If I were talking to a Muslim (on this level) about evolution, my next questions would probably be: “Are you aware that humans give birth to deformed babies?” and “Do you think a monkey could give birth to a deformed baby that looks like a human baby?”
Do I think that a snake could produce sounds that can be interpreted as words? Well, yeah. “Can I eat this apple?” “Sssss...” “Sounded like yessss to me, let’s eat.”
Parrots can talk; a parrot named Alex even accidentally learned how to spell out a word for emphasis when the listener didn’t seem to be paying attention. Pre-curse, this “snake” wasn’t crawling around on the ground. Maybe it was just a slightly cleverer species of parrot.
I also thought about something along those lines: explaining the domestication of wolves to dogs, or maybe prehistoric wheat to modern wheat, then extrapolating to chimps. Then I had a dangerous thought, what would happen if we tried to select chimps for humaneness?
If I were talking to a Muslim (on this level) about evolution, my next questions would probably be: “Are you aware that humans give birth to deformed babies?” and “Do you think a monkey could give birth to a deformed baby that looks like a human baby?”
Do I think that a snake could produce sounds that can be interpreted as words? Well, yeah. “Can I eat this apple?” “Sssss...” “Sounded like yessss to me, let’s eat.”
Parrots can talk; a parrot named Alex even accidentally learned how to spell out a word for emphasis when the listener didn’t seem to be paying attention. Pre-curse, this “snake” wasn’t crawling around on the ground. Maybe it was just a slightly cleverer species of parrot.
That sounds awesome. Citation?
I also thought about something along those lines: explaining the domestication of wolves to dogs, or maybe prehistoric wheat to modern wheat, then extrapolating to chimps. Then I had a dangerous thought, what would happen if we tried to select chimps for humaneness?