09-15-2012, 03:03 PM
dfiant Wrote:besides being purely pedantic, what is the difference and what did you think you achieved by correcting someone on an extremely minor error?Strongest refers to strength.
Just saying
Fittest refers to the most fit to survive; not necessarily the strongest; just the best adapted.
Creationists normally think the evil atheist Hitler killed all those people because he believed in evolution, and survival of the strongest/death to the weakest; and that evolution caused eugenics ETC ETC.
Basically, that evolution caused the second world war and holocaust, and also that it makes people believe the weak should be exterminated.
A surprisingly common view held by conservative Christians in the US in my discussions with them.:frown:
If they hear other people confirming their incorrect view of what evolution is, then it's just going to make teaching them what evolution actually is even harder.