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.”
Haldane was an incredibly based guy so this tracks.
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.
Ok but what about the beetles???
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.
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.
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.
God is such a dick
Oh you don’t want cancer?
Fine, I’ll make sure dolphins, whales and elephants have extremely low rates of cancer.
YOU’RE FUCKING WELCOME
Hmm what about a beetle that looks like cancer hmm yes truly this is a worthy creation
Don’t forget naked mole rats, who are literally immune to cancer.
He’s also a bit of a freak
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
