That has got to be some designer's nightmare .... couldn't believe my eyes! A decent prang would have to improve its looks...
I'm in favour of chaos - I believe it's a synonym for design. Remember the mug which won an international design award - and one or two million mugs later they realised you can't drink out of it without dribbling down both sides of your face! Intelligent design is almost an oxymoron.
Intelligent Design by Paul Rudnick
And the Lord God said, “Let there be light,” and lo, there was light. But then the Lord God said, “Wait, what if I make it a sort of rosy, sunset-at-the-beach, filtered half-light, so that everything else I design will look younger?”
“I’m loving that,” said Buddha. “It’s new.”
“You should design a restaurant,” added Allah.
Day No. 2:
“Today,” the Lord God said, “let’s do land.” And lo, there was land.
“Well, it’s really not just land,” noted Vishnu. “You’ve got mountains and valleys and—is that lava?”
“It’s not a single statement,” said the Lord God. “I want it to say, ‘Yes, this is land, but it’s not afraid to ooze.’ ”
“It’s really a backdrop, a sort of blank canvas,” put in Apollo. “It’s, like, minimalism, only with scale.”
“But—brown?” Buddha asked.
“Brown with infinite variations,” said the Lord God. “Taupe, ochre, burnt umber—they’re called earth tones.”
“I wasn’t criticizing,” said Buddha. “I was just noticing.”
Day No. 3:
“Just to make everyone happy,” said the Lord God, “today I’m thinking oceans, for contrast.”
“It’s wet, it’s deep, yet it’s frothy; it’s design without dogma,” said Buddha, approvingly.
“Now, there’s movement,” agreed Allah. “It’s not just ‘Hi, I’m a planet—no splashing.’ ”
“But are those ice caps?” inquired Thor. “Is this a coherent vision, or a highball?”
“I can do ice caps if I want to,” sniffed the Lord God.
“It’s about a mood,” said the Angel Moroni, supportively.
“Thank you,” said the Lord God.
Day No. 4:
“One word,” said the Lord God. “Landscaping. But I want it to look natural, as if it all somehow just happened.”
“Do rain forests,” suggested a primitive tribal god, who was known only as a clicking noise.
“Rain forests here,” decreed the Lord God. “And deserts there. For a spa feeling.”
“Which is fresh, but let’s give it glow,” said Buddha. “Polished stones and bamboo, with a soothing trickle of something.”
“I know where you’re going,” said the Lord God. “But why am I seeing scented candles and a signature body wash?”
“Shut up,” said Buddha.
“You shut up,” said the Lord God.
“It’s all about the mix,” Allah declared in a calming voice. “Now let’s look at some swatches.”
Day No. 5:
“I’d like to design some creatures of the sea,” the Lord God said. “Sleek but not slick.”
“Yes, yes, and more yes—it’s a total gills moment,” said Apollo. “But what if you added wings?”
“Fussy,” whispered Buddha to Zeus. “Why not epaulets and a sash?”
“Legs,” said Allah. “Now let’s do legs.”
“Are we already doing dining-room tables?” asked the Lord God, confused.
“No, design some creatures with legs,” said Allah. So the Lord God, nodding, designed an ostrich.
“First draft,” everyone agreed, and so the Lord God designed an alligator.
“There’s gonna be a waiting list,” Zeus murmured appreciatively.
“Now do puppies!” pleaded Vishnu. “And kitties!”
“Ooooo!” all the gods cooed. Then, feeling a bit embarrassed, Zeus ventured, “Design something more practical, like a horse or a mule.”
“What about a koala?” asked the Lord God.
“Much better,” Zeus declared, cuddling the furry little animal. “I’m going to call him Buttons.”
Day No. 6:
“Today I’m really going out there,” said the Lord God. “And I know it won’t be popular at first, and you’re all gonna be saying, ‘Earth to Lord God,’ but in a few million years it’s going to be timeless. I’m going to design a man.”
And everyone looked upon the man that the Lord God designed.
“It has your eyes,” Zeus told the Lord God.
“Does it stack?” inquired Allah.
“It has a naïve, folk-artsy, I-made-it-myself vibe,” said Buddha. The Inca sun god, however, only scoffed. “Been there. Evolution,” he said. “It’s called a shaved monkey.”
“I like it,” protested Buddha. “But it can’t work a strapless dress.” Everyone agreed on this point, so the Lord God announced, “Well, what if I give it nice round breasts and lose the penis?”
“Yes,” the gods said immediately.
“Now it’s intelligent,” said Aphrodite.
“But what if I made it blond?” giggled the Lord God.
“And what if I made you a booming offscreen voice in a lot of bad movies?” asked Aphrodite.
Day No. 7:
“You know, I’m really feeling good about this whole intelligent-design deal,” said the Lord God. “But do you think that I could redo it, keeping the quality but making it at a price point we could all live with?”
Originally posted by coquetteIf intelligent design were true then God wouldn't have made creationists.
Does anyone else think that the existence of the Pontiac Aztec proves conclusively that concept of "Intelligent Design" is a hoax? Are there other "proofs" out there, for instance, I think that the modern television-media center that requires me to have five remote controls, none of which seem to work, and where I still have to get up to push a blue light ( ...[text shortened]... a twisted sense of humor. Right. I should be laughing, I suppose. Did I miss the joke?
Originally posted by coquettegood question. i just listened to john lennon, "working class hero".
Does anyone else think that the existence of the Pontiac Aztec proves conclusively that concept of "Intelligent Design" is a hoax? Are there other "proofs" out there, for instance, I think that the modern television-media center that requires me to have five remote controls, none of which seem to work, and where I still have to get up to push a blue light ( ...[text shortened]... a twisted sense of humor. Right. I should be laughing, I suppose. Did I miss the joke?
the answer may be in the lyrics:
"they keep you doped with religion, and sex, and tv,
and you think your so clever and classless and free, but youre still ******g peasants as far as i can see"
Originally posted by FabianFnasYou think creationism is divine, and so all musical scores created by
The main part of Intelligent Design is that the world is created intellignetly. This intelligence is not human, it has a divine origin. Hence it has nothing to do with science, because science doesn't deal with divinity.
Creationism is now called Inteligent Design because of political reasons. In some schools in US you can't teach Creationistm, som if ...[text shortened]...
I would gladly discuss Intelligenct Design, but only where it belongs - in Spiritual Forum.
humans make them divine? I think you are reaching here, to be
creative can be human not just divine, so if that is all you got I think
you should rethink your complaint. If ID does not have to deal with
the divine does that than make it science or do you have something
else that concerns you?
Kelly
Originally posted by eamon oThat is just a bash on religion, which has nothing to do with ID.
good question. i just listened to john lennon, "working class hero".
the answer may be in the lyrics:
"they keep you doped with religion, and sex, and tv,
and you think your so clever and classless and free, but youre still ******g peasants as far as i can see"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG7p6CSbCU
Kelly
Originally posted by FabianFnasI'll ask and again! Why are you calling it religion, what about ID
ID [b]is religion. Who would else be this Intelligence with Design? CIA?[/b]
makes it religion, creation of life in and of itself requires God? Man
has been trying to do that for how long, and if they ever pull it off do
they become gods? What about ID makes it relgion?
Kelly
Originally posted by KellyJayWhatever you call it, ID is certainly not science.
I'll ask and again! Why are you calling it religion, what about ID
makes it religion, creation of life in and of itself requires God? Man
has been trying to do that for how long, and if they ever pull it off do
they become gods? What about ID makes it relgion?
Kelly
I guess you can call it fiction.
However, the most common use of ID is to support the notion of god.
Supporting the notion of god through fiction - that's already 9/10 parts of the definition of religion, is it not? 😛
( That's the atheist take on this, at any rate)
Ok, now, seriously Creationism is a part of religion, right? ID is just Creationism with fancy words.
Originally posted by KellyJay(1) Intelligent Design is sprung from creationism. Creationism relies that the creation, as it is described in the bible, is true. So ID is dependant of that there is a religion behind it.
I'll ask and again! Why are you calling it religion, what about ID
makes it religion, creation of life in and of itself requires God? Man
has been trying to do that for how long, and if they ever pull it off do
they become gods? What about ID makes it relgion?
Kelly
(2) If a design is intelligent, and now we're talking about the design of universe and life and everything, it has to have something that have inteligence enough to have the capabilities of designing things. This is a supreme being, something before man. Therefore it is a supernaturural being of some kind. Some call it god, some call it somthing other, but it is not within science anyway. Ergo: religion.
(3) Intelligence Design cannot be a part of science because of the very nature of science iteslf, by the very definition of it. If it is above science, what else can it be, but religion?
(4) Religious people, not only christians, believes in Intelligent Design. No atheists believes in it. It is taught in churches, and by religious people. Therefore it is a part of religion.
So there are my reasons to call ID a religious phenomenon. It is my objective opinion, not my pejorative opinion.
Originally posted by KellyJayAll you need to do to see the religious connection to ID is look at its proponents: Michael Behe and William Dembski, check them out, they are the ones who foisted this BS on the world.
I'll ask and again! Why are you calling it religion, what about ID
makes it religion, creation of life in and of itself requires God? Man
has been trying to do that for how long, and if they ever pull it off do
they become gods? What about ID makes it relgion?
Kelly