Reply #55: Atheists are threatening [View All]

[alarimer]

We threaten their cherished belief systems. Why else would evolution be under attack in so many places in this country? Why are the fundies so afraid? Because it is evident that humans are not special, we are just another animal (albeit one that is very successful from an evolutionary standpoint) and that life on this planet is essentially random. We would not be here at all if not for events millions of years in the past that, had they gone a different way, would have killed off the line of mammals that eventually resulted in human beings.
I really, really hope we find life on other planets, especially intelligent life. That will put an end to this idea that humans are special.