After watching the movie about the banana again I have to wonder to myself, just how stupid is Kirk Cameron? So here is this aussie talking about how the banana is so perfect for the human. It fits nicely in the hand, it's got a convenient pull tab at the top and on and on. Which is all great. And was all selected by us, humans, by selectively planting and harvesting bananas over generations. And, ok, I'll admit that it's easy to forget that and take it for granted. But had the aussie extolled the virtues of a head of brocoflower, would Kirk have picked up on it? Like; Hey, dumb aussie dude, brocoflower came out of a LAB, not from GOD.
I've actually been thinking about this a lot today. As I drove around to get coffee I looked at what I was driving through and there wasn't a single thing that wasn't engineered or tinkered with by man. All of the trees were selectively bred and placed here. The road and buildings all engineered. The grass, not even native to this area, and of course, genetically manipulated. All of food I buy. Certainly the coffee I buy. I mean, what really is organic anyway? Can you get organic "brocoflower"?
Anyway, Kirk Cameron, whoo! Idiot. What's that expression, "An average person is pretty stupid, and 50% are even stupider than that."
Of course, one could always argue that 'everything comes from God'. And I can't really argue against that. If that's what you believe. But that's not what's being argued here. What's being argued is that God initially designed the banana exactly as it is today and gave it to us. Which is just, on it's face, not true. If he had, then he certainly hasn't settled on one design, or maybe he has and he also had some divine influence over the Safeway produce buyer.
A little aside to your post. Someone once told me that humans are the only species that eat the bananas starting at the stem. Apparently, all others eat starting at the other end...what is mostly the bottom for most banana eaters. Interesting. Don't know if it's true, but it came from someone studying animal behavior.
Posted by: eigga49 at September 28, 2006 06:06 AMI think you are right about that. There was a comment on the posting page about how monkeys eat from the other end. I tried it yesterday, it worked. But I went back to the 'pull tab'. ;-)
Hey the banna was made 4 us by GOD! Not sum random act of nuthinness! Sayin that we evolved from apes is like denyin wot u can c wi ur own eyes! Like Kirk says how do u no there was a builder if the building is right infront of ur face, Duhh the buildin is absolute proof! Tell me of a painting that doen't have a painter (nd I don't mean 1 that was done anonamusly). Gimmie proof of the missin link nd then I'll belive ur THEROY of evolution!
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