Commentary on Intelligent Design

Commentary: Intelligent Design

I’ve been wrestling with the idea of God and how we, as humans, as animals of this planet, living organisms and the world and universe came to be. It’s been a controversial subject for ages. Since the beginning of time and since man could actually think logically or, in this case, theologically, we have wrestled with ideas and concepts that are foreign to us. Every society since nomads, walking across the Bering Straight, have believed in some sort of higher power. But, back then; they couldn’t explain rain, thunder or why there were echoes. So, a god, or higher power, was probably fashioned to explain away these things of mystery because the science behind them was not yet known. As societies progressed, so did their gods.

If it weren’t for Constantine, a Roman Emperor in the 4th Century AD (of course.. duh?), we wouldn’t have Christianity as a viable religion today, probably… Damn those Romans!

Anyway, God was a scapegoat for all things non-explainable. As SCIENCE explained away the rain, the sun, the moon, the earth being round, our revolving around the sun (and not vice versa, which the CATHOLIC church believed and EXCOMMUNICATED GALLILEO FOR DISPROVING), God had to find other things to explain, like the universe, the creation of the stars and planets, child creation in zygotes, cellular structure (no, not your fucking cell phone moron) and the like. But, then science comes along and explains it.

I’m not a big Darwin fan. I do subscribe to the notion that the strong shall survive and the weak will perish, though. This is already proven in nature. Wild animals know the sick from the healthy and will prey on them. They prey on the slow and disabled. They’re easier targets. This reduces the poor genes in races. (Though this may sound cruel and superior, wouldn’t it be a good idea to do that in the human race as well?) This has been proven numerous times. And… it’s Darwinian.

So, as science rears its ugly head, the religious community has to rebut. OH NO they say. GOD IS ALL ENCOMPASSING. GOD IS GOOD. GOD CREATED THE EARTH AND HEAVENS. GOD CREATED THE ANIMALS AND THE HUMANS. GOD CREATED this and that and all this bullshit.

So, in order to “one-up” the science buffs, they created the philosophy of Intelligent Design. That science and theology can exist hand in hand because well… God created everything and did it scientifically. It’s basically like saying My Mom is Better than Your mom. Except they had to be Pee Wee Herman about it and say INFINITY.

So… If you can picture Pee Wee Herman saying, GOD CREATED EVERYTHING SO HA HA! God created science, so it’s okay now.

It really is the ultimate argument buster. How can you fight that argument? Now religion encompasses everything, including the science argument. It’s a no-win situation.

This is really frustrating. Besides the fact that Pat Robertson is an idiot-fuck, the idea of Intelligent Design is just an excuse to stick it in the face of science. If you can’t beat ‘em, engulf them and say it’s part of god’s grand plan.