19 April 2026

Video of the day -- intelligent design


This one speaks for itself.  Be aware, they're not kidding about the disturbing images.

7 Comments:

Blogger Paula said...

A malevolent intelligence maybe. Even weirder is when people say “God is good” when some little thing goes their way…

19 April, 2026 05:10  
Blogger Anvilcloud said...

Good ironical clip by Seth. I think I once listened to every one of his podcasts and saw every video. He's slipped to the periphery of my viewings lately, but I am still aware of his online presence.

19 April, 2026 07:52  
Blogger Infidel753 said...

Paula: An evil or indifferent God would be a lot more plausible, but less useful. Some Christians explain away all the evil and suffering in the world by claiming it's the result of original sin, but it would still take a psychotic God to punish later generations of humans (and all generations of animals) for things that other humans did thousands of years ago -- especially when those perpetrators were mythical characters and not even real.

Anvil: I think it's pretty well done. Whoever made it is worth watching.

19 April, 2026 23:29  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm with Eddie Izzard here...
"I want to commit an original sin, like hitting a badger with a spoon".

Except, despite having a large garden, a night/IR trailcam and a number of spoons I'm stuck with the usual sins which are generally somewhat dull.

I would though like to commit a sin so original that God Himself hadn't thought to outlaw it.

I am though currently wearing mixed fibres and, recently, ate a piece of halibut that was good enough for...

20 April, 2026 06:58  
Blogger Infidel753 said...

A noble aspiration, if an unusual one.

20 April, 2026 23:20  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So glad I was told, as a five year old, that religion was a fairy tale like Paul Bunyan and the Blue Ox. It saved me from so much guilt and BS. Religion is always the problem, it seems to me.

21 April, 2026 03:59  
Blogger SickoRicko said...

Good video.

21 April, 2026 09:56  

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