Skip Navigation

The Daily Dish - 2006-2011 archives for The Daily Dish, featuring Andrew Sullivan

« Previous Daily-dish | Next Daily-dish » Email Email Print Print

The Original Sin Of Bonobo Monkeys

By The Daily Dish

May 30 2010, 11:08 AM ET

A thoughtful but still Orthodox Christian explains. What's staggering to me is that a couple of verses in the Bible carry more weight for this person than all the evidence in front of him. Rather than adjust his understanding of Biblical literalism and authority, he adjusts his view so that the Fall must apply to monkeys too. They just don't know it.

A small glimpse into modern Christianity's crisis.



Presented by

More at The Atlantic

How the Global Middle Class Can Save the American Middle Class How the Global Middle Class Can Save America's Middle Class
The $630-Million Trees That Sparked a Social Media Revolt in China A Social Media Revolt in China
Fact-Checking Claims on the Wonders of Pomegranate Juice Fact-Checking Claims on the Wonders of Pomegranate Juice
The Controversial German Book Linking the Euro to Holocaust Guilt Holocaust Guilt Is to Blame for the Euro
A False Photo From a Real Massacre A False Photo of a Real Massacre

Correspondents

View All Correspondents

The Biggest Story in Photos

Where in the World? Part 3: A Google Earth Puzzle

May 25, 2012

Subscribe Now

SAVE 59%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Facebook

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)