The banana: “the atheist’s worst nightmare”
Behold, the power of stupidity:
I think this may be the worst argument I’ve ever heard. Yes, the banana. So perfect, it’s easy to propagate with the seeds it produces. Wait, no. It’s a triploid mutant which is completely sterile and has to be propagated by cloning. It’s also practically disease free, and certainly doesn’t require massive amounts of fungicide to grow. But, by God, he is right that bananas certainly are easy to eat. Pomegranates, it seems, were created by Satan.
Or maybe we like to eat bananas because they are so easy to eat, not the other way around. If God were trying to create the “perfect food,” he probably should have put more protein in it. In fact, many people in the third world have protein deficiency problems caused by a diet consisting largely of plantains (a type of banana). Oh wait, this is an application of the more general principle that God hates poor people and wants them to suffer. Aha! So this is just another example of God’s perfection!
Oh wait, this is an application of the more general principle that God hates poor people and wants them to suffer. Aha! So this is just another example of God’s perfection!
From RandyNewman.com, God’s Song
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That’s why I love mankindI recoil in horror from the foulness of thee
From the squalor and the filth and the misery
How we laugh up here in heaven at the prayers you offer me
That’s why I love mankindThe Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree
The Buddhists and the Hindus joined on satellite TV
They picked their four greatest priests
And they began to speak
They said, “Lord, a plague is on the world
Lord, no man is free
The temples that we built to you
Have tumbled into the sea
Lord, if you won’t take care of us
Won’t you please, please let us be?”
And the Lord said
And the Lord saidI burn down your cities-how blind you must be
I take from you your children and you say how blessed are we
You all must be crazy to put your faith in me
That’s why I love mankind
You really need me
That’s why I love mankindThe most amazing thing to me is the reference to satellite TV. The song came out in 1972-1973. Time folding I assume.
Posted by Ted on 04/11/08 at 11:06 AMI like that song, thanks Ted.
LOL, that video was great. I haven’t seen the mixed one only the original.
Posted by webs05 on 04/11/08 at 11:21 AMLike the bananas themselves which grow in hanging clusters, this particular example of creationist stupidity is… (wait for it) low-hanging fruit.
(ducks, runs)
...and deserves a comical response
Posted by George on 04/11/08 at 01:01 PMTo anyone still paying attention, there is this and this.
Posted by webs05 on 04/15/08 at 04:08 PMPoe’s Law: Is it real, or is it satire?
Why Intelligent Design really is the truthPosted by George on 04/26/08 at 02:57 PM
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