As I See It

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The title apply describes this page.  It is a conglomerate of opinions on whatever subject happens to be passing through my mind (?) at the time.  Might as well start by picking a fight.  Have fun.  

Evolution:   All one has to do is look (unbiased) at the evidence:  (a) Evolution for all creatures on earth (including us) is a fact of life and is supported by thousands of valid scientific experiments.  (b) Au contraire, there is no valid scientific evidence that supports creationism.    

Thus, one has to conclude that (a) we are all decendents of many early forms of life, even down to the earliest single cell creatures that roamed the primordial soup.  (b) The  earliest of these creatures that bore our form (i.e., our earliest immediate ancestors), came from Africa.  (c) Genetic evidence suggests that the oldest humans on earth are the Bushmen of Africa and that it is likely that all current humans were derived from them.  (d) Thus, we are "black" underneath our various colored skins.  (e) I also find it interesting that we are (genetically speaking) 95% the same as a chimpanzee, a fact I can readily accept just by looking at how many of us behave.   
 
 

  Octopuses (or octopi or octopodes) may be more intelligent than cats but they are not nearly as nice to snuggle up to.         

Religion in schools:  As I see it, it is not so much a problem of whether religion should be in schools (or government) as it is whose religion it should be.  That is, is the religion going to be yours or mine.  My concern is that most religions are neither negotiable nor amenable to compromise and your religion might force me to do something that I feel is not right.  I suppose you would feel the same about how my religion might affect you.  Therefore, I feel that it is better to have no religion in schools (or government) rather than the wrong religion (that is, a religion other than mine).  

Religion as a power base:  Religion is one of the easiest ways to establish a power base for the control of people -- and is being used here and throughout the world for that purpose.  

Abortion:  I find it hard to reconcile abortion as a sin while letting thousands of people (including children) die of starvation, lack of medical help, and lack of adequate housing.  Note: The latter is murder because we do little to stop it.  Apparently some sins are OK whereas others are not.  

  Life span of man is now so long that to maintain our present population, a person cannot generate more than 1/4^th of a replacement organism (on average) in his/her lifetime. 

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