[Humans are apes in the same way that ducks are birds, and for the same reason.]
That's not a very good comparison because...well ducks ARE birds...
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@#1408103: why didn't i think of that? +1 interwebz
to all: +1 cookie, that's hilarious
sometimes the jokes write themselves. thanks abislalom, you throw a mean curve ball straight into left field!
Ducks are birds. very good. GOOD JOB.
Now just one more little step an... wait, where are you going? NOT THE CLIFF, NO, ABISHALOM, DON'T JUMP
Yeah, true it's funny, but most people I know, atheist and religious alike, have a mental picture of 'ape' as 'gorilla' or similar. Yes we're wrong, but it's a really common mistake. I can't get to excited over this.
And humans are apes. Duh!
But to be honest, a better comparison is that humans are hominids like how ducks, geese, and swans are all waterfowl (family Anatidae).
I'm sorry, my brain needs time to cope with the fact that Abishalom took a swing, stopping it a hairs breadth of the point, and then moved to Andromeda galaxy to finish the swing.
DOES. NOT. FUCKING. COMPUTE!!!!
And pretty much all ducks are smarter than Abishalom, who must challenge a rutabaga in a spelling bee.
Have a nice time as fertilizer.
On the question of wether homo sapiens are apes,
Yes, we are closely related genetically and have strong physical resemblance.
No, enlarged frontal lobe (giving us stronger problem solving skills among other things) and walking upright put us into a new category.
Rather than duck, bird. I'd suggest penguin, bird. Bringing up Grey Wolf, Tea Cup Poodle, could get interesting.
I have no problem with being an ape, so long as I get to be a human one.
This is the sort of logic that really confuses me, because even without believing in evolution, there is no arguing that, genetically, humans ARE classified as apes. We can SEE their DNA, there's no guess work here.
lolwut?
What?
What?!
-10th Doctor
Neutrinos can pass through light years -thicknesses of Lead as easily as Photons travel through a vacuum.
bishie's head here is dense enough to block those particles.
And when a Catholic acknowledges the fact which proves that Darwin was right all along...:
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...you know you've got problems.
Thanks for watching. Keep your dick in a vice: it'll ensure you never pollute the gene pool.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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