LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Sir David Attenborough has revealed that he receives hate mail from viewers for failing to credit God in his documentaries. In an interview with this week’s 'Radio Times' about his latest documentary, on Charles Darwin and natural selection, the broadcaster said: “They tell me to burn in hell and good riddance.” Telling the magazine that he was asked why he did not give “credit” to God, Attenborough added: “They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diddimz Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Sir David Attenborough has revealed that he receives hate mail from viewers for failing to credit God in his documentaries. In an interview with this week’s 'Radio Times' about his latest documentary, on Charles Darwin and natural selection, the broadcaster said: “They tell me to burn in hell and good riddance.” Telling the magazine that he was asked why he did not give “credit” to God, Attenborough added: “They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator.” Maybe God just doesn't like Africans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 But then god is not the devine benevolent creator if he dislikes something he created.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diddimz Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 But then god is not the devine benevolent creator if he dislikes something he created.... Who knows, he may be an asshole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Although I'm no fan of Dawkins and his preaching, in the case of a nature programme, it should be possible to just admire a creature based on what it is, and what we see. Attenborough's programmes are completely impartial in that respect, allowing the audience to convey their own beliefs into what they see without the narration needing to mention it. It's just an example of stupid people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbob Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Although I'm no fan of Dawkins and his preaching, in the case of a nature programme, it should be possible to just admire a creature based on what it is, and what we see. Attenborough's programmes are completely impartial in that respect, allowing the audience to convey their own beliefs into what they see without the narration needing to mention it. It's just an example of stupid people. I maybe wrong but Sir David goes on alot about evolution - although with no dogmatic pretense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingkerouac Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Fuck the Godists. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 So the bbc is not being impartial representing both sides of a story... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Bee Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 You don't need to report both sides of an argument to be impartial. It's an utter fallacy, propagated by the lunatic fringe (and the BBC manage to fall for it all of the time). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I read a response to his brain worm line which said that the parasites were created by God after the fall as part of his punishment - their lunacy knows no bounds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Why is it that we always hear about these crazies through newspapers' Letters pages and blogs? I'm glad I have never come across nutters like these in real life. Or maybe they are only this vocal anonymously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edd Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Why is it that we always hear about these crazies through newspapers' Letters pages and blogs? I'm glad I have never come across nutters like these in real life. Or maybe they are only this vocal anonymously. They've been too busy running America Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I maybe wrong but Sir David goes on alot about evolution - although with no dogmatic pretense. Because without evolution, nothing makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 So the bbc is not being impartial representing both sides of a story... As if science was equivalent to party politics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbob Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I maybe wrong but Sir David goes on alot about evolution - although with no dogmatic pretense. Because without evolution, nothing makes sense. Ok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 So the bbc is not being impartial representing both sides of a story... As if science was equivalent to party politics. To some people it is, and you could just as easily say people suffering is not equivalent to people suffering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 What he meant, quite correctly is that some people think science is an opinion (like politics). It is not. it is about sustainable facts. Only creationists think science is an opinion but they are fuckwits anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Telling the magazine that he was asked why he did not give credit to God, Attenborough added: They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. All things dull and ugly, All creatures short and squat, All things rude and nasty, The Lord God made the lot; Each little snake that poisons, Each little wasp that stings, He made their brutish venom, He made their horrid wings. All things sick and cancerous, All evil great and small, All things foul and dangerous, The Lord God made them all. Each nasty little hornet, Each beastly little squid. Who made the spikey urchin? Who made the sharks? He did. All things scabbed and ulcerous, All pox both great and small. Putrid, foul and gangrenous, The Lord God made them all. -- Monty Python's Flying Circus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 All things dull and ugly, All creatures short and squat, All things rude and nasty, The Lord God made the lot; Each little snake that poisons, Each little wasp that stings, He made their brutish venom, He made their horrid wings. All things sick and cancerous, All evil great and small, All things foul and dangerous, The Lord God made them all. Each nasty little hornet, Each beastly little squid. Who made the spikey urchin? Who made the sharks? He did. All things scabbed and ulcerous, All pox both great and small. Putrid, foul and gangrenous, The Lord God made them all. -- Monty Python's Flying Circus Fantastic! I'd not heard that before. I love it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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