It isn't ridiculous it is a fact. His education was the study of religion. You have to have as much faith to believe complex life forms evolved from pond scum as you do in creation. But if someone demands that their folks came from monkeys who I am I to argue.
Life from pond scum isn’t a part of evolution theory. That’s a separate field of inquiry. Evolution doesn’t require faith because it’s evident to anyone who actually studies the evidence.
