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Schlumpfikus
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22 May 2016, 10:35 am

Marknis wrote:
These are things I've actually been told by those who live in the Bible Belt:

If we came frum munkies, wy do we still hav munkies?
We didn't come from monkeys. We just have a common ancestor with them. There is also no law that says the previous species has to go extinct.

Hendooism is uh branch uh Muzlum!
No, Hinduism and Islam are completely different faiths. Read a book already.


Yes, it's amazing what some people are willing to have a firm opinion on without ever considering the facts or bothering to maybe inform themselves once or twice about the subject.



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22 May 2016, 10:51 am

Schlumpfikus wrote:
Yes, it's amazing what some people are willing to have a firm opinion on without ever considering the facts or bothering to maybe inform themselves once or twice about the subject.
That's what religion is all about - expressing beliefs without first determining if those beliefs have any basis in reality.


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Schlumpfikus
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22 May 2016, 12:35 pm

Fnord wrote:
Schlumpfikus wrote:
Yes, it's amazing what some people are willing to have a firm opinion on without ever considering the facts or bothering to maybe inform themselves once or twice about the subject.
That's what religion is all about - expressing beliefs without first determining if those beliefs have any basis in reality.


Making wrong remarks about the theory of evolution because one didn't bother to learn what it says about men and monkeys is not a question of religion or belief. Religious beliefs can't be checked for their basis in reality, which is okay, too, because that's why they are called beliefs after all.