[when told that some human babies are born with tails]
IF that is indeed the case (and I have no evidence that is so, other than your word), then the Devil is responsible. A demon has entered the womb and smitten the baby. It has nothing to do with evolution.
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This is the biochemist guy again, right?
Holy crap.
Demons... it is always demons. Why don't we just get a bunch of soul stones together and bind them all... Right? Right? Blizzard North?
How do you know the baby didn't sneak out of the womb and get smitten by a demon while it was selling crack? I mean, seriously. How do you KNOW this? You can't prove a negative.
and I have no evidence that is so, other than your word
That sounds like GREAT evidence for a fundy.
I wonder if these people are living the twenty-first century.
Actually, Ellison's views would seem archaic in the sixteenth century.
Why would God allow Satan's demons to 'smite' an unborn baby anyway? It's not as though it's had a chance to sin. Oh wait, I'd forgotten that 'sins committed while in the womb' post a while ago.
[IF that is indeed the case (and I have no evidence that is so, other than your word)...]
OK...so you understand that evidence is important. Good.
[...then the Devil is responsible. A demon has entered the womb and smitten the baby. It has nothing to do with evolution.]
Then prove it. Prove it, Garv. Fucking prove it .
You just commented on evidence. You obviously understand how it's used. Now use it. Show us one bit of evidence--just one--that what you're saying isn't so much horseshit.
It's da demons agin! Burn da babies at da stake.....
Oh wait. That worshipping Moloch, isn't it?
I have come to the point where I am questioning the actual sanity of Garvan. I think he's quite doolally!
All human embryos have tails which are, usually, absorbed as the embryo develops. So, by Garvan's "reasoning" all embryos are devils but most are "smitten"(sic) by human babies sometime before birth.
It has nothing to do with evolution.
It has everything to do with evolution. Many primates lost their tales a few million years back due to a weather change. However, the gene is still passed down, and some human babies are born with them.
::blink blink::
::tail twitch::
::ears swivelling back::
YOU'RE A MORON!
::tail flick::
::walks off::
considering the ignorance that abounds with folks like this I'll go out on a limb and say spinal bifida, caudal appendage or just plain old genetics that decided to pop up after being dormant(guess what, fundies? This does happen!). These people think pink eye would be a sign of demonic possession.
Checks calendar
Yep, it really is the 21st century.
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@ Simon Says Die
Actually the OT is pretty clear that anyone born with a birth defect, or maimed in any way, is considered unclean and not allowed to enter the temple.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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