• FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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    7 months ago

    I was bummed when I learned this quote might be apocryphal, but it's too good to not share when you get the chance:

    There is a story of the distinguished British biologist, J.B.S. Haldane, who found himself in the company of a group of theologians. On being asked what one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation, Haldane is said to have answered, “An inordinate fondness for beetles.”

  • Beaver [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    I was an atheist already as a pre-teen because I was never offered any satisfactory answer this very obvious question. I've chilled out about the militant atheism since then, but I still think people are being overly credulous when they invoke the idea that a benevolent force created this world. There's just so much suffering that is up to pure chance.

      • Beaver [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        The beetles experience a lot of unjust suffering too :(

        If anything, the suffering that creatures in nature feel is even more damning, because it's so widespread, and you can't make this "oh, it's all about free will" argument.

  • Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    I wonder if they were super in to mammals while he was making people to begin with and then suddenly got super bored and was all about them beetles now.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      7 months ago

      I think the beetles came first and humans are more of a Avant Garde experiment that went off the rails. And that's why he doesn't make any more of us.