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October 19th, 2007
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  1. Trev says:
    October 19, 2007 at 1:05 pm

    Science! Providing difficult, if not unanswerable, questions since the Greeks.
    Religion! Providing unquestionable answers for just as long.

  2. JayBee says:
    October 19, 2007 at 11:59 pm

    I wonder how they could’ve invented the source of sin coming from a talking snake AND people taking it seriously (that’s the worst part)!!!!

  3. ArtLung Blog » All The Misc That’s Fit to Misc says:
    October 20, 2007 at 8:25 am

    […] The cartoon where Jesus, Mohammed, and the unseen Barmaid talk are usually good. Like this one: Snake. […]

  4. mat says:
    October 21, 2007 at 8:02 pm

    was that Jesus’s attempt of pulling the Occam’s
    razor card?

  5. Mags says:
    October 22, 2007 at 4:22 pm

    How come there is an implied understanding that evolution is contrary to scripture? The garden of Eden story, the Noah story etc., etc., were illustrations not fact. We aren’t supposed to believe it happened for goodness sake.

  6. Kat says:
    October 23, 2007 at 1:42 am

    Regrettably, but unsurprisingly, there are those who hold to the belief that it did literally happen.

    I suppose it’s a case of in for a penny, in for a pound.

  7. Mephisto says:
    October 23, 2007 at 2:21 am

    Then why should we believe in bible, anywhere, if we decide for ourselve, what is true and what not?

  8. Dan says:
    October 23, 2007 at 2:41 pm

    First of all I am not religious.
    The Quran actually does talk about evolution of life from a single cell.
    Another point is that using “probably” is not actually scientific. I get that it’s a joke, but maybe you don’t get that your rambles are about as educated as a Roman Catholic they are just a different view point.

  9. Mags says:
    October 23, 2007 at 6:12 pm

    Aw, c’mon Mephisto! It’s a combination of history and fireside stories. Try reading it and you’ll see what I mean.

  10. Ford says:
    November 8, 2007 at 11:06 am

    I used this to illiustrate a post on Hamilton’s Rule. OK?

  11. andres says:
    February 18, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    would not the Occam Razor be on Jesus’ side on this one?

  12. azurefrog says:
    June 24, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    The talking snake is not a simpler answer, because you then have to explain the origin of the talking snake.

  13. Acolyte of Sagan says:
    November 6, 2013 at 12:59 am

    test post

  14. Bones'sDog says:
    April 30, 2017 at 10:02 pm

    Further to Azurefrog, you also have to explain the current lack of talking snakes, talking fiery bushes, flying equines and other special species.
    Though one could possibly just handwave that one with the “no room on the boat” conjecture.
    It works for stegosaurs, unicorns, Orcs and dragons.

    And maybe the flying equines evolved into reindeer?

  15. Bones'sDog says:
    April 30, 2017 at 10:11 pm

    The problem with blaming the snake, the Adversary, Satan, Santa or Glochk the Winding Windcharm is that good people, sinless people would not have eaten the fruit no matter how they were conned. A sinless Adam would have obeyed the law regardless of the logic of the Advocate of Evil.
    So Adam and his peri-clone were evil sinners when built.
    Their design was flawed from the start.
    Their designer was not very good.

    It made broken people.
    Then blamed them for being broken instead of doing a factory reset.
    That’s a little childish.

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