PBS episode of Nature leads to quarrels over evolution...

[malta blue]

I was surfing the PBS website and came across this gem:

#7 11/09/2008 :: 07:06:59 PM
Edward Says:

God created us… We are not from monkies.

Make sure to check out posts number 5 and 11 as well - quite amusing...

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/clever-monkeys/video-predatory-monkeys/3972/

[TZ]

1. *snort*

Pretty funny the Megabuilders and Tower of Babel comment.
Those fundies are pretty stupid.."no proof!" Yeah sure. Lets hope you never need to depend on DNA technology to clear your name stoopid...that whole technology is based on evolutionary principles...

[stuntcat]

2. Good job, God..

God's done a hell of a job then, making genius humans "in his image", the one race that will cause a mass-extinction of the rest while we pretty much TRASH our own future.

Yeah.. A+, 100%, fantastic job there "God" Way to kill the oceans and blow the tops off the mountains.

[Fran Kubelik]

3. who is that person?

I keep seeing his picture posted here.

[stuntcat]

5. I don't know!

just a bad BAD example, I think :*

[tigereye]

6. yikes, that's an image I really didn't need to have in my head....

:scared:

[Deep13]

7. He's the naked Klingon, of course. nt

[pokerfan]

4. Sad

"You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe." (Carl Sagan)

Over on IMDB, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091617/board/threads/">the message board for Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed has been raging all year. It's an endless source of entertainment.

The dramatis personae:

Castlewood started off by claiming to be an unbiased outsider but it was soon apparent that he was anything but.

Jared-Jammer hates fags and evilooshunists.

Knight-in-black-leather calls everyone 'honey' and 'darling' and 'wins' arguments by walking away and declaring victory later.

Navarros claims that God is a terrible god and that we should fear his wrath.

TruthBetold is a self professed genius with an IQ of 176 who doesn't believe that 1+1=2.

Pretty much everyone else is sane and some are extremely familiar with the subject with advanced degrees and incredible patience. I suspect that PZ Meyers might be one of the posters.

It's quite entertaining.