On 24/11/2021 17:16, Jason wrote:
>> The marriage of first cousins is advocated or even enforced in places
>> like Pakistan and Afghanistan (and, apparently, in Turkey).
> Is it? I'm ignorant of that. As far as I know, marriage of first
> cousins is not a 'banned relationship' in the Bible nor in the Book of
> Common Prayer. IIRC some of the well-known Biblical characters (Jacob?)
> married cousins.
It is - and is a recognised cause of handicapped children being born to
Pakistani parents here in Britain.
You are right that cousin marriage was not banned in Bible times, but it
is banned by legislation in the West generally (and, I think, by the
church). As the human race has degenerated, it is no longer safe for
such close relations to marry.
>> Quite so - but the gullible will have listened to him and come to the
>> conclusion that evolution must be true, because here you have an example
>> of "devolution".
> I take your point. There will always be someone ready to listen to any
> speaker, on whatever subject you care to name.....
We had another example this evening. On YouTube there is a Netflix
series called "Planet", voiced by David Attenborough. The episode we
watched this evening was "Jungle" and the mellifluous David explained
that New Guinea is such a hotbed of diversity because of its topography
- steep sided valleys (cue picture of picturesque ravine) which
prevented animals crossing over and breeding with one another.
He then gave us an example of this topographical diversity - birds of
paradise. It is, of course, a well known fact that birds cannot cross
steep-sided valleys ...
Do these people ever actually listen to themselves and the rubbish they
spout?