# Quote — Michael Dowd, Thank God for Evolution

> Discussing Thank God for Evolution! with those you care about will open new doors of possibility... and provide common ground where none existed before. This book is a perfect gift, not to convert others to your way of thinking but to converse... deeply and heartfully about those things that matter most.

- Author: [Michael Dowd](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-dowd.md)
- Book: [Thank God for Evolution](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-dowd/thank-god-for-evolution.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-dowd/thank-god-for-evolution/discussing-thank-god

## More from this book

> [W]e chose to display on our van both a Jesus fish and a Darwin fish—kissing. A retired biology professor... laughed, "Oh great! Now you piss everyone off!"

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> [F]or... over 99 percent of human history—there is little evidence that any culture understood developmental time and space... remotely similar to... today. Nevertheless, the big cosmological questions demanded answers, and so the answers came. ...Orally transmitted stories would evolve—until (and if!) they were written down and declared to be the unchanging revelation of God. When a story becomes scripture, it ceases to evolve.

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> You will... find here effective ways to talk about evolution to any friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors who are biblical literalists or young earth creationists.

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