I do not think this thread is pushing anything on anyone. It’s free will to open it or not. I live in a pretty non religious part of the planet, but I don’t think anyone “pushes” evolution on anybody. The same cannot be said for the youth groups and bible camps etc that are always pushing for recruits. My wife tells a funny story of going to bible camp as a kid and coming home horrified her parents were going to burn in (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) and she was convinced she and everyone were “bad”. There’s obviously a lot more to the story but it’s definitely a common theme with the few people I know that ever attended such a thing.

thats me--second from the left.

Some of you should go back and read Peeler's first post, attempt to understand it, and then just politely bow out, and wander off. This thread was intended for more cerebral types, and should be met with an open mind towards the original post.

One would think that there are a multitude of parallel " branches " on the evolutionary tree. Most all mammals have very similar attributes. Looking at the bone structure even whales have 5 fingers and so do bats for example. Humans still have remnants of a tail. If you ever slipped and fell on it, you know where the things located for sure. So the " missing link " is not necessarily missing but more that likely never was there in the first place.

We also share 97.5 percent of DNA with a mouse. Personally I would like to see how much we share with a rock.

I wish I still had thumbs on my feet.