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But I had canada goose shop uk a photo taken because this will surely be the only time in my life I have a dressing room:My own bon mot (see twt below): we were discussing what evidence could disprove evolution, and I mentioned that if an animal had a feature that helped only members of another species (and not itself), such as a lion with teats that could be used only to suckle warthogs, that would count as evidence against natural selection, since selection (as Darwin noted) can build features useful only for members of another species. Julia then floateda theory (which was hers) that perhaps a virus could infect lions giving them such teats, and I responded canada goose outlet orlando that it would be maladaptive, and that animals susceptible to that virus would be eliminated by selection. She then asked, why couldn a canada goose outlet boston lion suckle both its cubsand warthogs? 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The individualism and capitalism explanations can for example, explain why all of American creationism is promoted by religious people.But the first twt below showswhat Sagal said when talking about the mutilation phenomenon in the 1970s and 1980s, had a number of spooky explanations, including attacks by canada goose discount uk aliens in UFOs:A good time was had by all canada goose outlet kokemuksia (I hope).I think the tendency to identify one self by group membership might be one way to be both very contrarian ( nobody gonna tell ME what to do! and very submissive ( is Lord, my only guideline is to obey.I never understood the argument. How exactly is someone being a individualist by joining an organized religion and becoming one in the flock of Belonging to a church is the polar opposite of being an individual. Hermits, lone monks on isolated rocky outcrops, maybe, but coming together once or twice a week with a few dozen to a few hundred other people? Methinks not. What is more likely the reason behind religiosity in the US is the heavy handed anti intellectualism that has polluted our soils since the first colonies, separated from the rest of a soon to be enlightened Europe, especially in the south, where education was only for the wealth white male, and even that was limited in scope. That my two cents, anyway. rugged anti intellectualism.I still feel, in my gut, that American individualism is at least a portion of the problem. But I freely admit that it cannot be all of it.It is hard to capture this especially since I do not personally feel it, but I suggest that the sense of independence and individualism does not always mean independent person It also means independent community. They go to the same church and work together. They socialize together, and are very committed to holding the same values. So when told by outsider scientists who probably do not even go to church that they should change their mind about evolution, well, that will not get very far b/c it is seen as a threat to their religion which is an important part of the their independent community.I happen to agree with that view b/c acceptance of evolution is a very real threat to religious commitment. If a person changes their mind about evolution (and so about critical parts of their religion), they have just given up an important part of the bond to their family and to their neighbors.Almost every Monkey Cage episode is wonderful, excepting perhaps the Glastonbury special, episode 5, series 4 there room for mysticism in a rational world featuring the unbearable Shappi Khorsandi and musician Billy Bragg. 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