A silly little blog for me to drop the excrement of my mind.
Published on May 5, 2006 By BlueDev In Religion


There it is folks, the atheist's nightmare, all wrapped up in a yellow skin. (please note sarcasm right there)

The problem underlying such an argument is the obvious need for faith. And that is what this gentleman seems to have forgotten. To him, the banana may be a perfectly logical and obvious manifestation of a creator. But only because he already has faith in God. Likewise, the more I learn about the way the human body functions, the more difficult I find it to chalk it all up to random mutations over the course of millenia, with no guiding hand in it all. But again, I only see that because I already have faith.

To the person who doesn't have faith, these likely seem like ridiculous attempts to see a creator where there is none. That is fine. We are all free to believe what we believe. But I wish that religous people would realize one hugely significant principle:

We cannot prove the existence of God.

We never will be able to. Likewise, no one will ever be able to prove there is no God. It all boils down to faith. Some of us have faith in a god, and can see his/her/its influence everywhere. Others have faith that there is no god, and see nothing of the sort. Faith is the key, and trying to prove something spiritual will fall flat every time.
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on May 05, 2006

I've typed and deleted a few times, and I still don't know how to say what I want to say.

I'm not an athiest, but I can't believe that god made bananas with tabs at the top and non stick surfaces especially for us humans.  I think that us humans happened upon these bananas and found that they were a good fit in our hands and that they were good to eat.  I don't think that they were made especially for us.

Apart from the video, I agree with your article.  You cannot prove or disprove the existence of god; faith is a highly personal thing.

on May 05, 2006
Apart from the video, I agree with your article. You cannot prove or disprove the existence of god; faith is a highly personal thing.


Oh, I am not saying I agree with the video. I suppose my sarcasm about it was lost in the waves of the internet. There are too many fruits and vegetables that don't make any sense!
on May 06, 2006
This video has got to be one of the silliest 'arguments' for the existance of God that I've ever seen

True. What is interesting though is the need to make an argument at all. I would imagine that, prior to the dawn of our modern scientific worldview, people happily 'understood' their world through a mixture of imagination, intuition and reason, accepting the truth to be found in theory, allegory, fable, story and myth. I'm convinced that they also read their scriptures in that spirit too.

Nowadays, however, we can scarcely conceive of a view of reality that isn't pre-eminently rational and 'scientific' - a worldview so prevalent that even many religious believers have taken it on board. So all that earlier mythic richness has been replaced by 'literally inerrant scripture' and an attempt to make science 'prove' revelations that were never intended for that kind of rational validation. Ironically religious fundamentalists have become the most fanatical proponents of rational 'method' - (while holding beliefs that are essentially irrational) - and insist on making 'prose' of ideas conceived as 'poetry'.
on May 06, 2006
I see the banana as just the opposite. The earliest mention of the banana as a cultivated crop dates to 5000 B.C.E.(Before the Christian Era) There is other evidence to suggest that humans may have been cultivating the fruit as much as 10,000 years ago. It is not unreasonable to think that the banana developed to it's present state, (most notably the Cavendish), through a 7000 to 10,000 year process where humans would select those from the yearly crop that were best in flavour and most convenient to handle and then discard those that weren't.

To me this is a more logical explanation of the banana.
on May 06, 2006
so...based on lack of a handy tab, circumcision is an abberation or an afterthought.

That dude still seems to be enjoying it just a *little* too much, hehe


yup. the whole color-cued so you know when it's ready to be eaten, squirts-in-your-mouth-and-not-in-your-eyes thing leads me to suspect those are the brokeback mountains in the backroun.
on May 06, 2006

This video has got to be one of the silliest 'arguments' for the existance of God that I've ever seen, where is it from?

I agree LW.  It is pretty silly, which is why I wanted to share it.  I don't know from whence it originates, only that I found it on the net. 

What is interesting though is the need to make an argument at all.

Chakgogka:  I really appreciate your comments.  It is interesting to note that so much of what used to be important is now reduced to proofs.  Thanks again for your input.

UBob:  Thanks for helping to make the point of my article.  We can interpret so much based on our background and what we believe in.  Of course, I can imagine this fellow would assert that God inspired man to cultivate bananas in such a way.  It all depends on our point of view and what we use as a reference.

leads me to suspect those are the brokeback mountains in the backroun.

Ugh!  Bad joke.  Funny, but bad! 

on May 06, 2006
...leads me to suspect those are the brokeback mountains in the backroun.


Reminds me of the gay man that went to the doctor suffering from a cracked vertibrae. When the doctor asked how he injured himself he replied, "broke back, mountin' "

BTW, isn't that little Mikey Seaver from growing pains. Maybe the growing pains weren't severe enough.
on May 06, 2006

BTW, isn't that little Mikey Seaver from growing pains.

Sure is!

on May 06, 2006
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Okay, I think I'm done.

No, no - wait - there's some more -

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

That's good stuff.

BTW, BlueDev, loved the article. Very thought-provoking.
on May 07, 2006
I have always wondered how atheists can use the order of the universe to prove it's randomness... but that is only because I already have faith....

The fact that randomness doesn't bring order into anything else in the universe kind of helps a little too. ;~D
on May 07, 2006
calling drdev! calling drdev!we have an emergency! A banana must be romoved from someones throat> they forgot to remove outer skin before ingesting!
on May 07, 2006
There is no banana...
on May 07, 2006
Actually I believe in Banana, but not in any of the false bananas...
on May 07, 2006
Babel fish anyone?
on May 07, 2006
... gasp... I was just waiting for the younger guy to burst out laughing, or at least slap the banana-weilder on the back and say something like "You nearly had me there, Hal." What makes it even funnier is it is genuinely serious.

It occured to me that banana could have been as easily designed for apes as for humans, which could lead this discussion to evolution vs. grand design. As far as I'm concerned, using the logic that bananas are a sign of a higher designer is ridiculous. True faith doesn't require proof. In fact, true faith often relies on not having any proof.

Thanks very much for the laugh.
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