Humor in Science and Theology

[KateKnut (Paige K)]

Maybe biblical archaeologists should start looking in Kazakhstan for the original Garden of Eden.

Where do apples come from? - The Orchard Project

[MarkD (A Whateverist, not a Christian)]

Good account of that in The Botony of Desire

[Paraleptopecten (Timothy Campbell)]

Spiky velvet worm would be more accurate. Additions to before would include “algal-bacterial mat” and “floating suspension feeder”. Anomalocarids could be termed “weird carnivorous bug”. “Armored worm”, “weird spiky proto-mollusk”, and “monovalved proto-mollusk” would be more for the second set.

[Paraleptopecten (Timothy Campbell)]

Then there was this:

@Paraleptopecten

But they found an original apple from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in Colorado! (so said the Weekly World News once)

@Kendel

story you referenced regarding The Apple Find and Replant here !

[jpm (Phil McCurdy)]

We’ve all been there.

[SkovandOfMitaze (Mi)]

Uh oh. I think God is warning me. All those dummies saying “evolutionists are satanic” may have been right. The signs and wonders! XD. Maybe CRISPR is connected to the Mark of the beast lol.

[beaglelady]

[Kendel]

@SkovandOfMitaze

Uh oh. I think God is warning me. All those dummies saying “evolutionists are satanic” may have been right.

Probably. I believe I have actually been cursed over in the Transhumanism thread.

@learningU

[content was removed there … as it seems a safe bet to me too that curses probably don’t qualify as ‘gracious dialogue’…]

[SkovandOfMitaze (Mi)]

It was just to funny to me.

Mark right below the 666 above posts about prophecy on top of the science and faith one. It all came together in a amusing way for me.

[Kendel]

And I missed the Number of Man. Woops. Maybe the font was too small. Takes me back to the days of the Satanic Panic and all the backmasking on our records.

I am rather more concerned with anyone pronouncing curses, biblical or otherwise, which is what I quoted from the transhumanism thread. Does strike eme as a breach of protocol.

[Combine_Advisor (Charles, confirmed as Thomas)]

[Paraleptopecten (Timothy Campbell)]

I think I’ll just plug it in.

xkcd: Battery Life

[Mervin_Bitikofer]

Well - it does appear he should work on building some muscles!

I’d say a person needs some extra large pockets for the 100lb battery - but it also appears that stick figure clothing (like women’s clothing) does not come with pockets. So I guess it isn’t even an issue. In fact, it isn’t clear to me that he’s wearing any clothing at all! Is the xkcd cartoon just a lot of pornography?! […okay … that was shamefully tangential!]

[Kendel]

Return of the “Boom Box”

[Kendel]

@Mervin_Bitikofer

In fact, it isn’t clear to me that he’s wearing any clothing at all! Is the xkcd cartoon just a lot of pornography?! […okay … that was shamefully tangential!]

Careful Merv. Mind the rumble strips. I think you’re heading off road!

[Mervin_Bitikofer]

Yeah - attempts at humor aren’t always successful. The hundred pound battery is pretty funny though. As long as I’m not the one lugging it around.

[MarkD (A Whateverist, not a Christian)]

I wish they’d invent one that connected by a line stretching out in all directions over land and didn’t need any extra power. Maybe in the future …

[Kendel]

Oh, as a woman who has fought the clothing issue my whole life, I thought your diversion was great.

[MarkD (A Whateverist, not a Christian)]

I want a set of headphones with two boom boxes, one for each ear.

[bness2 (Bryan Ness)]