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Old 06-28-2003, 11:52 PM   #1
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if God created only two original humans, and evolution doesn't exist, where did the different races come from?
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if God created only two original humans, and evolution doesn't exist, where did the different races come from?
Microevolution. The classical creationist response to everything.

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Though I am not a creationist, I think I can give you what their answer might sound like.

The first is from the tower of babel. God split the people from the world into groups with different languages so they couldn't build a tower to heaven. I often wonder why out skyscrapers(which must be higher than a primative tower made of stone) are not torn down by god, for surely they must reach heaven.

Also, when Noah and crew left after the flood, they went to different areas, and microevolution(the accepted form of evolution that does the same thing as macroevolution, just over a shorter time) made different races.

I think those are it. Forgive me if I missed any, I am not up on all the current creationist wordplay.
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Maybe its the intention thats the important thing angel. If they had specifically said that those towers in Kuala Lumpur were for the purpose of reaching heaven God would have been on their asses like you wouldn't believe.
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Maybe its the intention thats the important thing angel. If they had specifically said that those towers in Kuala Lumpur were for the purpose of reaching heaven God would have been on their asses like you wouldn't believe.
That would be worth the experiment. But then God would have wiped out all space travel by now.
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That would be worth the experiment. But then God would have wiped out all space travel by now.
I have heard fundies opine that God destroyed the space shuttles for just that reason.
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So THAT'S why the World Trade Centre towers went down!
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I have heard fundies opine that God destroyed the space shuttles for just that reason.
Tell me you're kidding.

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I have heard fundies opine that God destroyed the space shuttles for just that reason.
So did he just get lazy and give up then? How many days of rest does this guy need?
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The first is from the tower of babel. God split the people from the world into groups with different languages so they couldn't build a tower to heaven. I often wonder why out skyscrapers(which must be higher than a primative tower made of stone) are not torn down by god, for surely they must reach heaven.
The difference is that modern people do not believe that the sky is a solid dome with windows that allow God to pour rain and hail down to earth. The Hebrews believed that the earth was like a little ant farm that God could peek into, and that humans building the tower of Babel was like ants trying to build a ramp out of the farm.
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