On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 03:30:03PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
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From: Christopher Faylor
Sent: 20 April 2005 15:19
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 10:56:05AM +0100, Lionel B wrote:
"Christopher Faylor" wrote ...
Actually, all kidding aside, this is correct, right? They think that
whales and hippos came from a common ancestor, don't they?
Any two species that ever existed on the planet have a common ancestral
species... ok, for a T. Rex and a greengage plum you might have to go
back a bit.
Yes, my education did progress beyond the second grade. Do you REALLY
think that anyone reading this list is so ill-informed as to not
understand how evolution works and needs to be educated on something
this basic?
Well, I kinda hate to point this out, but given the state of education
in the southern states these days, there are probably a few
creationists on the list who really are that ill-informed, do not
understand how evolution works, and are in *desperate* need of an
education....
So, I sent something out about a "common ancestor" and royally confused
all of the Southern Baptists reading the list. I think it is extremely
unlikely. I'm not aware of any school system which has completely
thrown out evolutionary text books.
I think your premise is flawed anyway. I think most creationists
understand at least the "common ancestor" part of evolutionary theory.
They may get it wrong and think that this means that man was descended
from apes but they do at least have a glimmering of understanding of
the concept.
cgf