Remember when we used to have creationists pop up in the comments here to spew stupid arguments and everyone would be wrangling over their inanities? They haven’t been coming by in recent years. I’d like to fantasize that we educated them all and they all learned the errors of their ways, but we know that’s not true. More likely, we have a reputation as an intensely hostile environment, and they migrated to occupy a more suitable niche.
But where?
I think I found them. Their new habitat is…Instagram.
Here’s a delightful little video, a guy doing a parody of Rage Against the Machine, changing they lyrics of “Killing in the Name” to explain how species change over time (sorry, I can’t imbed Instagram videos here, you’ll have to click on the link to see it). It’s short, it’s amusing. But it’s the comments that are amazing. I snipped out a small collection of the garbage posted there.
It’s funny how the upper echelons of biology, genetics, and evolutionists have disproved this. But the regular people and educational institutions haven’t caught on yet.
The fossil record doesn’t support the theory of evolution
Darwin has been debunked
But if all mammals came from fish, why are there still fish?
The laws of thermodynamics disprove evolution. Especially the second law.
But wait. Why are there still horses?
Interesting mix of micro evolution, a proven fact, with macro evolution, a long debunked theory
Evolution is a fun fantasy
Requires faith to believe we came from nothing, just like it requires faith to believe in God creating us. Fascinating the study abiogenesis, in the beginning, how it all could have started. I don’t have enough faith to believe we are one big accident, but that’s just me. 😉
we don’t evenadapt…we die if there is a 1 degree celsius difference from a country to another and u say we evolve? get outta here.
It’s an effen THEORY …
Christ is Lord
Brings up a good question about the ethics of fertility treatments and surrogacy. Some genes aren’t meant to be passed but we decided we’re going to force them down the line
Then explain this, why do monkeys and primates still exist if we EVOLVED from them.. would they have not died out? That sure is what the lyrics here imply, as well as the THEORY of evolution. Just admit, you dont have an answer for EVERYTHING.. Sorry.
Now do a song about how the fossil record is littered with evolutionary dead ends. Oh, wait…
The funniest part is there is no evidence of macro-evolution(monkeys to humans) but extensive evidence of micro-evolution(Darwins birds). God created all. Ecosystem factors created adaptations post creation.
Some of it might be sarcasm, like the “Why are there still…” comments. I didn’t include the sensible comments, like, “Imagine being a country that still has to explain evolutionism. I live 1km from the Vatican and NO ONE questions Darwin. Only ‘mmmurricah 😂” But it’s impressive how creationists have adapted by migrating to more favorable environments where they can double down on their folly.
I’m afraid to look at TikTok now.
I notice one of them snuck in some eugenics discourse, too.
Oh yeah? Well if creationists migrated to Instagram why are there still FTF comments?
If they exist on Instagram, come the singularity we may convonce them to upload and leave us biologicals alone.
Should be “convince”. I type the way the Swedish Cook talks.
I also think creationists have found newer and more exciting conspiracy theories to spend all their time promoting, like QAnon.
Yeah, the slow, dull creationists make the comments on Instagram, the vibrant exciting creationists are joining insurrectionists riots.
Have you checked Facebook?
I never go there so I wouldn’t know but Facebook is a swamp for wrong ideas.
X formerly known as Twitter? I never go there either because of the owner.
The creationists might have migrated to other fallacies. Geocentrism is always popular.
The Flat Earth theory is making a comeback.
Maybe they are concentrating on right wingnut politics.
That allows them to hate more, which is their favorite activity.
They can hate scientists, science, gays, Trans, women, nonwhites, immigrants, nonxians, Democrats, and the Federal government all in the same place.
A lot are hiding under the guise of Flat Earthers… they are like little swarms of fruit flies who pollute every post that mentions space exploration, Moon Landings or Antarctica.
I haven’t heard “why are there still fish” before. I assumed the answer – “because fish live in water” – was obvious enough even they wouldn’t touch it. I guess I learned something.
If people are descended from their parents, why are there still parents?
Clearly, everyone is an orphan and because their parents died at the birth of their first child, there have never been any younger siblings. Obviously, everyone is an orphan with no brothers or sisters except for twins.
Any adult taking a child to church is not a real parent. So they must be a kidnapper. So no kids can legally be brought to a church.
So did Jesus teach that he was not from a virgin birth, because he was brought to Mary by the stork? Just like all other people? Descent is impossible, and nobody is related to anybody, except to storks.
This Creationism is getting confusing! 🫤
It’s all sentences taken verbatim from Hovind et al. Frightenimg, I thought he had little influence being clearly a raving lunatic, but here we are.
I would have gone with died from covid.
There’s a considerable overlap in people who advocate crazy stories because they believe them, and those who like trolling. Sometimes the people don’t really know how much they are trolls and how much they are true believers.
@12– the case fatality rate of COVID is insufficient to explain it.
Why are there still fish? Well… Mr. Creationist, if your ancestors came over from Europe, then why are there still Europeans?
Oh they haven’t gone anywhere. The right is still solidly Creationist, they just realized that they need to obtain power first before the can start literally lining up evolutionary biologists in front of a firing squad. Best way to accomplish that is by appeal to the American center with racial resentment and capitalist greed, not calls for outright theocracy… yet.
For a while I followed a geology page on FB. YECs showed up fairly regularly (many also held this weird theory that every outcrop of columnar basalt was actually the petrified stump of a giant antedeluvian tree that was cut down by Biblical giants), but the mods were pretty quick with the banhammer once someone reported them. I sparred with one for a while; reminded me of Ye Olden Days on talk.origins. Speaking of which, apropos the cartoon: the whole t.o experience motivated me to read a lot of science (e.g. Gould) and later, philosophy (which led to a BA). So I suppose I have the creationists partially to thank for a 30 year, and continuing, intellectual journey (the other responsible parties include various Howlers).
There aren’t, Europe is completely empty – all pictures and videos of so-called “Europeans” are AI generated!