I Believe In Evolution

Well, sort of. I don't believe that man descended from monkeys. If that were so, why are there still monkeys around? They should have all died off and been replaced by man.
There are some definite forms of evolution, in which I must believe scientifically. One good example is the horse.
In the beginning, as it were, there was Eohippus, or the "dawn horse." Eohippus was about the size of a Lab Retriever. Then Eeohippus died out and evolved into Merychippus, a larger prototype of the horse. Then that species died out and was replaced by Pliohippus, who grew to the size of a pony. Finally Pliohippus developed into Equus, or the modern horse as we know it today. And so all we have left is Equus, all the others having died out. That is true evolution.
Okay, Homo Sapiens has some of the traits of apes and monkeys, but the point is that he never fully replaced them.

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newjaninev2 · 56-60, F

"...the masters of all other species and have dominion over them"
The sheer anthropocentric hubris contained within that statement is the root of the havoc that humans wreck on this planet... and the seed of our undoing.

We are not the masters of all other species... we are totally reliant on them.
We do not have dominion over all other species... we contain them within ourselves, just as they contain us. All life is one, and any organism, whether worm or bacterium or human or flower or whale or cabbage or flea, is a fleeting expression of that reality.

Faith has no bearing whatsoever on reality. Faith is merely pretending to know something that you do not know.

It's a pretence that says 'it is better not to know'
It's a pretence that says 'there is comfort in ignorance'
It's a pretence that has become dangerous.
It's a pretence that has become unnecessary.

Blue pill, or red pill?