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

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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/

[Hissyspit]

1. "an unproven fairly tale"

Typical asinine right-wing false reappropriation.

[Ferretherder]

2. Hey, hold on there! Don't you think it makes perfect sense?

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?

[beam me up scottie]

6. LOL!

Your name is teh awesome, btw!

[Ferretherder]

7. Thanks... (sigh)...

...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]

8. I hear you.

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

You should post more often.

[beam me up scottie]

4. Yep.

Troglodytes can't even come up with their own terminology.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Oh For Fuck's Sake.

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

[beam me up scottie]

5. That would be hilarious!

[Skittles]

58. STOP IT WARREN DEMONTAGUE

YER KILLING ME

[mnhtnbb]

9. What a hoot. My husband went on a fabulous National Geographic

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]

10. I am so jealous!

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

I love the picture too:

[mnhtnbb]

37. It was a fabulous trip for my husband. I did not go...

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]

38. I can imagine.

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]

40. We always have to hit the anthropology exhibits in museums when we travel.

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

[beam me up scottie]

41. Oh wow, what a beautiful museum!

[onager]

69. I heard Johanson lecture once...

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]

71. The Museums in Vienna are just amazing! We did not get to the

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.

[wolfie001]

11. They have to preach while they complain

Bunch of stupid winers. Boo fuckin' hoo!!!

[beam me up scottie]

12. Now Google is persecuting Christians!

When will it end?

[Ford_Prefect]

13. Damned Heathens!! First they attack Christmas. Then this abomination rises up on my screen.

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).

[beam me up scottie]

14. Next thing you know they'll use a Festivus Doodle!

[phantom power]

15. lol "I am changing search engines!" -- yeah, sure you are.

[beam me up scottie]

16. *outraged Christian Googles "how to change search engine"*

[Ford_Prefect]

19. Oh ye of little faith (sic)!

[gregcrawford]

17. I wondered how long it would take...

... 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.

[beam me up scottie]

18. When the Rapture happens I call dibs on a sports car and a beach house!

[gregcrawford]

22. Yeah!

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]

51. A sports car and a beach house?

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]

52. Drive the minvan to a dealer and pick one out.

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

Voila!

[Curmudgeoness]

54. You seem to have the impression

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.

[beam me up scottie]

57. Wishful thinking!

[Volaris]

32. Wouldn't that be awesome?

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]

45. "Let he who is without sin..."

... 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]

63. Nah, you got it wrong. I learned all about this in Sunday School.

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]

70. No they are True Christians(TM). They are just acting out the bad parts.

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

[Skittles]

59. it's the first thing I though when I saw it

OMG the idiots will be screaming about this

[Warren Stupidity]

20. Sorry, but something from nothing is just...dare I say...stupid.

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

[beam me up scottie]

21. I still can't get over "historical significance of Easter"

[skepticscott]

39. You mean like

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

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

[Fritz Walter]

23. Not Bing

They're switching to Yahoo.
How appropriate!

[beam me up scottie]

24. Right?

And thank God AOL doesn't use evolution doodles.

[rurallib]

25. dear theists

who made God?

[beam me up scottie]

28. Dear atheists: God said to tell you to shut up.

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

[Ferretherder]

36. But...but...God has always just....BEEN THERE!

...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]

26. If man came from apes, why are there still apes? Google me that!

huh? huh?

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

Thanks, BMUS.

[beam me up scottie]

29. You're welcome, mountain grammy!

Hope the traffic isn't too awful.

[Lordquinton]

53. I hope you have some time on your hands, strawman christian

[mdbl]

27. Ignorance is bliss

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.

[beam me up scottie]

31. I don't know, they don't sound very blissful.

More like they've got their undies in a bunch.

[Hoppy]

30. Now, don't you go listening to no talkin' snakes when you go outside today.

[beam me up scottie]

34. Talking snakes are the best kind.

Acid flashback!

[mak3cats]

33. The stupid is overwhelming (eom)

[beam me up scottie]

35. I wish it burned the stupid, not those who have to witness the stupid.

[NastyRiffraff]

42. As night follows day

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!

[beam me up scottie]

43. Sure, it's not mine, I found it with the help of the evil Google.

Great resource for memes.

[mr blur]

44. Brings home just how ignorant many 'Christians' are, doesn't it?

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

[beam me up scottie]

47. They just can't help themselves.

[restorefreedom]

46. sadly the first thought i had when i saw google

was that there would be a backlash

[beam me up scottie]

48. Me too.

And they didn't disappoint.

[restorefreedom]

50. they never do. nt

[Goblinmonger]

49. Bunch of fucking tittie babies

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.

[beam me up scottie]

62. Well said!

And I love the meme!

[Curmudgeoness]

55. "Your promoting a unproven fairytale."

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.

[beam me up scottie]

56. I love that one too!

It never gets old.

[AlbertCat]

60. Who's just not happy unless complaining about being persecuted?

You may submit your list after you google it.

[beam me up scottie]

61. Witches?

I know it's not witches but I wanted to post that clip.

[Iggo]

64. Good. That makes me very happy.

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

[beam me up scottie]

65. I got a good chuckle out of it.

Several in fact.

[Iggo]

66. By the way...

...I was #4 on that 0-7 thingy earlier today.

[beam me up scottie]

67. That was you? Awesome!

Tank you veddy much!

[Iggo]

68. .