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"Which came first..."

Which came first the chicken or the egg

Simon Says wrote:
> loki wrote:
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> I really hate this question, it is so obvious that the fact that
> people still ask it seriously completely baffles me.
>
> you don't seriously think we're taking this seriously do you?

People do. I've had a long argument and genuine with someone on these forums before who really didn't get it - even some staff in this office (who shall remain nameless) had to have the basics of evolutionary theory spelled out to them last time this subject came up. Which made me angry.

Rosalind wrote:

> Thats was true in Darwins day but not anymore. Most people can see
> that Evolution is common sense. I haven't come across anyone who
> actually believes that evolution hasn't happened

how about the creationalist religious nuts who insisted that creationalism be taught to our kids in school science lessons alongside Darwinism?

loki wrote:

>
> I really hate this question, it is so obvious that the fact that
> people still ask it seriously completely baffles me.

you don't seriously think we're taking this seriously do you?

Insane Bartender wrote:
> people still refuse to acknowledge any
> evidence that evolution theory works.

Thats was true in Darwins day but not anymore. Most people can see that Evolution is common sense. I haven't come across anyone who actually believes that evolution hasn't happened

which came first,

the alien, or the egg, or the facehugger?

Rosalind wrote:
> I don't think thats the general view though. Simply because Adam and
> Eve were created as adults, and never meant to die.

I thought eve grew from a rib that adam planted in the ground,

> Religion Vs Evolution

so a lot of blind faith vs. a lot of hard evidence

HHhmmm, that's a toughie

So your bringing it down to a point of law now?

I think we are all very bored people

And I'll take evolution every time.

It's well known that viruses can "mutate", which is essentially evolution, but people still refuse to acknowledge any evidence that evolution theory works.

Oh well, not in the mood for a religion versus science debate today.

A chicken is just an egg's way of reproducing.

Rainier Wolfcastle wrote:
> If it's a chicken egg, then the chicke came first. Esle it wouldn't be
> a "chickens egg".

That depends on who own's the egg, the occupant or the layer.
The layer may not be a chicken, and so if it belongs to the "thing that is almost a chicken but not quite" then it's not a chicken's egg, it's a "thing that is almost a chicken but not quite"'s egg.

So the chicken came first ;p