And as usual, ok, not so usual, lemme post something before i go off for my shower
I'm glad that i got to come home early today. Today is the only day i will be home before 6pm this school week. So yes, i am glad im sitting at home, posting this as i await my shower,
Anyway, GP today was rather interesting. Somehow the topic deviated from discussing the causes of the prevalence of crime to homosexuality. I couldn't agree how Mr Tong could treat the bible as some sorta sacred book that doesnt go wrong. Ok, so he is a creationist and i'm more inclined to being an evolutionist. He talked about homosexuality being just plain wrong, but i'm thinking, how wrong can homosexuality be when the reason why homosexuals exist would be due to differences in their brains (this has been documented in gay SHEEP, yes, here on Earth, we have homosexual sheep. I dont know what's so funny about it that prompted the class to laugh hysterically, apparently they havent read the report. They would have if they read the news a few years back. Yes my brain capacity is larger than expected). So if we can have homosexual sheep, why not homosexual humans? To refute my point, he then came up with a lengthy "explanation" on how humans are supposedly different. On how we can modify our languages, how there are many animals out there that practise monogamy (i dont see the link between that and homosexuals. You can have a gay/lesbian with only one partner, just as how you can have a male/female with a hundred different partners.) Then, there was the talk about GOD (geez, never believed in one heh) creating man and having said that homosexuality is wrong and divorce is in a way, permissible.
For one, i refuse to believe in the existence of a GOD until i see proof that it exists. And i believe to a large extent, that humans, homo sapiens, descended from the great apes. The first humans left Africa and went to Europe, America (tho that place is supposed to be the last place on earth they reached) and Asia. If natural selection were a false theory, we probably wouldnt have so many different skeletons of an array of different species of humans that failed to survive, say for example, the Neanderthals, homo erectus (gross, offensive name, but still a species) and let's not forget our hobbit-like cousins recently found in Indonesia. From a christian point of view, they say God modelled Man after himself, unless God is terrible at Art or doesnt really know how he looked like, we shouldnt have so many extinct species of man. Trial and error you say? Then i'd say this God is a horrible one.
Another thing, most primates (our dearest, close cousins) have been found to practice polygamy with the exception of one, the marmoset (only fathers). So since we most probably came from the ancestors of primates, it is expected for man to be inclined towards polygamy (biologically, not morally). In case you would like to read the article, here it is
Unlike Some Men, Marmoset Fathers Stay Cool
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Marmosets who are fathers have a muted reaction to sexually available females -- an unusual response among primates, scientists said on Wednesday. "It is a common notion that males are always interested in sex, regardless of their social status. But this study counters what has been seen in all other primates," said Charles Snowdon, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who oversaw the research on the squirrel-like monkey. Study author Toni Ziegler exposed 30 male marmosets to the scent of ovulating females and found the 15 animals that were fathers had diminished hormonal responses and erections compared to the monkeys who were not fathers. "Marmosets like sex, so we expected all males to be responsive to the scent of a sexually receptive female. Instead, we were surprised to find a muted physiological response in fathers," Ziegler said of the research published in the journal Hormones and Behavior. Marmosets live in groups of between three and a dozen individuals that share parenting responsibilities. Couples are monogamous, producing two sets of twins each year. "I'm tired of all men getting a bad rap for being supposedly promiscuous and irresponsible," Snowdon said. "I'm happy that we've finally found a species where, as parents, both females and males do the heavy lifting."
People are just to afraid of knowing that we share similar characteristics as animals. But we're not as different as we like ourselves to be. We use tools, so do monkeys. We have our own languages, so do the animals. We have DNA, so do they, and the nucleotide bases of adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine are universal in DNA. The only form of consolation that humans have would be that we are the only form of life on earth to be able to walk on 2 feet. But then again, is it true? Monkeys who have suffered from some sort of viral infection have been reported to walk on 2 feet after their recovery. So how different are we? Some say we have souls, and they do. How do you know if you have a soul? Have you seen your soul? Have you seen the soul of others? Even if you claim to have seen the souls of humans, how can you be absolutely sure that animals lack souls? Maybe you just havent seen it yet.
As far as i'm concerned, nothing is absolute, but the facts seem to tell us that Darwin's theory of natural selection holds true and we do indeed come from apes.
So Darwin 1, The bible, nil. Darwin leads.
Phoe
P.S. Geez i havent done such an entry in quite long. Haha, seriously, anyone miss this style?
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