“You know, I forget how young you are, Mitch…that you think you have to be a prick to get things done…and that you actually think that that’s a new idea.” – Patch Adams

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One of the many great things Christianity offers a troubled mankind is a salve for relentlessly aggressive tendencies; tendencies too often indulged by both believers and non-believers. I’ve joked with friends on the subject of evolution, which too many people expect me to take issue with because of my faith. I tell them I have no problem with the idea of being descended from primates – with evolution at all – but apes should have a problem with it, because it’s an insult to good apes everywhere.

Your average lowland gorilla just wants to hang around in the grass and chill out. Humans, on the other hand, seem to have a problem even handling basic internet conversation, without things spiraling horribly out of control. Read the rest of this entry →