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HAha! That’s the best explanation of evolution I’ve ever heard. Seriously.
The video is funny and was obviously created to mock creationists. I have never seen evolution mocked in a hilarious way, probably because evolution theory is already as low and degenerate a concept as can be created.
Well Shubee there’s a lot of funny stuff that doesn’t reach Kansas.
Shubee (or is that Toto?),
So what’s the better explanation for “creation”? I’m a Pastafarian myself, but we view evolution as a complicated way to explain what FSM did for the world.
Bless His Noodly Appendage!
Yes, the video is well done. Proves how closed minded the bible thumping, science hating, magic lovers are.
*oh snap*
Buttsex with a Fish-squirrel. Ha!
Can somebody explain to me while a person secure in their “reason” that evolution is the only way find the need to “mock Creationists?”
If you’re confident in it, let others believe what they want and shut the hell up. Mocking only shows YOUR insecurity, not theirs.
So what’s the better explanation for “creation”?
Creation can be established on current quantum theory where everything happens for no reason whatsoever. As all physicists believe, in conventional quantum mechanics, all the laws of physics are controlled by a supervising probability amplitude. I merely postulate that out of the infinity of time, matter can permanently pop into existence finitely many times. Conceivably therefore, there is a probability amplitude that allowed for the initial creation of universe in a single big bang. Subsequently, there could have been a finite series of creation processes in the neighborhood of a warm watery planet for six days and then none on the seventh day. You get the idea. Furthermore, this scientific theory satisfies very precise definitions of physics.
Admittedly, I believe that events of ridiculously small probabilities can occur and have occurred, such as the instantaneous creation of man, but this is science according to David Hilbert’s philosophy of physics.
http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf
Matt,
science is not about believing, it’s about understanding.
If you don’t get it, there’s no point in believing in science. But then, you have to live with the fact that you’re being mocked.
pj
Can somebody explain to me while a person secure in their “reason” that evolution is the only way find the need to “mock Creationists?”
Because there is no theory there. Millions of Christians around the world have no problem with evolution. If those who believed in the literal interpretation of the Bible would keep those beliefs to themselves it would be fine but they aren’t. They are trying to prevent the teaching of science in science class.
If I mock someone who thinks that electricity is made by little fairies who push pixie dust through the wires I don’t think it is insecurity that makes me laugh at their stupidity.
its because mocking those who dont understand you’re mocking them is really enjoyable
plus religion is for retards
you guys should really see the rest of that episode…
it frames the debate in a rather interesting way that you wouldn’t expect
but I’m not sure you’ll enjoy south park’s opinion on the matter, and no I’m not talking the creationist
“evolution theory is already as low and degenerate a concept as can be created”
Well, of course it is, if that’s what you’re taught to believe. “Low”, “degenerate”… those are called “value judgements”… can you tell the difference between the subjective and the objective? The nice thing about science is that the way it works is independent of what we think about it. Evolution was in effect long before we were here, and it would still be in effect even if we weren’t around to observe it, theorize about it, or complain that it makes people seem unimportant.
I find it ironically amusing that religions preach at you on the topic of humility, while at the same time telling you that you are at the centre of creation, and there is a god who knows you exist and cares about you personally. (You’d think that any being with god-like powers would have more interesting things to worry about, than what you do in your bedroom.)
#13, taking something out of context from a South Park episode isn’t nearly as serious an issue as the many things that are taken out of context from the Bible on a daily basis. Of course, cherry-picking preachers are in their finest form today (Sunday).
The full context of the Bible, and the unflattering portrait it paints of the god depicted, is not the sort of thing to attract new worshipers to your cult, so I understand. Cherries need to be picked. And so it probably is with South Park as well, and this video was a real cherry 😉
If people don’t want their beliefs to be laughed at they should not have such funny beliefs.
So, there was a guy that took some dirt from the ground. He then threw it down and BOOM. That made you. So, you are just a piece of dirt that turned into meat. Congratulations.
1) Since the Universe is only about 13.7 billion years, I submit your postulate about infinity of time is in error.
2) The probability of virtual particle production resulting in a particle of matter with a life measured in units larger than picoseconds is exceedingly small.
3) To suggest that each atom of even Earth’s biomass is the result of a quantum event, which event must occupy Earth’s volume (so small in comparison to the volume of the Universe) defies credulity.
4) The probability of these quantum particles produced in the exact proportions to comprise the biomass in even 13.7 billion years is so close to zero as to be unmeasurable. It’s not zero, but I have a much, much better quantum chance of walking through a solid wall.
4) Ever hear of Occam’s Razor? Which theory is more likely? Creationism via quantum particle production or evolution, especially when there is a great deal of evidence to support the theory of evolution and none to support a “quantum accident.”
For me, the Peanut Butter Theory pretty much explains it all.. 😉
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZFG5PKw504
http://tinyurl.com/3x2zjj
#19 – RDH
Yeah, that one and this one almost turned me into a believer…
You can mock God all you want, but God is going to have the last laugh soon when The Quest for Right hits the market. This is the book for which all the creationists have been praying…a book based on physical science, the old science of cause and effect. Bye bye evolution when it comes out.
#22 – Linda
So, which version of God is right? The Christian version? The Muslim version? The Jewish version? Or perhaps the Hindu versions? Why not the Nordic versions? Or Greek versions? Or why not the Roman versions?
I truly feel sorry for you and your fellow believers… going through life, fearing a non-existing supernatural being, paying tons and tons of your hard earned money to the church, wasting time and brain power on meaningless worshiping of icons and then just end up as worm food when you die.
You can mock God all you want, but God is going to have the last laugh soon when The Quest for Right hits the market. This is the book for which all the creationists have been praying…a book .based on physical science, the old science of cause and effect. Bye bye evolution when it comes out.
funny how millions of Christians have no problems with evolution and don’t think it mocks God at all…
Wow, #22 Linda, that book sounds exciting! But before I run out and stand in line for hours to buy The Quest For Right, I do have one question. Will it explain why worshiping the evil god of Bible fame is somehow the right or moral thing to do? Will any number of attacks on evolution ever explain that?
It just seems like Christians often have this false sense (one of many) that if they can somehow cast doubt on evolution, then the only remaining alternative is the god they worship. As deities go, yours isn’t the only one on the menu, and he doesn’t even look very appetizing.
Jagermeister, there is only one God, the trinity…Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Spirit. The Bible says (which IS the Word of God) there is one way to the Father and that is through His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus Himself said the following in a parable speaking of Himself:
(John 10:1 KJV) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
(John 10:2 KJV) But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
(John 10:3 KJV) To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
(John 10:4 KJV) And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
(John 10:5 KJV) And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
(John 10:6 KJV) This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
(John 10:7 KJV) Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
(John 10:8 KJV) All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
(John 10:9 KJV) I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
(John 10:10 KJV) The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
(John 10:11 KJV) I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Jesus also said:
(1 Tim 2:3 KJV) For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
(1 Tim 2:4 KJV) Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
(1 Tim 2:5 KJV) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
(1 Tim 2:6 KJV) Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
There is only one person who loved us so much he died for our sins and that person was the perfect sacrificial Lamb of God, Jesus the Christ. There is one person who died, was buried, and raised on the third day and who sits on the right hand of the Father in Heaven making intercession for the saints…Jesus the Christ.
There is, however, two covenants in the Bible. The second covenant is between God and the Jews and Muslims (the children of Abraham through Sarah and Hagar)and IF they keep the commandments of God according to their covenant they will be saved in the end.
And, we are certainly not going through life fearing a non-existent God. When are you born again (accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord and being baptized for the remission of sins), you KNOW there is a God as he lives in your heart and manifests Himself to you. He is your healer, provision, comforter, and so much more. Are you afraid to give God a chance? If not, pray and ask Him to reveal Himself to you and, if you ask in faith really wanting to know Him, He will reveal Himself to you. I pray you will seek Him before it is too late for you. Hell is not a pleasant place and there are at least a million people that have had near-death experiences who have either gone to Heaven or Hell and can testify to its reality. These are true-to-life witnesses to the truth of God’s Word. Your spirit man is eternal and it will either spend eternity in Heaven with a kind and loving God who loved you so much He died for you or in Hell with the devil and his demons who are driving you right now to disbelieve there is a God. Whom will you serve? As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
jccalhoun, there are people who call themselves Christians who are not Christians. Christians believe the Bible and the Bible says “(Gen 1:1 KJV) In the beginning GOD created the heaven and the earth.”
Jesus said:
(Mat 7:21 KJV) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
(Mat 7:22 KJV) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
(Mat 7:23 KJV) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
(Mat 7:24 KJV) Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
(Mat 7:25 KJV) And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
(Mat 7:26 KJV) And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
(Mat 7:27 KJV) And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
If a so-called Christian does not believe the Bible and what Jesus the Word said, how can they be a Christian because the Word is what our lives are based on.
Jesus also said (1 John 2:3 KJV) And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
(1 John 2:4 KJV) He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
(1 John 2:5 KJV) But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
(1 John 3:22 KJV) And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
(1 John 3:23 KJV) And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
(1 John 3:24 KJV) And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
(1 John 4:1 KJV) Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
(1 John 4:2 KJV) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
(1 John 4:3 KJV) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
(1 John 4:4 KJV) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Gary, I feel great pity for you that you somehow have been led to believe that God is an evil god. He is a just and righteous God full of love, forgiveness, and mercy if you will but call on Him. Yes, He will bring judgment down on the disobedient but he is full of mercy not wanting one person to perish. He wishes above all things that you will prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers. And, yes, Jehovah God IS the only god on the menu and all the others are false. God IS love and He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus the Christ, to die on that stake for our sins to prove that He is love. (John 15:13 KJV) Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
I will be praying for you all that you will seek God while He may be found. I pray he manifests Himself to each one of you in a powerful way. You may say you do not believe but the Bible says (Rom 1:18 KJV) For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
(Rom 1:19 KJV) Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them.
(Rom 1:20 KJV) For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
(Rom 1:21 KJV) Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
(Rom 1:22 KJV) Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
So ALL men know there is a God from what they see around them that God has created for them. If you will be honest with yourselves, deep inside you there is something missing and that something is a relationship with the true and living God.
#26 Linda wrote, “Gary, I feel great pity for you that you somehow have been led to believe that God is an evil god.”
I haven’t been “led to believe” that the god you worship is evil. Instead, that information came to me directly via the Bible. I would suggest that you read it more thoroughly yourself. If you want to see the demon you worship at his worst, read the book of Exodus (unless you’re especially susceptible to nightmares). Cheers.