The Indelible Stamp of our Lowly Origin - General

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg4AjD1fUaw[/media] Awesome video. Shows how close we really are.

Facts! facts! facts! Take that, creationists! Thanks for this video. Even though I have to admit that the argument, "We look and behave like primates" is quite weak. A resemblance doesn't really prove anything, besides you can question how much we really resemble them. That's why I'm glad they came with facts in the end of the video.

[QUOTE=FPtje;21016069] Even though I have to admit that the argument, "We look and behave like primates" is quite weak. A resemblance doesn't really prove anything, besides you can question how much we really resemble them. That's why I'm glad they came with facts in the end of the video.[/QUOTE] Actually, Physiological evidence is quite a strong point for evolution. Take, for example, these Hominid skulls: [img]http://www.theistic-evolution.com/hominids2_big.jpg[/img] Also, it's a pretty stupid thing for a creationist to say we were all created in Gods' image, when he created other apes first.

I hate people who after a teacher gives their kids the facts, this person claims the teacher is telling the kids that "god doesn't exist".

[QUOTE=Dirty_Ape;21018254]I hate people who after a teacher gives their kids the facts, this person claims the teacher is telling the kids that "god doesn't exist".[/QUOTE] Agreed. Also, name is appropriate.

Beautiful video. Thats pretty much all I can say.

That was a very powerful video. Thanks for posting.

fucking christians

Nice to see this is proving popular. I'll keep an eye out for other videos like this.

Absolutely amazing video.

That was, incredible.

I can't say much, this video really opened my mind to how our actions can be traced back to instinct. [QUOTE=saucekeg;21020842]fucking christians[/QUOTE] Remember that it's only the fundamentalists that are trying to get intelligent design (creationism in disguise) into public education, the Christians who don't go "THE BIBLE IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH" do believe in evolution or have a neutral position on it.

[QUOTE=saucekeg;21020842]fucking christians[/QUOTE] Atheists are always screaming about being persecuted. Yet there's ass holes like you saying this shit.

Great video, pretty basic stuff but it is nice to have it collated in a beautiful way.

Am I missing something?

you guys took what i said too seriously, Christians are like a nuisance to human progression. Notice I'm only talking about Christians, because when ever you hear about a religious person having a problem with something against their beliefs they're always somehow christian.

am i ape to

I am ape.

Creationists are ridic.

Am ape here

[QUOTE=saucekeg;21023125]you guys took what i said too seriously, Christians are like a nuisance to human progression. Notice I'm only talking about Christians, because when ever you hear about a religious person having a problem with something against their beliefs they're always somehow christian.[/QUOTE] That is an ignorant thing to say. Have you seen the middle east? How about that girl that had her nose and ear cut off by the Taliban for insulting her in laws? The Taliban certainly aren't Christian. Or what about the Israeli expansion into land that isn't theirs? They aren't Christian either. The only reason you think that Christians are the worst is because you blind yourself to anything that isn't western culture, and even then you still have a very biased view against religion. When you try to fight fire with fire the only thing you are left with is ashes. [B]TL;DR[/B] You are some angst filled 13 year old and you think you are edgy by shitting on religion in an extremely atheistic forum while not actually knowing what the fuck you are talking about.

I don't see why people take exception to the fact that they're animals. It's humbling, fucking get over yourselves already.

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Thanks for the video OP, I didn't know we were missing 2 chromosomes from our ancestors, and how we also still act like them as well. This will be helpfully in debates.

Last part with the scientific facts was good, but a lot of the video was dumb. Showing monkeys and people doing similar things has nothing to do with facts. You could probably compile the same video of elephants and people doing similar things, but it doesn't prove that we're closely related to elephants. It just seems like someone trying too hard to make us out to be total monkeys and blame all our negative actions on primal instinct. They made a good choice with the last bit of scientific study footage, but being distant relatives of monkeys does not mean everything we do is linked to primal instinct. :rolleye:

[QUOTE=amos106;21025934]That is an ignorant thing to say. Have you seen the middle east? How about that girl that had her nose and ear cut off by the Taliban for insulting her in laws? The Taliban certainly aren't Christian. Or what about the Israeli expansion into land that isn't theirs? They aren't Christian either. The only reason you think that Christians are the worst is because you blind yourself to anything that isn't western culture, and even then you still have a very biased view against religion. When you try to fight fire with fire the only thing you are left with is ashes. [B]TL;DR[/B] You are some angst filled 13 year old and you think you are edgy by shitting on religion in an extremely atheistic forum while not actually knowing what the fuck you are talking about.[/QUOTE] christians force religion on kids because they have the power to do so, i'm only talking about how they are able to use media to change peoples minds, jesus christ why are you looking so deeply into this just because i said the word "fucking"

[QUOTE=saucekeg;21031554]christians force religion on kids because they have the power to do so, i'm only talking about how they are able to use media to change peoples minds, jesus christ why are you looking so deeply into this just because i said the word "fucking"[/QUOTE] So only Christians have the power to use media to change people's minds? I [b]strongly[/b] disagree. You're generalizing on a massive scale and you obviously have no idea what you're talking about.

[QUOTE=Shugo;21031388]Last part with the scientific facts was good, but a lot of the video was dumb. Showing monkeys and people doing similar things has nothing to do with facts. You could probably compile the same video of elephants and people doing similar things, but it doesn't prove that we're closely related to elephants.[/QUOTE] True, but it would show that we are very distantly related to elephants, but more importantly, show that we are still animals. Alot of folk put humans on some giant pedestal, way above the other intelligent animals they consider only useful to eat.

I'm pretty sure god takes more pride creating those majestic animals than a bunch of pricks who think they are the shit and fuck up everything.

[QUOTE=AegisÂ°;21035495]I'm pretty sure god takes more pride creating those majestic animals than a bunch of pricks who think they are the shit and fuck up everything.[/QUOTE] Humans were god's "greatest creation", too bad we're just a new coat of paint on the old model