The Theory Of Evolution As The Root Of All Social Ills...Please.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-na-creation11feb11,0,1983600.story (no registration)


"Boys and girls," Ham said. If a teacher so much as mentions evolution, or the Big Bang, or an era when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, "you put your hand up and you say, 'Excuse me, were you there?' Can you remember that?"

Ummmm.....

With pulpit-thumping passion, Ham insists the Bible be taken literally: God created the universe and all its creatures in six 24-hour days, roughly 6,000 years ago.

He shows his audiences a graphic that places the theory of evolution at the root of all social ills: abortion, divorce, racism, gay marriage, store clerks who say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas."


This is a little disturbing. I think there's a lot more at the "root of all social ills" than theory of evolution (I also differ in my list of social ills but that's not the point)

Comments

[chironcentaur.livejournal.com]

No kidding.

If you take the Genesis story literally, that can only mean that all people in the world now are the product of millions and millions of years of rampant incest. How this is a comforting belief to so many people I will never understand.

Though this may explain why humanity as a whole is so screwed up. :-)

[fuego.livejournal.com]

I need to pick up a bible and look for this myself...but my roommate (Who's Mennonite) tells me that they don't come right out and say it in the bible, but Adam and Eve had at least a few other kids. She also tells me that at that time, Giants existed on earth and Angels came down from the heavens and reproduced with humans for a time til God said "ok, 'nuff of that now" supposeddly it's all in Genesis somewhere. I'll have to take a look-see.