Hilarious Creationist Quotes
Today’s quote comes from Comfort Food / Soapbox / Atheist Central reader verandoug, responding to my explanation that blind cave salamanders still have the genes to create functional eyes:
I also wonder if some of the things we do do not directly effect our genome especially sin. It will be interesting as scientific evidence unfolds. [Source]
WHAT????????
Stumble it!
August 12th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Veradung attempts science again. It gets scarier every time.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:19 am
There are several children who receive their education exclusively from this woman. That’s even scarier.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Getting an education from that source sounds like a trap to me.
August 12th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
The best I can understand that statement is: When we sin, perhaps our genome evolves somehow, and it will be interesting as science uncovers the evidence to prove it…
…which is ridiculous.
Tell her I said so, please. Or not. Whatevs.
August 12th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
That’s like something straight out of the Left Behind series: Scientists to Announce that Sin Changes Human Genome on CNN
August 13th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Yall are missing a comedy goldmine here.
Which sins cause which evolutionary changes? How would those supernatural selection pressures cause a species to change over time?
Because I do not fully understand sexual dimorphism among humans, I will offer a hypothesis from a male perspective.
Lust: All males would be born blind, and probably missing a hand.
Gluttony: Men would be allergic to all meat.
Greed: Evolution driven by supernatural selection would have shaped the instinctive behavior of males so that they no longer find sports cars or yachts attractive. See Lust.
Sloth: Again evolution would change instinctive behavior. The tv, movie and video game market would crash.
Wrath: Again behavior change. Supernatural selection would make every male immune to racism, sexism, homophobia and etc.
Envy: See Lust, Greed and Wrath. ;)
Pride: See list of Virtues. Which would tend to extinguish the human species.
I see the evidence already.
August 13th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Supernatural selection! I love it!