How do I explain my evolutionary faith to my conservative family?

[Roy (Roy (Listener twice correct))]

@graft2vine

@Roy

Just wait until you hear about Shelah the kangaroo and Arphaxad the echidna.

This is a misrepresentation. Shelah was not a kangaroo, but I believe was a real person (based one of the Sumerian kings).

But you also believe Shelah was a marsupial that lived 130mya, and Arphaxad was a monotreme that lived 153mya.

@graft2vine

I think the kangaroo is represented by the name Shelah.

@graft2vine

I am awestruck by how the meaning of the names and their timeline lines up so well with scientific estimates. In fact, it flips ‘God of the gaps’ on its head as the common decent time line of Arphaxad (monotremes) is 153 mya, Shelah (therians) is 130 mya, and Peleg (placentals) is 106 mya.

@graft2vine

@Roy

You seem to think Shelah was the ancestor of wallabies and Arphaxad was the ancestor of platypuses.

You got it.