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Sorry BOSS. I will take this no further.
"Anyone who does not believe in evolution is either ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked. Richard Dawkins"
Well, speaking as a Christian I'd have to say that's very true. IMHO there are few that are too stupid to understand Evolution or the evidence supporting it. You really have to be dumber than a red brick to nor be able to understand the TOE. While there may be such folk, like kids under six, I don't think it's a large percentage.
The same thing goes for insane. I don't think that there are that many folk that deny evolution based on insanity, although there is certainly the possibility that Fundyism could well be a psychological condition. I don't see it listed in the DSM IV.
That leave ignorant and wicked. Let me deal with the later first.
There are many that oppose Evolution for what appear to be entirely wicked purposes. There's Kent Hovind and Walt Brown and the folks ta ICR and DI and Jerry Falwell and Pat Roberston and Jimmy Swaggart and Benny Hinn and Gene Scott and Oral Roberts or Fred Phelps. They are using it just to pull more money from gullible suckers.
That leaves ignorant.
Ignorant breaks down into two groups, those that are just ignorant and those that are willfully ignorant.
The ignorant ones simply have nor been presented with all of the overwhelming evidence that proves evolution happened and that supports the Theory of Evolution as our best explanation so far for the process. As they gain access to the information they quickly come to realize that the TOE is correct.
The second ignorant group are those who are willfully ignorant. The willfully ignorant look at all the evidence but then say "Sorry, that goes against my beliefs and so I will not accept it." For such people there is little that can be done except to realize that they are handicapped.
This message has been edited by jar, 10-24-2005 10:35 PM
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