Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion
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Consider the soybean. It is a small plant, not taking up too much space. It supplies a full complement of proteins with rice for those people who cannot digest meat. It makes cakes and sauces and oils and fillers. Hydrogenate it and it makes a butter substitute. All it needs is water and soil and air and sun to provide food. Water and soil and air and sun are what God gives us, not coincidentally. Versatile, small, serving people perfectly. And here it is, ready for us to use. What more proof do you need that God exists?
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July 31st, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Soybeans don’t make cakes, and neither does any god. People do.
This is complete nonsense. The soybean does not serve people, and the existence of the soybean does not in any way constitute a proof of the existence of the Christian God deity.
Your argument seems to be that if things that you like exist, there is no other possibility than that they were made just for you by a supernatural being.
Not the most solid logic.
July 31st, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Oh, jclifford what a fussbudget you are today. The soybean is indeed a wonder, and dare I say, a miracle food. If you have ever had hot flashes, and I should hope you never do, you would indeed come to appreciate this tiny bean. Before I discovered the wonder of soybean milk I thought I would have to spend the rest of my life waking up in the middle of the night thinking I was coming down with the flu only to discover it was another hot flash. Now thanks to the miracle of soybeans, along with some ointment from wild yams, and a little vanilla and chocolate for flavoring, I can sleep for six hours straight.
Behold, Incontrovertible Proof of the Existence of God:
the soybean
the wild yam
the vanilla bean
the chocolate bean
jclifford’s bean
But why have hot flashes in the first place? Is this some basic problem with Creation?
August 1st, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Irrefutable proof that that there is no personal benevolent supreme deity:
Motorhead.
August 5th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Personally, I don’t like soy beans that much. Don’t like tofu. Hate natto.
I guess that means they aren’t proof positive of the existence of God, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or whatever…
By the way, when did we rule out the possibility that the fact that a plant is yummy and nutritional for human beings has something to do with the process of evolution through which we developed a digestive system that allows us to absorb sustenance from earthbound flora and a sense of taste and smell that reinforces the ingestion of nutritious plants? Or am I just being naive here?
I suppose you could say it’s miraculous that a plant generates nutritious and yummy food with sunlight, water, and earth. Of course, it would be even MORE miraculous if a plant somehow grew WITHOUT sunlight, water, or earth. So I guess pretty much everything is miraculous, and everything pretty much proves the existence of God.
I guess even my skepticism in God is proof of his existence, since it’s miraculous that I can generate such profound doubt from just water, oxygen, and bits of dead animals and plants. And of course, it would be even MORE miraculous if I could maintain my skepticism WITHOUT food, water, or air. Why, my skepticism must be proof not only that God exists (since it is so miraculous and all), but that he WANTS me NOT to believe in Him (since my skepticism is so clearly a part of his super-subtle plan). THAT must be why this whole argument sounds so ridiculous…