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Can someone tell me what Darwin theory is? Is it related to thermodynamics? Does it have something to do with the way a foot leaves an impression in a mud brick?
So this argument is essentially a variant of “then why are there still monkeys?”
Except much stupider because humans had been around for hundreds of thousands of years before that. Even if you just restrict ‘humans’ to our own species, we arose around 300,000 years ago.
Somehow they think that because, according to an Anglican archbishop’s interpretation of the Bible, the world started in 4004 BCE, this proves it.
almost as goofy as the “god exists, because look at this banana!” proof
All the excuses Ray Comfort has made since then make the argument itself the least funny part.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Banana_argument#Rapid_back-pedaling