Post to Popular Science About Ancient Fossils

Post to discussion thread about Ardi, the oldest human descendant fossil known. Christians were pooh-poohing it, so I spoke up.

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Christian anti-evolutionists:

The burden of proof is on you to show that

1) Jesus walked on water
2) Jesus came back to life after three days
3) Moses parted the Red Sea

...etc.

These core tenants and others that you base your anti-evolutionary bias on are not proven. That is why they call it the Christian FAITH. (Note: these things MAY BE TRUE, but the point is that Christians haven't proven these things to themselves. They just swallow these assertions whole, uncritically, without doing the investigating to back it up. You need to back it up with facts.)

You anti-evolutionists think of your Christian lifestyle as a team sport, sort of like a tribal activity. You behave as if an anti-evolutionary perspective is something to defended, like a family. You buy 100% into assumptions that are sort of tribal chants, then you feel the need to defend the tribe. This has no place in an objective examination of evidence. You confuse science with family.

You lose the right to be taken seriously when you lack the courage to face up to your own illogic. Step up the plate and join the 21st century.
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