The New Road

Creationism

I watched a YouTube video a while back (I'll link to it if I can find it again), where a preacher said that he could debunk the theory of evolution with a banana. Then he went on to describe how the banana must have been designed, since it fit so well in the hand, and was the perfect size and had a great flavor. And I thought two things:

First, this man clearly knew nothing about farming, genetics or how we have been genetically modifying our food sources since the day we stopped hunting and gathering and started planting seeds. It's a pretty simple idea, you plant the seeds of the nicest fruit, then do it again, and again. And in very short order you will get a product that you designed that you like. Collectors do it with orchids as a hobby. Hell, we do it with dogs, cats, whatever. Daschunds certainly weren't around at the time of Christ, but they are here now. Yes, the banana is evidence of a designer, and that designer is us. And actually, the modern Safeway style banana is proof of genetics, which actually reinforces the theory of evolution, not debunks it.

Second, it's clearly sad that this white evangelical preacher had never been to an ethnic grocery, or eaten plantains. They are very much bananas, but they do not conform to the geometry of the Safeway style of banana, and they have a far more complex taste.

Guys like this always go off on how smug non-believers are. It's like we know the facts or something! Which is just, crazy. And they say we call them stupid. Well, frankly, if you are going to take a genetically modified organism and display it as somehow proof of God and counter-proof to genetics, well, your pretty stupid.

Update: Lori found the video. It's part of Kirk Cameron's series on the end of times and creationism and all that BS.