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8% of Your DNA Comes From a Virus
An anonymous reader writes "About 8 percent of human genetic material comes from a virus and not from our ancestors, according to an article by University of Texas at Arlington biology professor Cédric Feschotte, published in the Jan. 7, 2010 issue of Nature magazine."
Nit-pick, replace the first "religion" with "Christianity" as not all religions make such distinctions.
The second "religion" should also be replaced for something more specific, but its probably fine as it is.
But... the future refused to change.
Seriously though, we are like a cancer to this planet. Whatever we touch, becomes unusable by the planet to be able to sustain life....to me that sounds a lot like cancer. Just wait, give mother nature time to adapt, she will figure out a way to extinguish her cancer soon enough.
What the hell makes you think I should give your version of Christianity more consideration than that of Catholicism? For 1/6th of the earth's population Catholic Transubstantiation is official church doctrine. The Catholic qualifier offers little except to stand up and point out that your craziness is better than the Catholics'. Your point, that I should know why your version of Christianity is better than all the others is self-defeating, my obligation to your religious rights precludes my ability to value your beliefs over another. It's not antitheism as much as it is an offense at the notion that *I* or any other atheist should consider theism at all. It is quite frankly about an atheists right to make a valid point without getting wrapped up in some religious "US vs Them" bullshit.
As an example. The Koran is a lot like the bible, many similar stories. I have no obligation whatsoever to make the distinction when pointing out kooky biblical stories. For you to make that distinction and side with me against Muslims is ridiculous.
The reaction was that this particular craziness belonged to the Catholics and not your version of Christianity (which for the record, still doesn't matter for the purposes of our discussion). My position is that one religious person pointing out the craziness in another religion and siding with an atheist to illustrate the point, is untenable. It always will be, because your position offends the atheist.
Under the influence of Post-Cyberpunk Gonzo Journalism