# Don't you know? The Jews invented evolution... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 14, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238 "2007-02-14T19:03:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/61 "2007-02-15T06:05:39Z")
Thank you, I’m writing a paper about historical revisionism and this will make a fine addition. Marc ---
**Author:** ![baronsabato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@baronsabato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baronsabato)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/62 "2007-02-15T10:01:51Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] May I submit Wisdom 19:39 into evidence? Granted it’s Diaspora Judaism, not accepted as part of the Tanakh – but it’s clearly evilution in Scripture! 😃 [/QUOTE] I _think_ you meant Wisdom 19:19: [QUOTE=Wisdom of Solomon (NRSV)] For land animals were transformed into water creatures, and creatures that swim moved over to the land. [/QUOTE] Interesting! Now I’m glad I found a use for those pesky Apocrypha in my NRSV. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/63 "2007-02-15T10:54:53Z")
There’s a part of me that wants to go and start trying to debate the yahoos behind that website. Or at least start debating the politicians using this website as a reference. Then I realize that I’d be only frustrating myself. Why is the stupid so strong? ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/64 "2007-02-15T12:05:41Z")
Apparently they evolved from a race of giant lizards… ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/65 "2007-02-15T13:13:13Z")
Hear ther truth our tongues are telling! Spread ther light from shore to shore! God has given Man a dwelling Flat, and flat for evermore. When from Earth ther floods retreated, When ther deeps were undesigned, He with rule and level meted Habitation for Mankind! - Hear ther truth our tongues are telling! Spread ther light from shore to shore! O be faithful! O be truthful! Earth is flat for evermore.\* –Rudyard Kipling, _The Village That Voted The Earth Was Flat_ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/66 "2007-02-15T13:34:14Z")
I think you mean _Ther Village That Voted Ther Earth Was Flat._ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/67 "2007-02-15T13:53:43Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] [Darwin](http://www.rob-clarkson.com/duff-brewery/rabbikrustofski/01.jpg) [Jew](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Charles_Darwin_by_Julia_Margaret_Cameron.jpg) The similarity is astounding! [/QUOTE] especially because you have the link labels reversed :dubious: is was that all part of the plan? 😉 ok yeah someone beat me to that. pheh. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/68 "2007-02-15T14:01:36Z")
[QUOTE=appleciders] That website this GA representative cited is a hoot! [Here](http://www.fixedearth.com/Size_and_Structure%20Part%20IV.htm) we have indisputable proof that the stars move around the earth and not the other way around. Or something. Oh, and it’s appalling that these people are in government. [/QUOTE] what’s even more appalling is when you realize that outside of major metropolitan areas\*, most Americans think that way. I find it interesting that many Christian folks seem to forget that most of the Bible had already been in existance for centuries before anyone started writing about Jesus And how they can twist “Thou Shalt Not Kill” into “Thou mayest kill anyone who believes differently than you” \*and most of Southern Florida ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/69 "2007-02-15T14:16:38Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] :dubious: is was that all part of the plan? 😉 [/QUOTE] It’s all part of my fiendish international conspiracy. If only I was Jewish, there’d be no stopping me 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/70 "2007-02-15T14:54:06Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] I think you mean _Ther Village That Voted Ther Earth Was Flat._ [/QUOTE] No, I wrote what I meant. Kipling often spells bucolic speech phonetically, but the title of the short story wasn’t in the mouth of a yokel. The story’s quite funny: the protagonists, to put one over on a country squire who (wearing his magistrate’s hat) has stitched them up for a motoring offence, expose him to public mockery by persuading his pet village to vote for the flatness of the planet in a public meeting at which the speechifying is helped along by a generous allowance of free beer. It becomes a national nine-day wonder, including at one point a visit from the genuine Flat Earth Society who are tearfully grateful and singing hymns over the supposed enlightenment of the villagers. This is the occasion for the mischief-maker in chief to watch in stunned amazement, kicking himself for not thinking of bringing hymn-sheets and a portable harmonium on the original visit. /hijack ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/71 "2007-02-15T16:10:07Z")
Fucking communists. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/72 "2007-02-15T16:20:38Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] This is exactly what happens with multiple conspiracies for conspiracy’s sake: pretty soon it’s impossible to remember who’s supposed to be conspiring against who. [/QUOTE] The people at the center of the conspiracy know. Their big problem is finding new conspiratorial talent. To that end they set the Rothschilds against the Trotskys and watch it like a preseason scrimmage. Those are just practice conspiracies. The _real_ conspiracy would totally blow your mind, man. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/73 "2007-02-16T17:30:27Z")
As a Georgia native, I can explain it to you. This particular elected dumbass is from Cleveland, Georgia. Cleveland, Georgia is the world-famous home of the ‘Cabbage Patch Kids’ dolls. Apparently, at some point, the Cabbage Patch Kids secured the right to vote in Cleveland elections. This is the kind of elected representatative you get when your head is filled with sawdust. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/74 "2007-02-16T19:28:13Z")
I love the way the site tries to “explain” geo-synchronous satellites… Seems they’re kept in the air by electro-magnetic phenomena (or something). ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/75 "2007-02-16T19:29:02Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Well we can’t have our children being taught ancient Jewish Creation scenarios in public school science classes. We better teach them Genesis instead. [/QUOTE] You, my friend, owe me a new keyboard. Diet coke everywhere. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/76 "2007-02-16T19:42:34Z")
Chisum is taking heat over it in Texas: [Chisum contrite over memo](http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-chisum_15tex.ART.State.Edition1.2063416.html) > [@](#): > > On Tuesday, the Pampa Republican distributed a memo written by Georgia GOP Rep. Ben Bridges to Texas House members’ mailboxes. The memo advocated that schools stop teaching evolution and contained links to a Web site that warns of international Jewish conspiracies. It also directed readers to the group that created the Web site – the Atlanta-area Fair Education Foundation. > > Mr. Chisum said he hadn’t looked at the Web site and didn’t realize that he was distributing that type of material. He expressed chagrin that he didn’t vet the material more carefully. > > He said he believes creation and evolution should both be taught in schools, and he separated himself from what he called “goofy stuff” on the Web site. > > “I did not go to the Web site, which I understood maybe I should’ve done,” he said. You think so, huh? _Me personally_, **I’d** have thought you would have “recognized” that the memo _you circulated_ was from a kookpot website because of the _repeated use of italics_ (as well as nonsensical use of parentheses **and bold script** ), misplaced "quotation marks, " and excessive underlining and punctuation!!! (Is a stentorian _Eureka!_ in order here?!) If anyone’s interested, [link to blog with links to his memo](http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/archives/2007/02/warren_chisum_h.html) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/77 "2007-02-16T19:55:38Z")
You know, I am so sick and tired of politicians trying to wriggle out of messes by claiming, “I didn’t read it carefully enough!” Bullshit. That’s a child’s excuse. If you’re going to put something out under your name, you better make sure it’s checked six ways to Sunday. You don’t do your credibility any favors by claiming to be ignorant of the facts. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/78 "2007-02-16T20:22:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Mr. Chisum said all he thought he was doing was “a Good Samaritan” deed for a fellow legislator. > > “If that’s a sin, well, shoot me.” hmmm. He still hasn’t learned to vet his output. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/79 "2007-02-16T21:15:40Z")
[QUOTE=Freddy the Pig] Will **Darwin’s Finch** have to rename himself as **Pharisees’ Finch**? [/QUOTE] I think I prefer **Christ-hating Pharisee Kabbalist Occultist’s Finch** … ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238/80 "2007-02-16T21:34:09Z")
[QUOTE=appleciders] That website this GA representative cited is a hoot! [Here](http://www.fixedearth.com/Size_and_Structure%20Part%20IV.htm) we have indisputable proof that the stars move around the earth and not the other way around. Or something. [/QUOTE] Science help me, but I searched in vain for anything on that page to indicate that it was a parody. Ah well. At least I don’t live in Geor… oh. Shit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-the-jews-invented-evolution/392238.md?page=5)