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:::::::Firstly, the reason there is no evolutionary explanation for religion is that evolutionary theory is a biological theory, it doesn't set out to explain the existence of religion at all.  It sets out to explain the diversity of life on Earth.  Secondly, you appear to equate evolutionary scientists with atheists.  Many evolutionary scientists are Christians and they would dispute such a characterisation.  Thirdly, people display a whole lot of foolish behaviours that animals do not.  People smoke, gamble and watch daytime television.  Animals do not.  The reason animals do not do those things is that they have not developed cigarettes, slot machines or TV sets.  Similarly, they have not developed advanced language sufficient to create religious doctrine and they have not developed building techniques sufficient to build churches, mosques, synagogues or temples of Athena.  Accordingly, your point about the lack of animal reverence is a non-point.  Can we remove the item now?  --[[User:CecilQ|CecilQ]] 17:26, 24 March 2011 (EDT)

:::::::Firstly, the reason there is no evolutionary explanation for religion is that evolutionary theory is a biological theory, it doesn't set out to explain the existence of religion at all.  It sets out to explain the diversity of life on Earth.  Secondly, you appear to equate evolutionary scientists with atheists.  Many evolutionary scientists are Christians and they would dispute such a characterisation.  Thirdly, people display a whole lot of foolish behaviours that animals do not.  People smoke, gamble and watch daytime television.  Animals do not.  The reason animals do not do those things is that they have not developed cigarettes, slot machines or TV sets.  Similarly, they have not developed advanced language sufficient to create religious doctrine and they have not developed building techniques sufficient to build churches, mosques, synagogues or temples of Athena.  Accordingly, your point about the lack of animal reverence is a non-point.  Can we remove the item now?  --[[User:CecilQ|CecilQ]] 17:26, 24 March 2011 (EDT)

:::::::Cecil, your statement that "many evolutionary scientists are Christian" is bizarre and deluded if you ''really'' believe that, and deceitful if you don't and are just using to push your opinions. I suggest you read conservapedia's article and learn what a [[Christian]] is. (If you don't want to do this I give you a hint: it is someone who accepts the word of [[God]] and not the word of atheists pushing [[pseudoscience]] in pathetic attempts to lead people away from the [[Bible]].)  Evolutionists ''do'' posit that [[Darwinism]] can explain all aspects of human behavior, yet as the article points out it cannot explain one of the most significant behaviors that separates us from animals: [[religion]]! [[User:MikeOxlong|MikeOxlong]] 18:44, 24 March 2011 (EDT)

::::::::Cecil, your statement that "many evolutionary scientists are Christian" is bizarre and deluded if you ''really'' believe that, and deceitful if you don't and are just using to push your opinions. I suggest you read conservapedia's article and learn what a [[Christian]] is. (If you don't want to do this I give you a hint: it is someone who accepts the word of [[God]] and not the word of atheists pushing [[pseudoscience]] in pathetic attempts to lead people away from the [[Bible]].)  Evolutionists ''do'' posit that [[Darwinism]] can explain all aspects of human behavior, yet as the article points out it cannot explain one of the most significant behaviors that separates us from animals: [[religion]]! [[User:MikeOxlong|MikeOxlong]] 18:44, 24 March 2011 (EDT)

 

:::::::::Mike, your dispute is not with me.  It is with the evolutionary biologists who both believe in evolutionary biology and the Christian God.  Otherwise, I await a response to the more substantive points in my post.  --[[User:CecilQ|CecilQ]] 19:10, 24 March 2011 (EDT)

== Some of these are rather incomplete ==

== Some of these are rather incomplete ==