When Republican pols and pundits lie, they expect us to accept their lies by faith, but when scientists are truthful, Republicans demand absolute proof. Personally, as a Christian (authentic, not Republican Supply-side Christianity), I have no trouble reconciling faith with acceptance of that theory, with the reservations that certain Republicans make it evident that devolution is also in at work. But Jack Kingston (R-GA) demands to see the missing link. We can oblige.
On Real Time with Bill Maher, Representative Jack Kingston (R-GA) apparently wants to see some kind of manfishnewt before he will accept evolution (For Southpark fans, that would be half-man, half-fish, and half-newt). Which, if ever found, would utterly destroy our understanding of human evolution along with a giant chunk of vertebrate biology. But I digress, and we can — loosely and liberally — credit Kingston for grasping blindly toward a transitional tetrapod. So presumably, as long as it’s not Acanthostega, Ichthyostega, Hynerpeton or any of the dozens of fossils found at the exact geologic time and coincidentally with the exact suite of traits which bridge the transition from early fish to the first amphibians, Kingston will be convinced. Let’s watch:
Kingston also demands a missing link. By which we can again loosely infer he means fossils demonstrating a mix of early and more modern hominid traits… [emphasis added]
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If Kingston demands a missing link, a missing link he shall have! 😉
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I think the fundamentalists are hung up on semantics. Christ wants us all to love and be generous to one another, and act within that spirit, and the rest will follow, simple! We don’t need to be following an ancient misquoted, badly translated script that pits one church against another. That said, it should be obvious that organized religion is failing in missing the spirit of the very scripture it is promoting! 🙄
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
Welcome, Bill! 🙂
He was right, but not all Christians are that way.
Nikolai I’m a lot like you in this. While I choose Christianity as my path, I feel in no way superior to those who choose a different path.
Uh, Jack, there’s a reason it’s called the Missing Link. IT’S MISSING!
Welcome Sam! 🙂
For Kingston, it isn’t even a reason. It’s an excuse.
Anytime one of these creationist Neanderthals pops up I’m reminded of how born-again Kirk (“Growing Pains”) Cameron has teamed up with Ray (“Too Dumb for Words”) Comfort espousing their belief that bananas and peanut butter can be used to disprove evolution. (No – I’m not kidding. Click HERE to view a compendium of their videos.)
To them:
Bananas = Disproof of Evolution
Peanut Butter = Disproof of Evolution
To me:
Bananas + Peanut Butter = Delicious, Nutritious Snack
(And I know I got Elvis’ vote on that!)
LOL! I still thing Republicans prove DEvolution!
TC
As one of the apparently few “out of the closet” Christians on the liberal blogging side along with you TC, got your back on this one 100% ! 😀
Thanks Oso! Even we agree sometimes!! 😉
This reminds me of that episode of “My Name is Earl” (episode titled “”Sold a Guy a Lemon Car”) where Joy decides to disprove evolution for her son’s science fair by trying to make the point that a fish won’t grow legs to get to the food outside of it’s fishbowl – but used a tadpole instead of a fish. Hilarity ensues.
I never saw that, but I can just imagine the consternation!! LOL!! 😀
Big Evolution Discovery !
British professor Nigel Swiggerton of Chapsworth College has recently found a missing link in the evolution/creation debate. Everyone is familiar with the “stages of man” chart found in textbooks which begins with a naked, hairy, bent over, grunting Neanderthal type which over millions of years finally learns how to stand erect while sporting a 1930s-style haircut. Well, Dr. Swiggerton discovered that someone accidentally reversed the negative. It turns out that the first man was actually standing erect with a short haircut but has been descending over the years until he has finally reached the last stage – the stage at any rock concert filled with naked, hairy, bent over, grunting Neanderthal types!