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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 07:48 PM
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The banana: "The atheist's nightmare!"
Ay yi yi yi yi..... :crazy:


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Note that the banana:

1. Is shaped for human hand
2. Has non-slip surface
3. Has outward indicators of inward content:
Green-too early,
Yellow-just right,
Black-too late.
4. Has a tab for removal of wrapper
5. Is perforated on wrapper
6. Bio-degradable wrapper
7. Is shaped for human mouth
8. Has a point at top for ease of entry
9. Is pleasing to taste buds
10. Is curved towards the face to make eating process easy

To say that the banana happened by accident is even more unintelligent than to say that no one designed the Coca Cola can.



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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 08:02 PM
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1. And the worst part is
Some people buy this argument. Good grief.
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 08:26 PM
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2. And then there's the platypus
j/k
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onager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-05 09:39 PM
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3. A Working Brain: The Fundie Nightmare
n/t
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-05 09:02 AM
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4. One problem with that banana crap...
The banana is more like a penis.

Is that their hidden message? Worship the sacred sperm?
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-05 12:40 PM
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5. Well, I'm convinced.
I'm goin' to put on my Sunday-go-to-meetin' clothes now.

Happy Savior on a Stick!
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-05 01:19 PM
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6. The banana is shaped for the human hand and mouth?
The fact that it fits doesn't mean it was designed to fit.
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fshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-05 01:25 PM
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7. So is the penis!
With a few differences. There sure is some very intelligent design at work there!
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-05 01:27 PM
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8. It fits OK in OTHER holes, too.
Do the Fundies approve THAT usage?

The Apple fits in the hand fairly well, too, as does the drumstick, leg of lamb, and the pork chop.
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gizmonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 06:08 PM
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12. And you know this HOW!?
Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 06:18 PM by gizmonic
:wow:

Not that there's anything wrong with that!:D


Edited for more smilies and mock outrage and horror :silly:
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opiate69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-05 04:20 PM
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9. HAHAHAHA!!!
10. Is curved towards the face to make eating process easy


Well, yeah.. unless you, ya know, turn it 180 degrees...
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politicat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-05 06:20 PM
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10. Okay, considering a few facts about the plant....
That it is the oldest cultivated fruit (probably prehistoric), that it has no woody parts, and that it obviously underwent breeding modification from the earliest point in which it entered agriculture (the 300 wild banana species are non-edible, full of seeds, and pollinated by bats) leans far more toward a human development of the "yellow smile" most people love than a divine one. (A google search pulled these up by looking for "banana history" and "wild Banana" )

It is impossible to find archeological evidence of bananas because they're herbs, not woody plants. So there are no potential records to look for, unlike apples, almonds and other fruits and nuts.

That's like saying corn is proof of divine intervention because Meso-Americans spent 3-5000 years breeding it to get from a thumb-sized cob to one 5 inches long, and another 600 years to get it to today's 12 inches.

Sorry, I can go into the supermarket and find hundreds of examples of "divine intervention" in foods... or hundreds of examples of genetic manipulation, scientific understanding and progress.
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gizmonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 06:05 PM
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11. "10. Is curved towards the face to make eating process easy"
What if you hold it the wrong way -- it may go up your nostrils! Did God think of that?

*Sigh* I wish He had made all food curved for EZ eating.:sarcasm:
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 06:46 PM
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13. Coconuts are a real pain in the ass to eat. Who's responsible for that?
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:31 PM
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14. I can't tell if they're talking about a banana or a penis.
"1. Is shaped for human hand"

"2. Has non-slip surface"

"8. Has a point at top for ease of entry"

"7. Is shaped for human mouth"

"10. Is curved towards the face to make eating process easy"
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 07:38 PM
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15. You forgot 9. Is pleasing to taste buds.
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opiate69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 08:39 PM
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16. Well, then, it's definitely penis, right ladies? ;)
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