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Those apes were humans who mocked and challenged God. God punished them by making then apes. The atheists of this era are not so violent and can be converted with some effort so you continue to exist In this body.
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Well, the Mormons believe that black people were "cursed" with dark skin because they were on the wrong side during a pre-existence war in heaven, and will become white as they become more righteous, so I guess this isn't too much further down the crazy-hole than that.
"The atheists of this era are not so violent"
Hosea 13:16. Eric Robert Rudolph. Scott Roeder.
Monkey see, monkey do .
Thank you for admitting that your 'God' is worse than an ape. For Chimpanzees, Gorillas & Orang-Utans - least of all Gibbons, Lemurs or the lesser apes - do not exhibit any form of religious behaviour.
@Goomy pls
"apetheists"
GROAN
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(*Puts one of Pinkie Pie's hidden Party Cannons to head. Presses button *)
My mind is full of confetti. At least I'm now in a better state of mind - positive - than via the excretions of Sorearse Hassan here. [/KittyKaboom] /)^3^(\
Wait, so if I don't convert, god will turn me into an actual gibbon?
What in the Nine Hells is he trying to say, anyway?
This is similar to the old belief in the great chain of being, where humans would be closer to the divine and insects very far, with minerals sometimes presented as the lowest. In these ideologies either beings reincarnate as lower or higher beings, or there is gradual directed evolution. The many problems are obvious: biology discovered no evidence of directed evolution. Paleontology, geology and archaeology do not see evidence of ideologically driven evolution, only natural selection and descent with modification. There is no evidence of cultures regressing from homo sapiens to more primitive apes. Believers in dieties or spirits fail to produce plausible evidence for their existence. How human culture is produced and disseminated, including scripture, is understood without the need for divine sources or intervention. Ethics do not need to derive from specific traditions and be immutable, it too can be adapted to current challenges of actual living societies. Human animals don't need to try to live like other species either, while understanding that they're also animals with a far common ancestor with some other extant great apes.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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