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Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Aug 31 2005, 03:20 PM
Interesting thing on CNN today.
Humans and chimps have evolved separately since splitting from a common ancestor about 6 million years ago, and their DNA remains highly similar -- about 96 percent to almost 99 percent identical, depending on how the comparison is made.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/08/31...s.ap/index.html
Now I've got a question for those who don't believe in evolution...
When you see things like this in the mainstream media (assuming you listen to the news, read the paper, that kind of thing) what is your immediate reaction? Do you think "that's just wrong" or is there another reaction?
These kinds of things come up all the time. Not just monkeys of course. There are plenty of things. For example you could hear on the news "scientists discovered a new star 10 million light years away" or you might read "the fossil discovered near Drumheller is believed to be approximately 125 million years old" in the Calgary Herald.
Is it really frustrating? I would think it would be.
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Creationists often claim that they have nothing against science in general or that they rely on the scientific method as much as anyone, and yet they arbitrarily reject science when they dislike its results for subjective reasons. The fact of the matter is that evolution is a product of the scientific method, and it is hypocritical to accept one and reject the other.
Creationists believe Mr Rouge that this earth can only be 6-10,000 years old so anything science does to disprove this is categorically ignored.