Is it true that Charles Darwin was a retarded hermaphrodite with 6 toes on his left foot and a nasty overbite?

Answer 1

Jimbo, you would not BELIEVE how hideous he was!!

They had to doctor each and every photograph of him.

Oh, the humanity!! (by the way, I always though that "oh, the humanity" ought to be "oh, the inhumanity"... anyone else with me?)

Answer 2

The frequency with which this topic appears on Yahoo makes me question the effectiveness of our public education system. Evidently we are graduating students who have never been exposed to evolution and the evidence that supports it. Nor have these same graduates had enough intellectual curiosity to explore the subject on their own. To quote Stephen Jay Gould: "Well, evolution IS a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts do not go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's, but apples did not suspend themselves in mid-air, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from apelike ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other, yet to be discovered." The evidence (i.e. facts) for evolution is overwhelming. It doesn't take much googling to discover them. Why then do so many Americans challenge Darwin? Why do they find him threatening? I think the answer may be threefold: 1. There is a misconception that Darwin claimed we evolved from monkeys, which a lot of people find insulting and demeaning. In fact he claimed no such thing. A little background reading would demonstrate that humans and primates had a common ancestor. 2. It's comforting to think that we humans are the epitome of creation - just as at one time it was comforting to think that the earth was the center of the universe, and the sun revolved around us. Of course, science has proved both of these contentions untrue. 3. Many fundamentalist Christians take literally the creation story in Genesis. It's impossible to argue with anyone who clings to this belief. But the story is riddled with problems. How did Adam and Eve propagate the world? Their children would have had to marry each other...yet we are also told that their sons found brides elsewhere. Hmmm. But you see, it is possible to read this story as a metaphor, or parable, if you will. God could just as easily have sparked life into some primitive collection of cells, knowing that eventually this organism would evolve into human beings. Why not? You say, "Darwin is NOT FACT, remember that!" Actually, Darwin was a man. Evolution is a fact. That anyone living 75 years afer the Scopes trial could still question that is preposterous.

Answer 3

My goodness, such vitriol. I bet it took you all day to look up how to spell 90% of the words you used.

I guess you follow the rule of "If you can't speak from a point of intelligence, spew garbage like a 7 year old and giggle behind your hands at your ...............um cleverness?"

Answer 4

So what if he was ? Does that make evolution untrue ? Of course not. We just have to investigate his theory and determine if it's true or not. It's not like we are taking it on his authority.

Answer 5

I got eight fingers on my left hand and I have a cleft plate on my ears but I am still prasing God.

Actually I have no idea, but I know that God saves through HIS only begotten Son.

Answer 6

Nope!

I did NOT hear that he an inordinate number of toes!

WOW!

Thanks for the information.

WOW again!!!!!!

Answer 7

Now that is not nice...he was taking Viagra and Cheetah wouldn't let him in.

Answer 8

Jimbo,You causing trouble over here to?Shame,shame,shame.lol

Answer 9

You DO know he was a theology student and would have become a vicar, don't you?

Answer 10

Yep Jimbo, but he was STILL smarter than you.