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In reply to the discussion: If you are a creationist, you are a fucking idiot [View all]cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)70. Yeah, he shouldn't have offered that apology at all.
For the truth needs no apology.
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Yes. Our evolutionary history includes many millenia spent in small groups.
Jackpine Radical
Aug 2013
#79
Sure, I think anyone who believes, in the face of scientific evidence to the contrary,
Bake
Aug 2013
#92
If your argument is that the Bible is a collection of Bronze Age stories, that's fine.
Marr
Aug 2013
#66
I would go so far as to say that God gave people brains/minds because he/she expects us to USE THEM.
Bake
Aug 2013
#40
Debate Krauss. Debate Dawkins. Debate Dennett, or Harris, or any other prominent "new atheists"
RadiationTherapy
Aug 2013
#15
You're not sorry, and if that's supposed to be an apology, it's a totally "Republican" apology
Bake
Aug 2013
#41
Even if there was a god, there still wouldn't be an "absolute moral truth." nt
ZombieHorde
Aug 2013
#51
So essentially, the guy is arguing against using rational thought for, basically, anything.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#56
I don't think that it has to do with being taugh narratives at an early age but rather
grantcart
Aug 2013
#74
My definition of an idiot is someone who either can't or won't think.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#107
Yet we must not denigrate people's deeply held beliefs or risk being labeled a bigot.
cleanhippie
Aug 2013
#85
That's true. We can point out that the beliefs of Republicans are ridiculous and harmful
Arugula Latte
Aug 2013
#86
So true. What I find most amazing is that the Republican POV is grounded closer to reality
cleanhippie
Aug 2013
#87