I was watching a program the other day that said . Humans share 99.9% of their dna with all other species on the planet. or something to that effect . saying only .01% of our dna is what makes us unique.

the annunaki were a very precise people.

But the question is what do you consider a monkey. Humans descended from a creature that modern day people would look at and call a monkey. Therefore under cladistics humans are monkeys. Therefor Jesus was a monkey.

Actually, I think we're related more to great apes (Hominidae family) than monkeys. Though "Jesus was a great ape" doesn't have the same ring to it.

We're about 95% genetically similar to our closest relatives, the chimpanzees. From there we share fewer and fewer genes with other species the farther back our respective common ancestors date. For example, our common ancestors with each of the other great apes lived only 10s of millions of years ago or less whereas our mammalian common ancestors go back into the 100s of millions. To compare ourselves to lizards and flies and fishes, you would have to go beyond that. That's why we look like apes more than we look like monkeys more than we look like deer, mice, ants, sharks, mushrooms, redwoods, algae, diatoms, e. coli, etc. The more DNA we share, the more similar we are in appearance. Seems obvious, right? Not to Creationists.

Atheists do not believe that there IS a "god." Why do you godders have such a hard time accepting this simple, obvious fact?

Lost does accept that atheists don't believe there is a god. He/she just doesn't happen to agree with that opinion.

I see we have a nice combination of atheists, anti christian,anti semitic and anti muslim all gathering together to promote bigotry and hate.

Include christians in that along with yourself.

I have no problems with you Athers not believing in god, I personally do not care that you do not, It is not my mission in life to try to convince you that there is a god and I do not try to belittle you or insult you because of your beliefs or non beliefs,But since I do believe in god then for me it is only logical to want god to bless everyone including those who do not believe in god. But since you do not believe in god then why does an article about a monastery having its front door set on fire and graffiti spray painted on it even interest you, Why would you bother to even read an article like this. Why if you do not believe in god do some atheist feel compelled to come to a article and make hateful insulting comments about what other people believe. Are you that insecure in your non beliefs that you seek out people who do believe and then insult them.

If as you say you do not believe in any form of god then whay are you attracted to articles god.

Include christians in that along with yourself.

Silly swan, the christians are included, they are part of the anti groups

Silly swan, the christians are included, they are part of the anti groups

Silly bird standing on the grass, Maybe you should include Christians explicitly since you did so with Atheists.

For the same reason I read articles on abortion, even though I'm a male. It's called "learning" and "being informed" and it's a sign of intelligence.

Being curious and a desire to gain knowledge about something is one thing, Making insulting and disparaging remarks about someone or someone beliefs is another.

That's the problem with a lot of you believers... you're so narrow-minded you can't even conceive of people being interested in things that don't directly have an effect on them. That's a sign of ignorance.

Take a look at most of the comments on this vine that are written by people claiming to be Atheist and not believe in God and tell me that there is not any bigotry and hate, They are not attracted to these articles because they are seeking knowledge and understanding of others, They are coming here to spread hate and intolerance.

So, as an atheist, i say to you: Try to open your mind to new ideas for a change. There's a lot more to life than the view you see with your blinders on.

I have no blinders on, As a person who believes in God, I have often considered the Atheists position that there is no God but I always wind up finding myself believe in some form of higher power, I however do not disparage or insult Atheist because of their beliefs, As I wrote in my comment I do not hold a lower opinion of anyone who has a different belief or someone who does not believe at all, I am not trying to convince you that my belief is right and yours are not.

Silly bird standing on the grass,

LOL...It is a vulture, Specifically a grey vulture...And while it may look silly to you it is one of the more important species of birds.

Maybe you should include Christians explicitly since you did so with Atheists,

I actually thought about just using the term anti believers but thought it might be confusing, So here let me rephrase my original post.

I see we have a nice combination of Those non believers and believers all gathering together to promote bigotry and hate.

Sure hope you feel better, I certainly would not want to insult anyone here.

not only confirms every word I wrote in my comment, it also says everything we need to know about your mindset, despite your feeble attempts to explain yourself.

LOL...confirms it to who...you

You might fool yourself into thinking you're fair and open-minded, but you're not fooling anyone else

I am not the one on here saying that Atheist are wrong in their beliefs, I am not the one on here disparaging others beliefs, And while you may not be either you should thoroughly read the comments by some of your Atheist brethren and honestly ask yourself if they reflect the way you think about people who do believe in god, Not one of my responses have disparaged anyone who does not believe .

Not one of my responses have disparaged anyone who does not believe

Should read ...have disparaged anyone who does not believe simply because they do not believe

Heaven would be full IF we all believed the same way, I thank God everyday for heaven. I pray for those who are of a different understanding...

Now, you that prey on people like me, GO FOR IT! I will continue my prayers for you....

@lost

thank you for saying MOST athiest and not lumping all into one category. i would say im more agnostic than athiest but either way you are correct as i do see alot of people claiming to be athiest that love to shove their belief or lack of belief down religious peoples throats. and i to read these types of stories to try to understand why people do so many hatefull things, and tho i do not believe in god as most people who do believe would describe him\her as an all knowing being that lives in the clouds i do respect that others do believe that. i let my children make up their own minds and do not try to influence them into my beliefs. my big hangup with religion is that you are told you will either live forever in paradice or burn in hell for all eternity. but is it so bad to think that you live your life being a good person and when you die thats it? im just fine with the fact that i will die someday and rot in the ground. i dont need to live forever. i live off the plants and animals that are here on earth and when i die my body will nurish plants and insects which are then eaten by the animals. circle of life. and thats just ok with me. and like my grandad said, how can a person burn forever? wouldnt they eventually burn to ashes? haha but anyway im fine with living then dying and then nothing. and if it turns out that im wrong and their is a god, well with all the death that has accompanied religioun thru the centuries ,surely your god can understand why i would question his existance? and when the preacher on tv says pray and god will work miracles i just cant help but think of all the innocent children that die everyday by no fault of their own. like the tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands, surely some of them were of the most religious on earth yet they died rite beside the wicked? but its not my place to question gods will, well, why not? if i see people praying for truck payments and nicer homes while children die from starvation and thirst why shouldnt i question a god that would allow such things to happen? as for the spray paint and the burnt door it sounds like a job for the police not god. and no need to goto war. america cannot kill these peoples religion or beliefs anymore than someone could kill your belief in god. but thank you just the same for being respectfull when addressing athiest and realizing not all people of any faith have the same ideas as those that believe or disbelieve in god.

LOL...It is a vulture, Specifically a grey vulture...And while it may look silly to you it is one of the more important species of birds.

I actually thought it was a vulture of some sort but I couldn't tell for sure because the picture is so small. I googled Grey vulture and it didn't give me much. What's the scientific name? My favorite vulture is a Lammergeier.

I actually thought it was a vulture of some sort but I couldn't tell for sure because the picture is so small.

Click the pic and it will open to my profile with a slightly larger pic, I apologize...It is actually an American Black Vulture although the ones we have around here are mostly grey colored and we call them grey vultures.

Indigo, please read the article. There was no mention of Muslims, it appears to be the work of Israeli "settlers".

homosick - I did read it. Wouldn't be much point commenting if I didn't, now would there? Now I'm no expert, but the writing on the wall didn't look particularly yiddish to me, looks more like farsi.

Besides, what's a better way to stir malcontent than to frame someone else?

Look how well it worked for, oh, Bush in Iraq... had to get those WMD's we knew weren't there, because we weren't going to touch bin Ladin...

This article has nothing to do with Islam. Try actually reading the news story, freddy.

And it is spelled Muslim or Moslem, and I do believe you are trying to make a play on the word divine.

The authorities do believe it was Israelis who did this, not Palestinians. Try reading the entire story.

Really, Scott, you ought to actually read an article, not just the headlines, in order to make a comment about one.

And by the way, when one writes in English, the names of languages are capitalized, as is the first word of any sentence.

so some unknown people were able to vandalize a monistary and wrote in hebrew? how is it they got away with this without being seen? or even caught?

They not only got away with the spray painting without being noticed the set the front door on fire

I wonder how many palistinians went through the trouble of learning hebrew to do stuff like this. my guess is none

My guess is there are quite a few Palestinians that read/speak Hebrew and there are quite a few Hebrew people that read/speak Palestinian just like there are quite a few people here in the US that live along the border with Mexico that speak Spanish and English and Mexicans on the other side of the border that speak English and Spanish But as Flbikerchick pointed out the authorities in this case suspect it was Israelis who were responsible for this.

Just for the fun of it.....where in Israel did you live?.....As a Christian American construction worker.....I worked with the Israelis....building for them over a five year period......and they are easier to get along with than, say, my European customers/projects......

I'm not talking about all Israelis, I'm talking about settlers. Most Israelis are easy to get along with. Settlers are fanatics. I lived in Ein Karem, not that it matters.

Somehow I don't think that the authors of this graffiti had that in mind.

Somehow I don't think that the authors of this graffiti had that in mind.

Maybe they are smarter than you think.

I doubt it.

hell i can't and won't imagine it as a jewish nation either.

Was israel the victim when it attacked the uss liberty and killed americans?

Israel does not allow that kind of free speech , when kids are throwing rocks at their tanks saying leave us alone the israeli army is emptying their guns on them to stop them..

Freedom of speech? Other than costs for cleaning up the graffiti, what can they be charged with?

How about arson for setting the front door on fire...oops...did you miss that part

You have a right to your opinion .....but there are some very distinct differences between humans and primates.

but there are some very distinct differences between humans and primates.

That's like say there are some very distinct differences between salmon and fish.

PValdes...If you meant that there are differences between humans and the rest of the primates then of course you would be correct, because humans have DNA unique to themselves so you would expect differences. If you meant that as you stated it then you've said something stupid, and other stupids are voting it up.

bio ......how very analytical of you. Faith is the difference that I am referring to.....I would not expect you to understand.

Please elaborate.

@ bio ....." Some humans" depending on their belief structure .....Believe in things that are not seen. They have a spiritual belief that there is something better that awaits them. That there is a purpose to their existence other than eating, sleeping or procreating ......that there is a higher power...... When was the last time you saw a primate praying ??? I apologize for assuming that you were without faith...but your response was a bit condescending ...

Primates pray all the time, they just don't realize that they are primates. The fact that humans ARE primates is not a matter of opinion.

If we had no religion in the world, we would have a lot fewer sources of conflict.

Go atheism!

Religion does not kill, Man kills and even without religion man has always killed, It is human nature. Some humans have used religion as a justification to kill just as some humans have used politics as a justification to kill, Just as some humans have used skin color as a justification to kill , Just as some humans have used greed as a justification to kill , Just as some humans have used defense of territory as a justification to kill just as some humans use hate as a justification to kill just as some humans use...the list goes on, Eliminating religion would not reduce anything.

Maybe his dad's as well? LOL

Good one!

Mitt Romney seems to think that we aren't doing ENOUGH for Israel! But then Mitt is wrong about pretty much everything...

if only we could just throw our crap at each other,things wouldnt be so bad.

That is a great idea, R Battle!

world war poo!!

Now I know that Jewish settlers are pretty radical, but I haven't heard of them beheading anyone....

Maybe you ought to read the article, Jim. Nothing in there about Muslims, if that is to whom you are referring.

Oh, you figured out what the churchs do.

I think you are confusing religion with man

Kind of reinforces the monkey line?