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[Easyrider]

Christianity is based upon worship of gods depicted by Bronze Age storytellers...

Coming from someone who believes that large-foreheaded knuckle-draggers are one's pre-bronze-age forefathers, that's actually a compliment.

Actually, we Homo Sapiens have the largest forehead of all the primates, even our primate ancestors. It's due in no small part to our larger frontal lobes as part of the neocortex, which allows us many unique abilities, one of which is what we call "consciousness"; this allows us to be self-aware and subjective and perceiving ourselves as separate from the environment, which led to many other ideas, one being religious thinking.

And our ancestors didn't drag their knuckles (as far as we can tell); they probably used them to move around (like chimps and gorillas do today) before they became upright like us. If their knuckles dragged, they wouldn't be able to move around well enough and would probably die off before they could continue that gene amongst the population. It seems like you have this warped idea of what our ancestors were like. Where exactly did you get this information?

That's a good question. It's speculation, considering no one has ever conclusively identified by DNA evidence ANY specific hominid as being man's direct-line ancestor. Not a single one.

[micatala]

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Christianity is based upon worship of gods depicted by Bronze Age storytellers...

Coming from someone who believes that large-foreheaded knuckle-draggers are one's pre-bronze-age forefathers, that's actually a compliment.

Actually, we Homo Sapiens have the largest forehead of all the primates, even our primate ancestors. It's due in no small part to our larger frontal lobes as part of the neocortex, which allows us many unique abilities, one of which is what we call "consciousness"; this allows us to be self-aware and subjective and perceiving ourselves as separate from the environment, which led to many other ideas, one being religious thinking.

And our ancestors didn't drag their knuckles (as far as we can tell); they probably used them to move around (like chimps and gorillas do today) before they became upright like us. If their knuckles dragged, they wouldn't be able to move around well enough and would probably die off before they could continue that gene amongst the population. It seems like you have this warped idea of what our ancestors were like. Where exactly did you get this information?

That's a good question. It's speculation, considering no one has ever conclusively identified by DNA evidence ANY specific hominid as being man's direct-line ancestor. Not a single one.

As we have many other threads discussing the biological origins of humans, lets leave that discussion out of this thread, as it is quite off topic.

[Easyrider]

Anyway, thank you (brandx1138) for replying pretty much as I might have before tiring of assisting elitists demonstrate the intolerance and hatred that is often associated with fundamentalist worship of their favored invisible super beings. The common feigned “superiority” of religionists is repelling – so I encourage them to express such ideas in public discussion, and thereby further discredit themselves and the religion that they champion in the estimation of readers capable of evaluating the merits of "arguments" presented. Some elitists catch on and temper their condemnations; however, a few never seem to understand that they are the worst possible representation of their “faith” and are particularly effective as recruiters for Atheism.

<chortle>

You diss a supernatural "super being" but believe fiercely in an unidentified, and arguably imaginary, missing link that no one has yet documented? That kind of faith would make any religious creationist blush with envy.

Anyway, the world is still looking for that invisible, unidentified, and magical super-stud who is supposedly man's direct-line ancestor.

[brandx1138]

Anyway, thank you (brandx1138) for replying pretty much as I might have before tiring of assisting elitists demonstrate the intolerance and hatred that is often associated with fundamentalist worship of their favored invisible super beings. The common feigned “superiority” of religionists is repelling – so I encourage them to express such ideas in public discussion, and thereby further discredit themselves and the religion that they champion in the estimation of readers capable of evaluating the merits of "arguments" presented. Some elitists catch on and temper their condemnations; however, a few never seem to understand that they are the worst possible representation of their “faith” and are particularly effective as recruiters for Atheism.

<chortle>

You diss a supernatural "super being" but believe fiercely in an unidentified, and arguably imaginary, missing link that no one has yet documented? That kind of faith would make any religious creationist blush with envy.

Anyway, the world is still looking for that invisible, unidentified, and magical super-stud who is supposedly man's direct-line ancestor.

All right, Easyrider. If you want to discuss evolution, let's move it to another thread. Here you go:
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... 524#138524

[McCulloch]

<chortle>

You diss a supernatural "super being" but believe fiercely in an unidentified, and arguably imaginary, missing link that no one has yet documented? That kind of faith would make any religious creationist blush with envy.

Anyway, the world is still looking for that invisible, unidentified, and magical super-stud who is supposedly man's direct-line ancestor.

What particular creationist strawman version of evolution were you reading that requires an invisible, magical, super-stud as humanity's direct-line ancestor?