Wraith20878]

53. unfortunately that pisses them off just as much

Anything that isn't "Man was created from God's image on the 6th day of creation several thousand years ago" pisses them off. It wouldn't be so bad if they just kept their delusions about the earth being 6,000 years old and dinosaurs and humans coexisting to themselves. Problem is they are trying to get this type creationism taught in schools. Sure, they are entitled to their own opinion, but they are not entitled to their own reality.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

62. Sorry, that's much too nuanced

to shout at someone.

Yes, sarcasm.

[blkmusclmachine]

61. Does Chit Fil A serve Dr. Pepper ??

FREEDUMB !! FREEDUMB !! FREEDUMB !!

[Blue_Tires]

63. 21st century and we're still debating this?

[Rabid_Rabbit]

65. Sad thing is

we are debating it AGAIN. Meaning we are going backwards. I honestly don't know but I don't remember stories like that in the 80's or 90's.

[hauweg]

67. Sometimes it needs a Doctor

to explain the obvious.

[librarylu]

70. I don't often drink soda.......

....but when I do it's Dr. Pepper.

Stay stupid, my friends.

We beat Turkey.

[sinkingfeeling]

71. I don't drink any soft drinks, but I love the ad!

[hifiguy]

73. If stupidity were cash, we would have a surplus

we could stack to the moon. And back.

[ChromeFoundry]

74. Just...wow

[hamsterjill]

78. As i sit here sipping my Dr. Pepper with breakfast

I have no intention of not having another one tomorrow.

And yes...I know it's bad for me.

[progressoid]

80. The Creationist's version....

[chalky]

84. Sounds like somebody's going to be switchin' to BRAWNDO.

"It's got ELECTROLYTES!"

[ThoughtCriminal]

90. Morbo Comments

[mikki35]

91. ROFL!!

Some of these comments are freaking hilarious!!! My favorite so far:

Eileen Hoyt: Let's see...Muslim fundamentalists freak out about a really bad short film, and Christian fundamentalists freak out about a soda pop ad. You crazy kids have so much in common! Are you secret BFF's?

Then this exchange:

Matt Hjorth: Lol The best part is someone named "Kiandrea K'Genisis SwagHoe Jackson" is trying to make a legitimate argument, that name screams knowledge haha

Right after THAT:
Kiandrea K'Genisis SwagHoe Jackson: Evolution is not real. Plain and simple, is there footage of it? No!! Um... is there any, any evidence? Nah! Can we still see monkeys? Yeah! uHm... duhn bes' beh the bible is truth! And therefore evolution aint real. I have scientifically come to the belief that the only people related to monkeys are gays! Gays aren't even humans.. they're genetically less smart!! And gravity? Yeah, that aint real either. This whole dayum ting as taught me dat. Cuz it's just a theory! So is the globe shaped earth! I mean.. thats a theory! a stoopid, please.. please.. think about it. Flat ground, round earth? Makes sense.. nope. Evolution is wrong,l except it. No smart person believes it. No proof for it

You just can't make this stuff up...

[daleo]

96. The things people get excited about

Just amazing.

[marshall]

97. When will the Dr. Pepper riots start?

If only the YouTube film clip had only ignited debates...

[Quantess]

99. Diet Dr Pepper is the best soda pop ever.

I wish it were easier to find.

[mykpart]

100. HELLO! It's an advertisement.

Remember the old Coca Cola commercial? Polar bears don't really know how to ice skate.

[tabasco]

101. The headline alone

makes me weep for America.

[Scootaloo]

102. Wait, people drink Dr. Pepper?

That stuff is like carbonated molasses. Makes my stomach hurt just thinking about sucking one down.

[panzerfaust]

107. I quit drinking soft drinks over a decade ago

But might take it up again.



Bully for Dr. Pepper, though am certain they will back down.

[rickyhall]

108. And G-d created us in his image.

When people tell me we were created by G-d. I always say, "He must have a hell of sense of humor."