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What about your donuts?

— Whoisme

Hey...you can't have my donuts! ;)

— Kimberly-430040

I'm an open-minded guy, but I can't make sense of this whole debate around evolutionary theory, I really can't understand it... I just don't see why there is any controversy around it at all. But I can see by looking through your comments that you're capable of being a fairly rational guy. Perhaps you might enjoy some debate about the whole thing? My interest is in gaining a better understanding of both sides... and as a secondary motivation, the prospect of either convincing you of my position, or becoming convinced of yours. Interested?

As presumptuous as it is, I'll assume that you are.

I personally see things like the earth, the universe, the birth of people and the birth of species as all pretty miraculous things. So in a sense, we can at least agree on that. But I don't see why theories about the mechanisms involved in the formation of new species would be so offensive to religious people.

Like look at babies, for example. You might say that God created you, and that's fine. A biologist might say that you were created by your parents, through processes called conception and gestation, etc. Also fine. Where's the conflict? You're not going to try and tell me that God's hands came out of the heavens and formed you exactly as you are now, right? Surely not. I think we can all agree that you were represented once by a clump of cells, then a fetus, then a baby, a child, your current self, and eventually an old man... all stages looking dramatically different from each other but still, all you. So - if it's easy to imagine that you were once an insane, pink monkeyfish-looking fetus thing growing in the frigging *belly of your mom*, why is it so hard to think that people as a whole developed as a natural part of the progress of some earlier species?

And - all this aside - have you ever *seen* a chimp? They're fricking people, for crying out loud, it's like they're one step away from building villages, I swear. Just look at their faces! What more must you see before you believe that we are yet another kind of animal? The fact that we're so advanced should not blind you to the fact that we share a *face* with a huge portion of the earth's beasts... two eyes, a mouth, a nose... we sneeze, fart, eat and crap just like all the rest of them...

So yeah, I've been paying attention to the debate, and as you can tell I intend to do something to answer my questions about the whole thing. So I know I'm going out on a limb by attempting to instigate this whole discussion with a complete stranger, but I'm guessing based on your writings that you'll bite. I'm looking for someone who can actually explain to me what your side of this debate is all about... perhaps you can indulge me...

Respectfully yours,

nanibold

— nanibold

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