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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,668 posts)
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 08:27 PM Mar 2022

Herschel Walker Skeptical Of Evolution: 'Why Are There Still Apes? Think About It'

Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker cast doubt on the theory of evolution in recent remarks, saying the fact that apes and humans coexist disproves accepted science.

“At one time, science said man came from apes, did it not? ... If that is true, why are there still apes? Think about it,” Herschel said in an appearance at Sugar Hill Church in Georgia on Sunday.

“Now you’re getting too smart for us, Herschel,” lead pastor Chuck Allen responded.

Walker is currently the front-runner in the GOP contest to challenge Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in November. He’s a former NFL star who has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, and he’s outspoken about his Christian faith.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/herschel-walker-skeptical-evolution-why-181506142.html

Because not everyone or thing advances. Look at Republicans for example.

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Herschel Walker Skeptical Of Evolution: 'Why Are There Still Apes? Think About It' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2022 OP
Fence-post level stupid. Ilsa Mar 2022 #1
Why? He's right at the level of his base. Grokenstein Mar 2022 #3
Nobody disowned Reagan when he played footsies with creationists... JHB Mar 2022 #6
shithole's people aren't to bright . . . Lovie777 Mar 2022 #2
Another member of the Ben Carson "I'm outstanding in one thing, so I'm an expert in Everything" club JHB Mar 2022 #4
In other words, a few grains short of a full pyramid... Blue Owl Mar 2022 #5
More than a few. Lot more. JHB Mar 2022 #7
"If this tree branch came from the trunk... why is there still a trunk?" Beartracks Mar 2022 #8
If Adults Evolve From Babies, Why Are There Still Babies? Think About It ChoppinBroccoli Mar 2022 #23
I was kind of expecting that kind of statement from Trump or no_hypocrisy Mar 2022 #9
Gee, you can't argue with logic like that. Haggard Celine Mar 2022 #10
Most prominent people who express Creationist sentiments are playing to the rubes. Girard442 Mar 2022 #11
In Walker's case he just might be THAT stupid, though Celerity Mar 2022 #28
What's sad is his statement will look like blindingly obvious, science-y logic to... Beartracks Mar 2022 #12
Somebody's got to come out with this idiocy every so often Leith Mar 2022 #13
the GOP base will eat this up... WarGamer Mar 2022 #14
"Walker is currently the front-runner in the GOP contest to challenge Sen. Warnock (D-Ga.) in Nov." albacore Mar 2022 #15
Holy fuck. The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2022 #16
He's dumber than the lumps in cat litter. twodogsbarking Mar 2022 #17
but smarter than Trump Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #27
Dogs came from wolves, but wolves are still there. LisaL Mar 2022 #18
And Woman was made from Man's rib. A cheaper cut. Marcuse Mar 2022 #19
Sounds like he's gotten some philosophy tips from Bill O'Reilly. tanyev Mar 2022 #20
Pretty standard Creationist dipshittery, no? maxsolomon Mar 2022 #21
And NOBODY in that church had the nerve to say "THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS!" Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2022 #22
There are two certainties in language genxlib Mar 2022 #24
Nicely put. Beartracks Mar 2022 #25
That person is a f**king idiot rockfordfile Mar 2022 #26
I've often wondered about that myself, lol! nt Raine Mar 2022 #29

Grokenstein

(5,721 posts)
3. Why? He's right at the level of his base.
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 08:33 PM
Mar 2022

You could explain his error to them for hours and it would just fly in one ear and out the other without ever touching flesh. Then they would rush right back to him, bobbing their heads up and down at every word.

JHB

(37,150 posts)
6. Nobody disowned Reagan when he played footsies with creationists...
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 08:37 PM
Mar 2022

They've only gotten bolder since then.

JHB

(37,150 posts)
4. Another member of the Ben Carson "I'm outstanding in one thing, so I'm an expert in Everything" club
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 08:34 PM
Mar 2022

Archeology, paleontology, same thing as neurosurgery or football! Those guys who spent their whole careers studying this shit? Just in it for the cushy jobs!

Beartracks

(12,787 posts)
8. "If this tree branch came from the trunk... why is there still a trunk?"
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 08:39 PM
Mar 2022

"And wtf are all these other branches...? "



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Girard442

(6,063 posts)
11. Most prominent people who express Creationist sentiments are playing to the rubes.
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 08:43 PM
Mar 2022

They're con artists who are too smart to actually believe the bullshit.

Celerity

(43,048 posts)
28. In Walker's case he just might be THAT stupid, though
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 12:48 AM
Mar 2022

I so hope the Dem Super Pacs blast the airwaves with adverts (before the general if Walker wins the primary) showing Walker talking about wanting to drive a screwdriver into his neighbour's eyesocket and also wanting to shoot himself in the mouth with a shotgun.

The bloke is 'rat in a tin shithouse' level cray.

Beartracks

(12,787 posts)
12. What's sad is his statement will look like blindingly obvious, science-y logic to...
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 08:45 PM
Mar 2022

... people who don't know, or care, how science actually works -- or, more specifically, what "descended from apes" actually means.

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Leith

(7,806 posts)
13. Somebody's got to come out with this idiocy every so often
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 08:46 PM
Mar 2022

So let's ask Walker, since his ancestry comes from Africa: if there are black Americans, how can there still be people in Africa? Also, since many Americans have ancestors that came from Europe, how can there be Europeans in this modern day?

Even closer: did his parents die because he was born? Does he have siblings? How in the world can that be?

Really, since it's so easy to learn what evolution is and is not, I don't have any patience left for anyone who seems "confused" or otherwise refuses to understand how it works.

Wouldn't it be nice if anti-evolutionists knew how blindingly stupid they sound.

albacore

(2,398 posts)
15. "Walker is currently the front-runner in the GOP contest to challenge Sen. Warnock (D-Ga.) in Nov."
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 08:50 PM
Mar 2022

Who ARE those people? (Rhetorical question.)

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,772 posts)
16. Holy fuck.
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 08:50 PM
Mar 2022

How do the Nobel Committee, the Royal Society and the American Academy of Sciences NOT know about this guy???

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,813 posts)
22. And NOBODY in that church had the nerve to say "THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS!"
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 10:26 PM
Mar 2022

Even long before I left religion, I would never have been able to contain myself.

genxlib

(5,517 posts)
24. There are two certainties in language
Tue Mar 15, 2022, 11:12 PM
Mar 2022

1) If you start a sentence with the phrase “I don’t mean too…” it means you are about to do exactly that thing.

2). If you end a sentence with the phrase “…think about it”. Then you have just said something idiotic.

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