Well this is a common response when the matter of our evolutionary origins comes up, but of course we are apes, not monkeys - Monkeys have tails, apes do not (little biology lesson there, hope you enjoyed it).
Why is it so unpleasant to think that we are apes, descended from other apes? We are what we are, regardless of where we came from - We haven't suddenly lost our capacity for empathy or compassion or love, just because we know that we're a species of animal, rather than the special creation of a deity. What exactly is the problem? Does the monstrous ego of theists prevent them from accepting that they're not, after all, the centre of the universe?
2006-08-18
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