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beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 05:21 AM Nov 2015

Christians on Twitter Are Complaining About Today’s Evolution Google Doodle

Christians on Twitter Are Complaining About Today’s Evolution Google Doodle
November 24, 2015 by Hemant Mehta

If you’ve been on Google today, then you’ve seen the doodle marking the 41st anniversary of the discovery of Lucy, a set of fossils that helped us understand our species’ own origins:




As predicted yesterday, some Christians on Twitter are already complaining about how this is some sort of assault on their faith:


Ruthie Johnson @dougswife82

@google my web page shows google in evolution form. Gtbkm! What do you think are we are evolving to? I am changing search engines! OFFENDED


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Brad Fairchild @braddog8

Today is boycott Google Day for me due to their evolution theme. Sorry, but something from nothing is just...dare I say...stupid.
8:09 AM - 24 Nov 2015


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Google no thanks for the evolution banner. Your promoting a unproven fairytale. The truth is GOD created the heavens and the earth.

— aaron Paul (@aaarrrooonnn) November 24, 2015


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Joe Cortez II @joecortezii

Don't believe today's @Google #doodle You were #created by God & made in His #image https://answersingenesis.org/human-evolution/lucy/ … #truth #lucy
7:12 AM - 24 Nov 2015


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Google displaying ape to man evolution. If man came from ape – why are there still apes? Do not be deceived. God made us in His image.

— A TRUE STORY (@AOverit) November 24, 2015


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William Burr @TruthfromChrist

Shame on #google for their logo today. There is no evidence to support evolution of apes to man. Darwin even said it was a stupid theory.
9:02 AM - 24 Nov 2015


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Denise Lopez @D_Lo122

Google's main page is ridiculous. We can showcase something as ridiculous as evolution, but not Christianity. Great🙄 pic.twitter.com/F7uLDgcOxA
8:29 AM - 24 Nov 2015


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Mike Doyle @MikeDoyleJr

@google Funny how the main Google image today is the evolution of humans from monkeys. If that was a cross, world would be up in arms. Shame
9:17 AM - 24 Nov 2015


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I love how Google can have a "doodle" celebrating evolution, but they can't have one celebrating the historical significance of Easter…

— Patrick (@Patrick1392) November 24, 2015



About that last one, Google has done an Easter doodle. But that would require a few seconds of, you know, Googling.
For all their complaints, though, I promise you none of those people are about to switch over to Bing.


http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/11/24/christians-on-twitter-are-complaining-about-todays-evolution-google-doodle/






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Christians on Twitter Are Complaining About Today’s Evolution Google Doodle (Original Post) beam me up scottie Nov 2015 OP
"an unproven fairly tale" Hissyspit Nov 2015 #1
Hey, hold on there! Don't you think it makes perfect sense? Ferretherder Nov 2015 #2
LOL! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #6
Thanks... (sigh)... Ferretherder Nov 2015 #7
I hear you. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #8
Yep. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #4
Oh For Fuck's Sake. Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #3
That would be hilarious! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #5
STOP IT WARREN DEMONTAGUE Skittles Nov 2015 #58
What a hoot. My husband went on a fabulous National Geographic mnhtnbb Nov 2015 #9
I am so jealous! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #10
It was a fabulous trip for my husband. I did not go... mnhtnbb Nov 2015 #37
I can imagine. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #38
We always have to hit the anthropology exhibits in museums when we travel. mnhtnbb Nov 2015 #40
Oh wow, what a beautiful museum! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #41
I heard Johanson lecture once... onager Nov 2015 #69
The Museums in Vienna are just amazing! We did not get to the mnhtnbb Nov 2015 #71
They have to preach while they complain wolfie001 Nov 2015 #11
Now Google is persecuting Christians! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #12
Damned Heathens!! First they attack Christmas. Then this abomination rises up on my screen. Ford_Prefect Nov 2015 #13
Next thing you know they'll use a Festivus Doodle! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #14
lol "I am changing search engines!" -- yeah, sure you are. phantom power Nov 2015 #15
*outraged Christian Googles "how to change search engine"* beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #16
Oh ye of little faith (sic)! Ford_Prefect Nov 2015 #19
I wondered how long it would take... gregcrawford Nov 2015 #17
When the Rapture happens I call dibs on a sports car and a beach house! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #18
Yeah! gregcrawford Nov 2015 #22
A sports car and a beach house? deucemagnet Nov 2015 #51
Drive the minvan to a dealer and pick one out. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #52
You seem to have the impression Curmudgeoness Nov 2015 #54
Wishful thinking! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #57
Wouldn't that be awesome? Volaris Nov 2015 #32
"Let he who is without sin..." gregcrawford Nov 2015 #45
Nah, you got it wrong. I learned all about this in Sunday School. Mariana Nov 2015 #63
No they are True Christians(TM). They are just acting out the bad parts. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2015 #70
it's the first thing I though when I saw it Skittles Nov 2015 #59
Sorry, but something from nothing is just...dare I say...stupid. Warren Stupidity Nov 2015 #20
I still can't get over "historical significance of Easter" beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #21
You mean like skepticscott Nov 2015 #39
Not Bing Fritz Walter Nov 2015 #23
Right? beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #24
dear theists rurallib Nov 2015 #25
Dear atheists: God said to tell you to shut up. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #28
But...but...God has always just....BEEN THERE! Ferretherder Nov 2015 #36
If man came from apes, why are there still apes? Google me that! mountain grammy Nov 2015 #26
You're welcome, mountain grammy! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #29
I hope you have some time on your hands, strawman christian Lordquinton Nov 2015 #53
Ignorance is bliss mdbl Nov 2015 #27
I don't know, they don't sound very blissful. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #31
Now, don't you go listening to no talkin' snakes when you go outside today. Hoppy Nov 2015 #30
Talking snakes are the best kind. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #34
The stupid is overwhelming (eom) mak3cats Nov 2015 #33
I wish it burned the stupid, not those who have to witness the stupid. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #35
As night follows day NastyRiffraff Nov 2015 #42
Sure, it's not mine, I found it with the help of the evil Google. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #43
Brings home just how ignorant many 'Christians' are, doesn't it? mr blur Nov 2015 #44
They just can't help themselves. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #47
sadly the first thought i had when i saw google restorefreedom Nov 2015 #46
Me too. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #48
they never do. nt restorefreedom Nov 2015 #50
Bunch of fucking tittie babies Goblinmonger Nov 2015 #49
Well said! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #62
"Your promoting a unproven fairytale." Curmudgeoness Nov 2015 #55
I love that one too! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #56
Who's just not happy unless complaining about being persecuted? AlbertCat Nov 2015 #60
Witches? beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #61
Good. That makes me very happy. Iggo Nov 2015 #64
I got a good chuckle out of it. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #65
By the way... Iggo Nov 2015 #66
That was you? Awesome! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #67
. Iggo Nov 2015 #68

Ferretherder

(1,447 posts)
2. Hey, hold on there! Don't you think it makes perfect sense?
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 06:18 AM
Nov 2015

Think about it - the big bearded guy living in the clouds (with whom this person speaks daily, mind you) told them, via mental telepathy ('cause actually hearing a disembodied voice talking to you is just plain nuts!) that the theory of evolution was just an evil 'fairy-tail', and all you've done is read about this so called 'theory' of yours...nobody has actually TOLD you, to your head, anything...you just read about it...in some book or something.

...see?

Ferretherder

(1,447 posts)
7. Thanks... (sigh)...
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 06:44 AM
Nov 2015

...I don't actually have any ferrets to herd, anymore, 'cause they only live about 5 to 7 years, if you're lucky, and it just ripped my heart out every time one of the little suckers passed, so.......well......too much scar tissue on the left, upper part of my torso, ya' know.

...great name, yourself.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
8. I hear you.
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 06:46 AM
Nov 2015

I've never really gotten over losing any of my animals, they're family.

You should post more often.



Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
3. Oh For Fuck's Sake.
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 06:26 AM
Nov 2015

I like that bit about "The Historical Significance of Easter", though. Yeah, dude, let's go with that!


mnhtnbb

(32,066 posts)
9. What a hoot. My husband went on a fabulous National Geographic
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 06:46 AM
Nov 2015

trip escorted several years ago by Donald Johanson--the paleontologist who discovered Lucy--that followed
the history of Man in Africa. My husband has always been fascinated
by the evolutionary history of Man and he was thrilled both with getting to know Johanson
and his very small group of fellow travelers.

It's tough giving up fairy tales and myth written several thousand years ago by people
with limited knowledge and a definite agenda to empower ruling class men, demean women, and
keep slaves in their place.

This was the trip--although I notice it is no longer being offered.
http://www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/expeditions/human-origins-safari/detail

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
10. I am so jealous!
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:02 AM
Nov 2015

That sounds like the trip of a lifetime, shame it's not available anymore.

I love the picture too:



mnhtnbb

(32,066 posts)
37. It was a fabulous trip for my husband. I did not go...
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:57 AM
Nov 2015

both because it was pretty pricey and just not my cup of tea.

He is still talking about it. Still in touch with some of his travel mates from
the trip. Still fascinated with the new finds coming out of Africa.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
38. I can imagine.
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:02 AM
Nov 2015

On my way up the east coast by Amtrak I had a one day layover in DC so if course I hit the Smithsonian. First stop: anthropology exhibit:


mnhtnbb

(32,066 posts)
40. We always have to hit the anthropology exhibits in museums when we travel.
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:22 AM
Nov 2015

The Natural History Museum in Vienna has a wonderful anthro exhibit--best I've ever seen.
I did not get any good photos, but they have some excellent photos on their website. They have
what they call a "morphing station" --developed in cooperation with the Smithsonian--where visitors
can take photos of themselves as a prehistoric man or woman. The wait was too long, so we didn't do it!


http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en/exhibitions/permanent_exhibitions/mezzanine_level/hall_14-15_anthropology

onager

(9,356 posts)
69. I heard Johanson lecture once...
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 06:40 PM
Nov 2015

At Cal Tech in Pasadena. A Skeptics Society meetup.

If the Cretinists were butt-hurt by the Google banner, they should have heard what Johanson has to say about them in public. It ain't "Merry War on Xmas," that's for sure. Yes, he was a great speaker and came across as a very nice guy.

A few years ago I spent my birthday in Vienna museums. (And a couple other days as well!) Have to admit that I probably spent the most time in the Technical Museum.

Bad Centennial On-Topic: Among the interesting displays there - the car in which Franz Ferdinand and his wife were riding when they were killed in Sarajevo in 1914. And the blood-stained jacket he was wearing. In fact, a whole room full of assassination memorabilia, including Prinzip's pistol. Very interesting but sort of...creepy. And in the basement, some gigantic Krupp cannon! And a cutaway U-boat!

Dept. of Weird & Useless Trivia: famous Austrian U-boat commanders in WWI included one guy who became famous much later and for different reasons - Georg von Trapp of the "Sound of Mucus" family.

mnhtnbb

(32,066 posts)
71. The Museums in Vienna are just amazing! We did not get to the
Fri Nov 27, 2015, 06:01 AM
Nov 2015

Technical one--yes, that would have been a creepy exhibit!--can you imagine if
JFK's assassination memorabilia were on display here? Huh. We were there for a week
but I get 'museumed out' now and can really only handle about two hours at a time
before I want to get outside and do something else. We were fortunate to have
excellent weather when we were there so I spent a lot of time just wandering
around taking photos.

Did you ever see the movie, Museum Hours? Set in the Kunsthistorisches Art Museum.

My husband said that Johanson was quite personable. However, there is apparently
quite a competition between various paleontologists--all wanting to date their
latest 'find' the oldest--and Johanson was fairly critical of some of the more recent
finds.

Any creationist who stumbled on the anthro exhibit in Vienna would definitely have
what little mind he has left have it blown away. It really was
an excellent exhibit.

Ford_Prefect

(8,202 posts)
13. Damned Heathens!! First they attack Christmas. Then this abomination rises up on my screen.
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:32 AM
Nov 2015

Don't go messing with powers ye understand not for verily they will smite ye!

Apes belong in the forest, not our family tree (although we have some doubts about uncle Jeremiah).




gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
17. I wondered how long it would take...
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:39 AM
Nov 2015

... for the sanctimonious skid marks to slither out of their swamp and whine about being victimized by a cartoon and the dreaded >gasp!< FACTS! But weak minds require magical thinking to reduce a complex world to simplistic concepts they can comprehend.

I wish the Rapture was real so we could be rid of these twits.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
22. Yeah!
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:52 AM
Nov 2015

There's gonna be swag and bling all over the place!

All those mega-church preachers will be saying, "Wait! What do you mean, I can't take my Rolls and my jets?"

deucemagnet

(4,549 posts)
51. A sports car and a beach house?
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 04:38 PM
Nov 2015

Around here I'd be lucky to score a 3 bedroom home and a mini-van with a Jesus fish on it. I really need to move near some affluent Christians before the rapture.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
52. Drive the minvan to a dealer and pick one out.
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 04:43 PM
Nov 2015

With all the loot left behind you can hire a pilot to fly you to the beach.

Voila!

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
54. You seem to have the impression
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:34 PM
Nov 2015

that most of these wonderful "Christians" will be Raptured.

What if there was a Rapture, and nobody came? That is what I expect to happen.

Volaris

(10,599 posts)
32. Wouldn't that be awesome?
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:16 AM
Nov 2015

Problem is, since most of them are guilty of practicing a near complete corruption of what Christianity is supposed to be, they won't be going anywhere anyway.
In fact, so many of them are the sinners they claim to despise as far as were concerned, the rapture probably happened YESTERDAY, and all the sinners are just still here.
I'll cop to it, and I would bet you would, as well=) , we're smart that way.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
45. "Let he who is without sin..."
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 11:03 AM
Nov 2015

... I'm fresh out of stones to throw. Besides, I'm too old and slow to commit the fun ones anymore, but baby, I got me some MEMORIES!

Mariana

(15,120 posts)
63. Nah, you got it wrong. I learned all about this in Sunday School.
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 02:40 PM
Nov 2015

All you gotta do to get raptured is BELIEVE in the bullshit. You don't have to follow any rules or change any behavior. If you BELIEVE, you're golden. All those sins are forgiven, remember?

Besides, how do you know what Christianity is supposed to be or which of its practitioners are completely corrupting it?

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
70. No they are True Christians(TM). They are just acting out the bad parts.
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 08:17 PM
Nov 2015

The parts that all Christians ignore when I ask them to explain.

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
20. Sorry, but something from nothing is just...dare I say...stupid.
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:49 AM
Nov 2015

Arghh. Silly theist, wrong talking point. Evolution has nothing to do with the creation of the universe.

 

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)
39. You mean like
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:13 AM
Nov 2015

god from nothing? Yeah, right...crazy idea.

What's that? God was always here? Hey, the universe was always here. Next Case

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
28. Dear atheists: God said to tell you to shut up.
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:14 AM
Nov 2015

Remember what I did to Adam and Eve when they asked questions.


Ferretherder

(1,447 posts)
36. But...but...God has always just....BEEN THERE!
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:30 AM
Nov 2015

...but, the Big Bang, well, THAT couldn't have just happened out of nowhere! Things don't just, you know, HAPPEN...out of nothing!

God, well hey, that's another matter! He's just, you know,...always been there! It makes perfect sense - nothing was before God!
Anyway, it's in the Bible, so, need I say more?

(Then, smog christian slaps his hands together, as if dusting them off, sticks his chin out and walks away triumphantly!...leaving you in his junior high debate team dust!)

mountain grammy

(27,277 posts)
26. If man came from apes, why are there still apes? Google me that!
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:12 AM
Nov 2015

huh? huh?

Have to go to the city today.. traffic will be awful. This post will keep me grinning through it all.

Thanks, BMUS.

mdbl

(5,488 posts)
27. Ignorance is bliss
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:13 AM
Nov 2015

until you have to face facts. Then ignorance either turns into understanding, or it turns into denial and more ignorance. Those posts are a good example.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
42. As night follows day
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:39 AM
Nov 2015

Some Christians will be offended when their closed minds are challenged. This was completely predictable; I knew it was coming when I saw the Google banner.

Hey, can I steal the "from dirt" question? Love it!

 

mr blur

(7,753 posts)
44. Brings home just how ignorant many 'Christians' are, doesn't it?
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 10:59 AM
Nov 2015

As if believing some childish fantasy means that you never have to think ever again.

 

Goblinmonger

(22,340 posts)
49. Bunch of fucking tittie babies
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 12:16 PM
Nov 2015

I mean, seriously. They live in a country where Jesus and God are shoved in our damn faces multiple times every day whether we believe in it or not. But Google does something that you don't believe in because your are an ignorant fuck and you have to go out of your way to bitch about that?

Kiss my ass, fragile Christians, you need to start worshiping a god that isn't so weak sauce as this. I would recommend Thor.



And because I'm sure our local nanny who has nothing better to do on DU because he is on forced vacation will likely alert on this an lie about the title, "tittie babies" isn't a sexist term. It's about babies that cry because they need comfort all the time.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
55. "Your promoting a unproven fairytale."
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:39 PM
Nov 2015

Sorry that you couldn't get an education, aaron Paul. The first problem with your statement is that it is not "your" but should be "you're". And that isn't the dumbest thing you said.

And BMUS, I just adore the meme! I can't stop laughing.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
60. Who's just not happy unless complaining about being persecuted?
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 11:42 PM
Nov 2015

You may submit your list after you google it.

Iggo

(48,271 posts)
64. Good. That makes me very happy.
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 06:34 PM
Nov 2015

The more they complain, the more light is shed on their lack of faith in their own bullshit.

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