"It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that)."
Richard Dawkins on Evolution
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Richard Dawkins on Evolution
"It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that)."
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Dawkins can go a little overboard on the anti-religious fervor at times. However, I think that's because he -- as a world-renowned authority on evolution -- sees religion as the only reason people could possibly doubt evolution.. and he's right. More than 99.9% of scientists with advanced degrees in relevant fields (i.e. people who actually know what evolution is) accept evolutionary explanations. Those who don't (including our local PhD anti-evolutionist) don't make biological arguments against it, only silly logical or mathematical ones.
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DOUGSavonarola wrote:Dawkins can go a little overboard on the anti-religious fervor at times.
Remember the old saying, "no matter how much anti-religious fervor you have--it's never enough!"
"We could have done something important Max. We could have fought child abuse or Republicans!" --Oona Hart (played by Victoria Foyt), in the 1995 movie "Last Summer in the Hamptons."