BellaOnline Forums Religion and Spirituality Atheist Speaking of bananas...

Check out Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron's "The Atheist's Nightmare: The Banana" video on youtube:
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Well said Alicia,
I think Hippocrates would have agreed with you when he said
"People think that epilepsy is divine simply because they don't have any idea what causes epilepsy. But I believe that someday we will understand what causes epilepsy, and at that moment, we will cease to believe that it's divine. And so it is with everything in the universe."

Oh Dear - I think the word "satirical" has been overlooked in the banana caper.

Satirical? I wish. I'm afraid that Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron were quite sincere about their banana proof for the existence of God. Did they appear a little silly? Yes, but silliness is not the same as satire. To conclude that their argument was satirical would mean that they were actually ridiculing belief in God, which they were not. Comfort is an evangelist minister who writes Christian books and is known for his proclivity (if not ability) for debating the existence of God against atheists.

Now, if you meant that the banana caper could be easily satirized, then you are right. In fact, it has been on numerous occasions. Just do a search for "banana" and "God" on YouTube, and you'll find all sorts of banana satires.

If I'm not mistaken, the bananna we eat has only been around since the 50's, when the previous mass-market banana (I think it was called the "Big Mike") was wiped out by disease.

I'm not sure if the "Big Mike" (or "Gros Michel" as it's called internationally) was completely wiped out, but its production was definitely reduced to the point that it was no longer viable as mass-market produce.

Thanks for that. Generally speaking, all agricultural products or domestic animals are artificial. Most of them were created through selective breeding, but some rquired more radical methods. Canola/rapeseed oil in its natural form is inedible, but was a widely used industial lubricant. Some biologist exposed the plant to chemical mutagens until random chance produced a plant that a) survived, and b) didn't express the offending protein. Modern genetic engineering could have done the same thing a lot easier, but then canola would be a "GMO."