On 2007-04-06 10:48:58, Sarah said, "Untitled"

What about grapefruit? Hassle to peel, squirt in your face, AND you need a spoon to conveniently eat it--maybe God didn't intend me to eat grapefruit...?

On 2007-04-07 11:17:25, Russell said, "Where will the ignorance end?"

Thoughts on video #1:

Fundies have some of the silliest tactics.

Step one is to lie about what you're trying to argue against. Evolutionary theory says absolutely nothing about the origin of life. It explains diversity among life that already exists. Also, unlike creationism, any scientific theory on the origin of life is not simply an appeal to authority. One could always ask "well... who created God?"

Step two is to give a very funny but incredibly stupid analogy. The entire food industry rests on evolution not working? That's the dumbest thing I've heard in a while. Not only is it blatantly idiotic (not that their strange version of "evolution" takes place but most goods DO have an expiration date), but one could also argue that the entire pottery industry rests on creation not working. I hate when I start making a pot and the clay turns into man!

Thoughts on video #2:

Primates traditionally partake of bananas too, you know. With fruit, it's a buyer's market. The fruit that best suits the animal eating it is the one whose seeds are going to be planted in a bed of fertilizer. Natural selection at work.

God REALLY must not have wanted us to eat fish. Look how inconvenient that would be to catch and eat with your bare hands! Funny that Jesus hung out with fishermen.

On 2007-04-07 14:49:58, Russell said, "More on Peanut Butter"

I still have a hard time not laughing hysterically about this video. Also thinking about "The entire food industry rests on evolution not working"... The food industry ends up working harder BECAUSE of evolution in the development and use of new pesticides and vaccines to fight against parasites and insects who have become highly resistant to older pesticides and vaccines.

I have no problem with theists, and believe what you like, but can these people just live in the REAL world for a minute?

Did you know that gravitation is just a theory too? We all know it's rubbish! God keeps us on the ground because he wants us here. It's intelligent falling, right?

There are some seriously mis-informed people out there, and then there are the ones who are just plain stupid. It's active ignorance. They see basic information which all makes sense, but they reject it. Now while many faithful might feel that I'm doing the same thing, we're talking about some very fundamental things.

The best anti-evolution argument I've seen based off this video is that according to evolutionary theory, people dumb enough to believe this shouldn't be able to survive long enough to procreate, yet they're among us. Faith on morality and ethics issues, that's one thing but this is another.

Blind faith does not belong in science and I wish these morons would stop lying. If you're going to cherry pick your beliefs from the Bible, why not get rid of the stuff we've already figured out is wrong? They threw out stoning people for working on the sabbath a while ago. So why don't we just take Genesis for what it is and move on?

I apologize for ranting so much, but I tend to get fired up and pull out my soap box when I see people being lied to like this.