I don't know whether the idea of Ancient Aliens is more insulting to us humans, who apparently are so lame that we can't achieve civilization on our own, or the Aliens, who are apparently so stupid and backwards that the only engineering trick they can teach humans is how to use a plumb and bob to make straight lines and how to pile stones up from biggest to smallest.

Easy to look at the perfect Pyramids of Giza and think: "That's too perfect for ancient people to have built." without looking at the dozens of other pyramids that aren't nearly as perfectly proportioned, soundly engineered or even completed. Pyramid-making as an art evolved over time, and it didn't happen overnight.



This is just like evolution. If you only look at the final form... humans... you'll think... that's too perfect. But if you look at all the in-between forms (for which we have tons of fossil evidence), you'll note that it took a long time to arrive at the shape we have today.

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What I meant is:

If there is no god, then the theory of evolution must be correct. Now if we all came from apes then we will all be wild up to this point of time. Then so, somewhere along the line there was a "selective" intervention who shaped those apes' behaviors and characters which became men. So the Theory about Ancient Aliens must be true as well?

So this will boil down to if you believe that god exist, you also believe that we all came from Adam and Eve. If you believe that there is no god, do you admit that you came from apes?
Uls already answered this, but to note:

The fact that we evolved from proto-lemurs into humans does not contradict what we are and what values we hold. The values I gave are absolute and based in logic.

They are not absolute religious values. Most religions over the millenia have taught their followers that it is okay to kill infidels for the simple act of unbelief. Christianity is unique amongst religions with God-worship* in that it preaches tolerance... "Do unto others" ...even if followers have not always heeded that call (the Inquisition).

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Don't let what I say stop you from being a Christian, however. If you hold "love thy neighbor" as an absolute, sure, I'll support you. But if you start using some obscure Hebraic** Bible passage to justify discriminating against contraception, homo***uals or non-Christians, forget about it.Do us a favor and stop wearing modern clothing, because according to the Bible, that's a sin, too***.

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*Buddhism and Confucianism have similar tenets, but they're not God-centric religions.

**Whatever the Church may claim about gateways to abortion, much of the resistance to the anti-RH bill simply stems from the Catholic tenet against "spilling seed on the ground", which dates back to an Old Testament passage wherein a man was expected to **** his dead brother's wife so she would have a child. Yeah. Great way to defend family values. In the Old Testament, God looked favorably on the killing of infidels in Canaan, also.

***According to Leviticus, wearing clothing of "blended" fibers is prohibited.