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labimide:
Origin of life =/= origin of species

Origin of species = speciation, formation of new species from prexisting ones.

texanomaly:
Well, this is one way to liven up this all but dead section.

EvilBrain1:
Origin of species =/= Origin of life. Extant species originate from previously existing extinct species. Australian marsupials radiated from a common ancestor species. So did Primates. The bonobo species didn't exist 5 million years ago. It evolved from an ancestral species via the process of natural selection.

Or are you one of those geniuses that think all current species have been around all along and that human beings were riding T. rexes to battle during the late Cretaceous?

Language comprehension fail.

EvilBrain1:
Actually, in his Origin of the Species, Darwin was very clear that his theory didn't address where the first life came from. The man did really good science and it is amazing how much he got right at the first attempt.

davien:
you are confusing abiogenesis with evolution.
The basics of genetics are all the same... we all use ATP as energy,we use
DNA for heredity, we all have 20 amino acids to make up
proteins and many many more similar things. This is the
same with single celled organisms.
For you to be closely related would mean not only your genetics but physiology,
anatomy,
behaviour,
vestige(once useful structures),
avatism(re-occurent feature that lay dormant but expresses itself from time to time in a population like humans with semi-functional tails etc) are closely the same or convergent...

mccloud224:
Thats "frightful"

plaetton:
Kindly mention any extraordinary claims made here.
Is that the theory of evolution has withstood 150 yes of vigorous scientific testing, without any contradictions?
Or is it that the modern science of genetics, nonexistent 150 yrs ago, confirms the predicted outcomes of the theory?

armadeo:
I actually enjoy reading atheistic arguments. It usually shows a clear and concise thought process leading to a logical conclusion.

BTW I believe in God.

plaetton:
Why is it impossible to determine the origin of life?

The theory of evolution has been vigorously tested over the past 150yrs, without, I might add, to any refutations, not a single.
The science of genetics has confirmed every evolutionary scenario predicted by the theory of evolution 150 yrs ago, and is enjoying wide applications in genetic engineering, medicine , agriculture and industry.

So, you have absolutely zero idea of what you are talking about.

PastorAIO:
All this one that you want Satan to get behind you, Are you so sure Satan is gay? Why don't you ask someone more willing to get behind you?

Ishilove:
How irritating. They will never allow Christians be.

DeepSight:
Don't worry, I love you too.

vooks:
How comes he is not commenting? Did you kill him?

EvilBrain1:
Once upon a time a seagull was born with a type of brain touch that made it behave wierdly and keep running along the ground for no good reason.

Tomytomy3:
this is simply the effect of a curse place on the earth by God due to the sin of Adam n Eve. Every time a man sin he is place under a curse that will extend to atlist four generations. The problems we have in life is as a result of your sins or your father's. Am sure your father was a terrible athiest or jujupriest, and you are on the same path, don't worry, God will help you reach your destination, - hell. Safe journey.

Back in September, the Satanic Temple announced its intention to hand out pamphlets on its tenets to Florida schoolchildren in response to an Orange County School Board decision that allowed a Christian group to hand out Bibles and pamphlets of its own.

But the outcry over the idea of a group that calls itself the "Satanic Temple" handing out materials to kids is forcing the School Board to revisit its policy of allowing any kind of religious material to be handed out.

The School Board met Thursday to discuss its policy.

The Satanic Temple materials, which include a coloring and activity booklet for children titled "The Satanic Children's Big Book of Activities," were to be handed out after an atheist group won a court decision to allow it to hand out materials, just as the Christian group was allowed to.

But the School Board has been under heavy scrutiny ever since and could eliminate the practice altogether. This was the Satanic Temple's aim all along.

"We don't argue the merits of any one voice in a school environment," Satanic Temple spokesman Lucien Grieves told New Times. "We think it's in the best interests for everyone, especially the kids, that the district not have religious materials of any kind distributed in schools."

But, Grieves says, the fact that the School Board is rethinking its policy shows its intention the whole time. "It strongly implies they never intended to have a plurality of voices," he says.

The entire episode stems from the School Board's allowing the Christian group World Changers of Florida to hand out Bibles on three occasions.

An atheist group then submitted a request to hand out its own materials but was shot down because of a fear of "causing a distraction." The atheist group then sued the School Board, but a judge threw out the lawsuit after the School Board relented and allowed the group to hand out its material.

That's when the Satanic Temple stepped in with its own set of materials, including a coloring and activity book. One of the sections of the booklet features a drawing of children and bullies in a word-jumble.

"These bullies are mad and afraid of things they don't understand," the booklet reads. "Help Damian use inclusive language to defuse the situation."

The possible policy change by the School Board is being met with resistance from World Changers, who call it "an attack on Christians."

"They seem to be moving against the interests of a large part of the community," World Changers Vice President Greg Harper told the Orlando Sentinel. "The Bible will open somebody's heart, somebody's mind, and cause them to pursue answers."

Harper added that World Changers is looking to distribute Bibles a fourth time on January 16 in at least 18 district high schools.

A district spokesperson said that so far they've received a request to hand out religious materials only from the Satanic Temple.

Meanwhile, the board won't be voting on the matter until at least February.

"There has to be an understanding that they probably have a student body that is generally aware of Christian teachings," Grieves said to New Times about the overall policy.

"Kids know about the Bible. They probably go to church on Sundays with their parents. But our material juxtaposed to that offers differing religious opinions, not just the view that's dominating the discourse."