Ben Ulansey
2 min readJun 2, 2023

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It's certainly not the best proof of what I'm saying. I think this one would have been better to include: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD8zLiS2Q0A

There are a hundred more thorough sources than the video I provided here, but I thought the brevity of it might have been useful. You're right that they don't get into the science of it very much in that video, but the very existence of these fossils could hardly be more compelling proof of our origins. It's a law of the world that I'm as sure of as gravity. If it wasn't something we could measure and predict, we wouldn't be able to establish vaccines for the viruses that evolve every year.

To be clear, are you saying that we didn't evolve, or only that this video isn't very compelling proof that we did? The evolution point is one I really don't like to yield any ground on.

Regarding your other comment, I don’t think that Imgur link quite addressed what I meant exactly. What I would expect from a book inspired by the creator of everything would be a lot more than "something which affects you when heard or read" or "something which is unable to be gotten rid of or destroyed." There are plenty of books which meet that criteria. And to say that "it' is not at odd with science" is something a vast majority of scientists would flatly disagree with.

I would expect a book created by godto have no possible interpretations whereby people are stoning each other and removing rights from women and mistreating infidels. There are plenty of parts of the religion which are difficult to interpret as anything other than violent. So many of the most brutal middle eastern regimes have laws dictated by literal interpretations of the Quran. I definitely don't get the impression you're a muslim extremist, and I don't imagine you approve of the actions of some of these regimes, but to say that what they're doing isn't a result of Islam doesn't hold a lot of weight for me. The fact that such large populations of people can read that book and interpret it in that way speaks to the danger of the religion. I believe that Islam is probably a positive role in your life, and that you might even use it as an excuse to be kind to others, but we can't ignore the vast populations of people who read that book and believe in a violent global jihad.

Don't you think a book inspired by god might have had the foresight to word itself so that some people wouldn't read it and think suicide bombing is an acceptable practice or that women don't deserve to read books, vote or go out in public? There is such thing as a religion which aren't open to such awful interpretations. Jainism is a great example.

I really enjoy Sam Harris' thinking on this subject if you have the time to listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fj-l_uc-z4&feature=share

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Ben Ulansey
Ben Ulansey

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