Devolution

It's really hard to believe that we are well into the 2000's and have advanced so much technologically and scientifically, especially during the past 100 years, yet there are still groups of people who not only can't accept something as basic as evolution, but who would want to push down our throats their silly beliefs. I wonder sometimes how these people will just accept what they've been told, no matter how ridiculous it is.

I'm not a biologist or an expert in the matter, in fact, what I know about evolution is pretty basic, but I think there's a way to explain evolution without any scientific terms in such way than even a first grader will understand. Are you ready? Alrighty, hold my hand: we have primitive specie A. There's a lot about A but right now we will just concentrate in the fact that some A's have longer legs than others, just like some A's are bigger than others, but let's not get into Smith's theory for now. OK, so A lives in A-Land and they are all happy and stuff. One day, specie B decides to move into A-Land. There's space for everyone, the problem is that B loves eating A, so they start chasing and hunting them. Since A is a weaker specie all they can do to defend themselves is run. For obvious reason, A's with longer legs run faster therefore, more longer legs A's scape the attacks of B's. After a while, there are many more longer legs A's than shorter legs A's, so more longer legs A's couples are made. After a few generations of mainly longer legs with longer legs sweet sex and B eating the shorter legs A's, we'll have many more longer legs A's babies, and eventually, there will be only longer legs A's. Ta daa! Specie A has evolved. See? There was no magic, not strange mutation that happened out of the blue, nothing weird, just a change induced by the environment, and it makes total sense, we don't need Darwin to come back from the death and explain us.

If I want to get more hardcore evidence and data, I can just go to the library or ask the holder of all knowledge, Google, and there I will find be tons of stuff. There's so much evidence that if you still can't accept it, you should ask yourself if there's something wrong with you. But you know what's the best argument the Fundies have against evolution? It starts with "the Bible says". After they say that you know there's no point in discussing anything. Sometimes I just pretend I agree, but it's frustrating. And this is what bothers me the most: they only represent an insignificant percentage of Christianity. This means that to them, all the other Christians, including the oldest and biggest Christian group, the Catholics, are wrong. These people, who have studied your scriptures for thousands of years, are wrong. They must all be a bunch of uninvolved monkeys, eh? "Well, but the Catholics are fucked, look what they've done". My friend, you give any man or institution that much power for that long and at some point really fucked up things will happen, I can guarantee you. But don't get me wrong, if it was up to me, I'd ban most organized religions. I think they become evil even when they have the best intentions.

Now, having this minority of brainwashed robots is one thing, but the fact that they have enough power to make a state of the US teach Creationism in school is unforgivable. I'm sorry politics and I'm sorry Democracy (which should be called "Democracy" in such case), but spreading ignorance to the most vulnerable part of the population should be a crime and you should go to jail. And if there's really a god and hell and all that, then you should go to hell, because your god must also think that's a sin. It's a terrible thing what you're trying to do.

Believe in anything you want, Christianity is certainly mild compared to other way crazier and even laughable religions and cults, but be responsible with what you believe, starting with yourself. Think rationally and don't be afraid to question your own beliefs.

If you don't think that there's at least a small chance everything you believe in, or think of, is wrong, you're probably already wrong.

Amen. 


ps. I hope you two or three people that read my awesome blogs have enjoyed my useless thought of the day. And if you're a Christian Fundamentalist, forgive me.