# Intelligently Designed letter to the editor **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [January 28, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278 "2008-01-28T04:15:39Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm) #### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/1 "2008-01-28T04:15:39Z")
[I like this guy and want to subscribe to his newsletter.](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/letters/orl-le06_308jan06,0,1896306,print.story)šŸ˜ƒ ---
### Author: ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo) #### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/2 "2008-01-28T04:58:46Z")
Brilliant. ---
### Author: ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm) #### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/3 "2008-01-28T05:10:22Z")
[QUOTE=BlueKangaroo] Brilliant. [/QUOTE] I wonder how many Creationists wrote in agreeing with him? ---
### Author: ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan) #### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/4 "2008-01-28T05:16:34Z")
> [@letter to the editor](#): > > Moving on to more complex life forms, we have perhaps the single most remarkable example of ID: the incredible cockroach. This astonishing animal can live for a month without sustenance, exist on nutrients in the glue of postage stamps, and withstand radiation doses 10 to 15 times that of humans. > > Sadly, I must also express deep disappointment in the actions of my fellow men in regard to these life forms. We spend billions, nay trillions, of dollars concocting deadly chemical and biological agents to vanquish them. Who are we to destroy the creatures, which God, in His infinite wisdom, has chosen to design and create? Spoken like a man who believes in [Saint Gulik](http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/saint_gulik.html)! šŸ†’ ---
### Author: ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal) #### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/5 "2008-01-28T05:24:44Z")
Not to mention the amazing [parasitic worm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough#Religion_and_creationism) which God, in His infinite wisdom, has given a nice, comfortable place to live (ie, in a childā€™s eyeball). ---
### Author: ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott) #### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/6 "2008-01-28T05:39:54Z")
Why do we fight the obvious will of God? :smack: Why do we puny mortals believe we know more than God? Because we are wrong about the will of God, ---
### Author: ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister) #### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/7 "2008-01-28T06:20:26Z")
As Iā€™ve said before, whenever anyone talks about the wonders of the human body, Intelligent Design and so on, I have just 2 words for them - **Kidney Stone**!!! Ever had one? I have. :mad: The best way to describe it is ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!! ---
### Author: ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra) #### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/8 "2008-01-28T09:22:23Z")
Yes, because the fact that all of these are hard to kill and an inconvenience to us _proves_ that they werenā€™t intelligently designed. Brilliant! ---
### Author: ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott) #### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/9 "2008-01-28T17:22:04Z")
This dude takes a hard right turn into the cliff wall after espousing the remarkable cockroach. ---
### Author: ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright) #### Post date: [January 28, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/10 "2008-01-28T17:42:28Z")
I never realized there were other smart people in Orlando. ---
### Author: ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem) #### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/11 "2008-01-29T01:44:52Z")
If you Google ā€œHoward Elgison,ā€ youā€™ll get more of his wit. [http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:CAIT1zu\_VnAJ:www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread.php%3Ft%3D111905+"HOWARD+ELGISON"&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=24&gl=us](http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:CAIT1zu_VnAJ:www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread.php%3Ft%3D111905+%22HOWARD+ELGISON%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=24&gl=us) > [@](#): > > Editor > Based on the letters and editorials Iā€™ve read in your op-ed pages the past few weeks, it seems that I, a non-Christian, owe a major apology to the entire Christian community. On several occasions I used the dreaded phrase ā€œHappy Holidays, ā‚¬? not realizing how offensive and demeaning it is to Christians. > > Being an insensitive lout, I just couldnā€™t understand how these two seemingly innocuous words could pose such a serious threat to a religion that has been in existence for over two thousand years and claims nearly two billion followers. But it seems they do. > > Furthermore, again based on said letters and editorials, Christians are far and away the most persecuted group of people in America. I never realized this, apparently being fooled by the vast number of Christian churches, Christian schools, Christian radio and TV stations, Christian politicians, Christian businesses and the fact that there is a devout Christian in the White House. > > Yet somehow we non-Christians, comprising less than 20% of the population, have turned American Christians into veritable pariahs. Clearly, this is a terrible situation, and I, for one, will not rest until Christianity is as acceptable in this country as Wicca and paganism. > > In conclusion, I would like to reiterate my humblest apologies to the Christian community, and promise never ever to throw another Christian into the lionsā€™ denā€¦ except maybe for that pink-haired woman on TBN. ---
### Author: ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong) #### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/12 "2008-01-29T02:03:32Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Yes, because the fact that all of these are hard to kill and an inconvenience to us _proves_ that they werenā€™t intelligently designed. Brilliant! [/QUOTE] Seriously, _cancer_ was intelligently designed, then? Whatever the hell for? To help prop up the health care industry? ---
### Author: ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I) #### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/13 "2008-01-29T02:08:33Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] Seriously, _cancer_ was intelligently designed, then? Whatever the hell for? To help prop up the health care industry? [/QUOTE] Whooooooooooooooossshhhhhā€¦ ---
### Author: ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect) #### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/14 "2008-01-29T07:06:26Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] Whooooooooooooooossshhhhhā€¦ [/QUOTE] 'Fraid not. Iā€™m pretty sure **Malacandra** is actually an ardent Creation believer. ---
### Author: ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan) #### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/15 "2008-01-29T09:47:06Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] Seriously, _cancer_ was intelligently designed, then? Whatever the hell for? To help prop up the health care industry? [/QUOTE] Probably for the same reason males have their nutsacks on the outside of their body (instead of, you know, buried deep inside protected by a bunch of bone). ---
### Author: ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect) #### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/16 "2008-01-29T09:54:59Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Probably for the same reason males have their nutsacks on the outside of their body (instead of, you know, buried deep inside protected by a bunch of bone). [/QUOTE] HEY! Our Creator is a wise and intelligent white man and he angrily resents this blasphemy. Heā€™s totally smiting you RIGHT NOW. Are you smote yet? Cause heā€™s TOTALLY smiting you. ---
### Author: ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa) #### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/17 "2008-01-29T14:16:24Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Probably for the same reason males have their nutsacks on the outside of their body (instead of, you know, buried deep inside protected by a bunch of bone). [/QUOTE] Ahhā€¦but the temperature regulation, you seeā€¦ ---
### Author: ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles) #### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/18 "2008-01-29T14:53:01Z")
[QUOTE=auRa] [QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Probably for the same reason males have their nutsacks on the outside of their body (instead of, you know, buried deep inside protected by a bunch of bone). [/QUOTE] Ahhā€¦but the temperature regulation, you seeā€¦ [/QUOTE] They are also fun to play with, before and during the process of sending oneā€™s genetic material into a willing partner. Most of us actually do live long lives without serious damage to the testes. ---
### Author: ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr) #### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/19 "2008-01-29T15:21:39Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] As Iā€™ve said before, whenever anyone talks about the wonders of the human body, Intelligent Design and so on, I have just 2 words for them - **Kidney Stone**!!! Ever had one? I have. :mad: The best way to describe it is ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!! [/QUOTE] Yesā€¦ x4ā€¦ and NO, I donā€™t believe for a minute that my kidneys were designed to give me them, nor do I believe that I received them for some supernatural reason. ---
### Author: ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix) #### Post date: [January 29, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278/20 "2008-01-29T18:29:39Z")
Kind of like the banana argument put forward by Kirk Cameron. Just once I would like to see someone stand up and say, "OK, Kirk, Iā€™ve got one for you. Delicious, nutritious food inside, really hard to access, not so convenient to separate from the wrapper. Coconuts. Was the designer sleeping that day?ā€™ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligently-designed-letter-to-the-editor/435278.md?page=2)