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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
To many people, saying simply "yes" to " do you believe in evolution" is tantamount to saying they believe God had no part in creation, so they say no when, in fact, they DO believe in evolution but do not believe that God had no part in it.
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If evolution as we know it is consistent it precludes the existence of the God you believe in, or at least makes the stories regarding the Garden of Eden and the birth of man a little bit nonsensical.
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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
As a side note, the poetry that we attribute to "Homer" was passed on - accurately, with the exception of a few meaningless word changes - through nearly 1000 years of Greek history in which the Greeks were simply incapable of writing it down.
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There is evidence it was memorised but I'm not sure how - given there is no original copy - you could determine how accurately it was passed on.