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Well to be fair, brass evolution is CLEARLY governed by Intelligent Design
Good point, DT. That said, I do want to see the Intelligent Design designed band t-shirt!
Join Band.
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2009/08/evolution_shirts_on_trial_in_missouri_town.php
also note that
Didn't know there was anything in the Bible about the origins of brass intruments
But in any case, the T-shirt in the pic is religiously neutral, as it doesn't even mention religion.
EDIT: Ah shoot. Could a mod please move this to OT? Thanks
I don't see the religious message in the shirt.
is that a rusty trombone?
Then again, you wouldn't catch me wearing that into church on Sunday. It's the meaning behind it though and what it originally stood for (which was evolution of humans from apes, not what the bible says).
It can be just as neutral as evolution.
There's all sorts of stuff people wouldn't wear to church!
Let's assume a typical north Danish family for the sake of having an example. Would they wear sombreros to church? - Obviously not. This phenomenon does not make sombreros a religious issue in northern Denmark. Not by itself, anyway. You need more than that - religious deities, prophets, dogma, possibly weird looking hats, and sometimes beards.
Evolution is not a religious issue in much the same way. There are no sects of scientists worshipping some sort of God of Evolution, who brings good fortunes to those who mutate in his name. There are no deities, no prophets (i.e. people professing to speak for God), no dogma (the scientific method is a.. method. A method can't be dogma), ok - i gotta admit - there are a couple weird looking hats - even some beards.
In the end the only potential reason why evolution might be considered a religion is a bunch of beards and hats, which says a lot about the people who think that it is
But when it's taught that humans weren't created by God as humans I believe that's where the controversy comes in. For according to Christians, the Bible gave Adam and Eve, not Ahooga and Eeba who evolved into Adam and Eve.
It claims to be, which will make this a sticky situation for them . . .