# antispore **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 11, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078 "2008-09-11T08:17:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/1 "2008-09-11T08:17:24Z")
real site or spoof? [http://antispore.com/](http://antispore.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/2 "2008-09-11T08:38:17Z")
> [@willthekittensurvive](#): > > real site or spoof? > [http://antispore.com/](http://antispore.com/) I know the guy who created it on another board. He’s called The Believer (actually he had his account merged with another called The Believer Returns after he came back from vacation… yeah). He reads like a parody, but then again, so do some of the people on this board on occasion. He’s over the top but believable, but only due to the fact that Jack Chick and the Phelps have a similar fervor. If I had to guess I’d say he and this website are a sort of strawman/satire, but don’t quote me on that. ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/3 "2008-09-12T00:09:05Z")
> [@antispore.com](#): > > But the Bible teaches us that God was not done with man. For we were His creation and He then spoke to Noah in Genesis 8:21-27 after the flood. > “21. The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. \*\*And never gonna give you up. 22. “Never gonna let you down.” 23.”Never gonna run around and desert you.” 24. “Never gonna make you cry.” 25. “Never gonna say goodbye.” 26. “Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.” \*\*27.”Never truly believe anything you read on the Internet. There will always be cases of Poe’s Law.” Dammit, now the _bible_ is Rickrolling us! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/4 "2008-09-12T00:11:05Z")
> [@sciguy](#): > > Dammit, now the _bible_ is Rickrolling us! That’s not right. I’m positive I saw a fundamentalist Christian protesting with a sign saying “GOD HATES FADS!” ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/5 "2008-09-12T00:57:42Z")
> [@CrazyHatesSporeWoman](#): > > Here we witness Will drag on about evolution and his game for a bit, bragging about using millions of people as unpaid slaves to create content for his game. This is hilarious all by itself. Yeah, I’m thinking parody. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/6 "2008-09-12T07:17:59Z")
> [@sciguy](#): > > Dammit, now the _bible_ is Rickrolling us! Well of course, God made everything perfect on the first try, including terrible internet memes! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/7 "2008-09-12T08:30:41Z")
Ha, I thought this was gonna be another pop at Spore’s DRM. I’m quite surprised at the lack of ‘anti-evolution’ backlash, actually. Although I suppose they’re not really the types to play computer games anyway. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/8 "2008-09-12T14:30:58Z")
> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#): > > I’m quite surprised at the lack of ‘anti-evolution’ backlash, actually. Although I suppose they’re not really the types to play computer games anyway. Well, creatures in _Spore_ don’t really “evolve”; they advance through you picking parts to design them the way you want. So while _Spore_ may claim evolution, it really supports intelligent design. (Or not-so-intelligent design, if you’ve seen some of the messes I’ve come up with…) ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/9 "2008-09-12T17:36:12Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#): > > Well, creatures in _Spore_ don’t really “evolve”; they advance through you picking parts to design them the way you want. So while _Spore_ may claim evolution, it really supports intelligent design. (Or not-so-intelligent design, if you’ve seen some of the messes I’ve come up with…) Well, there you go. That completely disproves intelligent design, then, because if we were intelligently designed, we would all look like penis monsters. ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/10 "2008-09-12T17:58:14Z")
> [@Stealth\_Potato](#): > > Well, there you go. That completely disproves intelligent design, then, because if we were intelligently designed, we would all look like penis monsters. I sure know I would. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/11 "2008-09-13T14:58:00Z")
> [@Stealth\_Potato](#): > > Well, there you go. That completely disproves intelligent design, then, because if we were intelligently designed, we would all look like penis monsters. Legend of the Overfiend! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/12 "2008-09-14T03:28:56Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I know the guy who created it on another board. He’s called The Believer (actually he had his account merged with another called The Believer Returns after he came back from vacation… yeah). He reads like a parody, but then again, so do some of the people on this board on occasion. He’s over the top but believable, but only due to the fact that **Jack Chick and the Phelps have a similar fervor**. If I had to guess I’d say he and this website are a sort of strawman/satire, but don’t quote me on that. I’m still not convinced that Jack Chick isn’t a spoof. Besides, doesn’t Spore teach Creationism? Nothing really ‘evolves’ in any sense of the world. They are all designed by a Creator (IOW you). ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antispore/463078/13 "2008-09-14T03:41:59Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I’m still not convinced that Jack Chick isn’t a spoof. Me neither, but I think if I just say “you know what? You’re right! I believe you” he may get bored and go away. 😉 > [@](#): > > Besides, doesn’t Spore teach Creationism? Nothing really ‘evolves’ in any sense of the world. They are all designed by a Creator (IOW you). Gawd, don’t you read the ramblings of the troll? 😃 > **[A front unto the Lord » I stand partially corrected.](https://antispore.com/2008/09/10/i-stand-partially-corrected/)** I somewhat agree with you, but it’s more like a mesh of Evolution and ID, I’d call it “Intelligent Design with limitations” such as DNA points which force you to make (somewhat) incremental changes, but that’s kind of a cop-out, I mostly agree with you.