Sunday, April 08, 2007

ironies of a divine banana.

atheist's nightmare?


Ironic that God, in all His supposed power and supremacy, would send proof of His existence to Earth in the form of a fruit that not everybody likes. Would it be blasphemy for a Christian to think bananas taste terrible?

Ironic that God's fruit also happens to be the treat of choice for chimpanzees. Those little guys can enjoy a banana on as many levels as a human can; the ergonomic shape, the "tab", etc. But evolution is, of course, a ridiculous concept. Of course.

Ironic that God would make his perfect fruit so undeniably phallic, as if to taunt man and his repressed, shunned sexuality. It's like teaching your kids all about how terrible the Nazis were and then baking them a bunch of swastika-shaped cookies.

Ironic that God wouldn't standardize his flawless fruit. Here's a wild banana, and it doesn't look quite as appetizing:


Ironic that God would also create the world's deadliest spider to hide among banana bunches and bite unsuspecting Brazilian farmers.

Ironic still that for thousands of years native peoples happily ate bananas while worshipping their own deities. ...That is, up until foreign conquistadors came and slaughtered them in the name of God. I guess they really wanted those bananas.


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