Sarah Palin critical of the Pope for not being enough of an extremist nutjob

[masonryan]

Evolution is plain and obvious because contrary to creationists' assertions that there are no transition species known, some people are still trying to catch up with the move from being armpit scratching apes to fully fledged bipedal hominids.

It's not obvious that we descend from pondscum (but maybe you do) nor that life 'just happened'.

[doodab]

Evolution is plain and obvious because contrary to creationists' assertions that there are no transition species known, some people are still trying to catch up with the move from being armpit scratching apes to fully fledged bipedal hominids.

It can also be observed in action in the laboratory.

Experimental evolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[masonryan]

A little thing called evidence. Evolution is a fact.

What do you mean exactly as fact when you say 'evolution' ?

[masonryan]

It can also be observed in action in the laboratory.

Experimental evolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yeah, bacteria evolved to be ... bacteria.

[Mich the Tester]

It's about time we took religion out of politics

Even we people with a modicum of intelligence religion makes them dangerous, remember when Gordon Brown was saving the world, Tony Blaid was bringing peace to the middle east

Come on, the Pope's been saying some pretty sensible things lately, and even some of his predecessors did, most notably Pope JPII with his intervention in Poland during the strikes; if not for JP, Lech Walesa and co would probably have ended up either in a Gulag or dead or both, and who knows how long the cold war would have gone on. Sure, he said some silly things too, but let's not pretend that religion automatically makes people dangerous.

[DirtyDog]

Remove all the insults against Mrs Palin and we're left with no serious criticisms of her office.

Using personal email for official business to avoid an audit trail. And then having the email account hacked because it was easy to reset the password.

[masonryan]

Because it's consistent with an understanding of how the world works that is based on observations and mathematical constructs that describe them such as the laws of physics, game theory and stuff like that.

Oh really, please elaborate about the observations of how life 'just happened' and the chain of ancestries witnessed where one kind has completely changed to something unrecognisable over time? Thanks.

[masonryan]

Using personal email for official business to avoid an audit trail. And then having the email account hacked because it was easy to reset the password.

These are not the real reasons Palin gets all the public abuse that she does.

[Mich the Tester]

It's not obvious that we descend from pondscum (but maybe you do) nor that life 'just happened'.

I probably do, and let me introduce you to a nice chap from Wales who certainly does; View Profile: Pondlife - Contractor UK Bulletin Board

[DirtyDog]

Remove all the insults against Mrs Palin and we're left with no serious criticisms of her office.

Claiming a per diem when staying in her own home.