Comments on: On Darwin, On Darwin’s Day http://atheists.org/blog/2009/02/11/on-darwin-on-darwin-s-day A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dw http://atheists.org/blog/2009/02/11/on-darwin-on-darwin-s-day/comment-page-1#comment-30265 dw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30265 <b>On February 12th 200 years ago a great man was born. In celebration I ask everyone to think: Is it so bad to be the fifth ape? Gorillas, chimpanzee, orangutans, gibbons, humans. <br /> <br /> It is a much more wondrous trip we have made than that described by myth where you take a piece of clay and add water and abracadabra, you have a human being. The struggle to this magnificent point through millions of years of minute changes is indeed something to behold. <br /> <br /> We are indeed made from the materials produced by stars. We are like the Universe come alive in an attempt to understand itself. Nothing can be as wondrous as that.</b> <br /> On February 12th 200 years ago a great man was born. In celebration I ask everyone to think: Is it so bad to be the fifth ape? Gorillas, chimpanzee, orangutans, gibbons, humans.

It is a much more wondrous trip we have made than that described by myth where you take a piece of clay and add water and abracadabra, you have a human being. The struggle to this magnificent point through millions of years of minute changes is indeed something to behold.

We are indeed made from the materials produced by stars. We are like the Universe come alive in an attempt to understand itself. Nothing can be as wondrous as that.

]]> By: NotSoFast http://atheists.org/blog/2009/02/11/on-darwin-on-darwin-s-day/comment-page-1#comment-30285 NotSoFast Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30285 The Alan colmes Show didn't put the debate on the website. He went for 37 minutes telling us it was coming up -- and then the show ended.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Alan colmes Show didn’t put the debate on the website. He went for 37 minutes telling us it was coming up — and then the show ended.

]]> By: dw http://atheists.org/blog/2009/02/11/on-darwin-on-darwin-s-day/comment-page-1#comment-30286 dw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30286 The Poll looks like the Christian army has been alerted. The poll is therefore useless.<br /> The Poll looks like the Christian army has been alerted. The poll is therefore useless.

]]> By: ga4ry http://atheists.org/blog/2009/02/11/on-darwin-on-darwin-s-day/comment-page-1#comment-30287 ga4ry Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30287 you see phredumdum, the problem with your post is that Lincoln was real and his quote documented, jebus was not, so his quote is irrelevant you see phredumdum, the problem with your post is that Lincoln was real and his quote documented, jebus was not, so his quote is irrelevant

]]> By: Asemodeus http://atheists.org/blog/2009/02/11/on-darwin-on-darwin-s-day/comment-page-1#comment-30295 Asemodeus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30295 "Creationists use computers, don't they?"<br /> <br /> This has always confused me from the start. How they actually managed to figure out how to use a keyboard, yet alone a mouse is just staggering! <br /> <br /> And some of them actually know how to use webcams! <br /> <br /> “Creationists use computers, don’t they?”

This has always confused me from the start. How they actually managed to figure out how to use a keyboard, yet alone a mouse is just staggering!

And some of them actually know how to use webcams!

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