Creationism vs Evolution, Limerick Style

wroth · 7 months

if you think evolution has direction,

then I think I should offer a correction.

The tuning's not fine;

what you see as divine,

is quite simply, natural selection.

wroth · 7 months

If there's not enough proof to accept it,

but you can't provide more to reject it,

since there'll always be gaps

then instead, say, perhaps,

"I don't know " instead of "God effects it!"

fuzzymechy · 7 months

while i think that there might be a god,

i find creation theory quite odd

it seems that the pious

have confirmation bias

and will prop up a theory that's fraud

(by the way, OP, you're awesome for making this a little more interesting)

enum · 7 months

If I were to tell you with mirth,
a kettle, did circle the Earth.
Would you then say,
without quips or fray,
that my evidence lacks some worth?

MadeOfStarStuff · 7 months

Science aimed to explain  
what caused clouds to rain  
    it did no good  
    to say you could  
explain it as God's campaign

starien · 7 months

Dismiss this because of my youth,

The idea is likely uncouth,

But we haven't a fact,

Nor the research to back

Any theory to dare call it "truth."

I know that I'm in the wrong place,

My apologies for the deface,

But we've got greater fish

To be fried in this dish

Than to care how we entered this space.

Instead of disputing our start,

We should pledge every person and heart

To simply be nice

And to never think twice

About helping and doing our part.

Talesin_BatBat · 7 months

A Creationist said 'God of course,

let a mule be born from a horse.'

love the power unknown

His miracles are shown

and must NEVER be questioned, but enforced.

in true Atheist fashion

lest facts be overwhelmed by passion

Herbert did sigh

insisting the lie

set forth by the book he was trashin'.

Now these two happened to meet

out in the square of the street

outrage from both sides

divided their tribes;

learned against faith took their feet

yet nothing will change minds any less;

a shouting match just making a mess

people dig in

proving THEIR win

eager to validate that for which they obsess

now if your mind you want to unfetter

desiring to make oneself better

appease noble need

go back and re-read

each line and take just the first letter.

[deleted] · 7 months

This thread is the best I have read, 
I suggest taking these ideas to head,
Reading this argument,
Has made me quite somnolent,
Now off I will head to my bed.

Algernon_Asimov · 7 months

And, here's one we prepared earlier!

Seriously, I wrote this in another internet forum about a year ago. The theists and the atheists in that group were getting quite agitated. Then one of them turned to limericks (yes, we were that kind of a group!). Then another. So I add my two cents' worth:

Common ground?

‘Tween believers and atheists, I’ve found

that there really is no common ground.

What one calls good sense

is the other’s nonsense,

and the debate just goes round and round.

...

In discussion, I once asked he

who I was debating to point out to me

his proof of a God.

His reply was quite odd:

“The proof there’s a God is that tree.”

...

I sat there considering the proof

but I could not agree it was sooth.

I was really quite shocked

at this statement, it rocked

my whole perception of truth.

...

Here were both of us sharing this world,

and seeing the same tree he’d offered.

Yet where I saw mere fact,

he saw God in each act.

It stunned me beyond any words.

...

Our perceptions of reality

are shaped by our beliefs, don’t you see?

So, there’s really no point

getting all out of joint

when neither side can ever agree.

...

In conclusion, I’d like to point out

to those of you in any doubt:

this story, you see,

really happened to me.

Every word is true, all throughout.

...

It opened my mind to the ways

that our beliefs imbue all our days

with our own modes of thinkin’,

so there’s no hope of linkin’

the sayers of “Aye” with the “Nays”.

rashtastic · 7 months

This was a great thing to do.
My stupidity would have shone through
    had this been my thread
    'cause I would have said,
"And now we all write in haiku!"

CyraEm · 7 months

 I believe that our God is a potter
 Who works not in clay but saltwater.
    What Darwin describes
    Is what God has prescribed.
  As a primate, I'm proudly God's daughter.

  He started with empty, black, distance.
  On this plane He brought us to existence.
    What God spoke into light,
    So blinding and bright,
  Was the Big Bang. Piece de resistance.

wazzel2u · 7 months

There once was a Christian from school. He denied that we evolved from a pool. He said science was bunk it was by God he had thunk. Until he needed medicine then it was cool.

everred · 7 months

The problem with claiming that God
Made everything you see as odd
is that you cannot prove
'twas Jehovah's daft move
'stead of some other fellow named Zod.

rlaw68 · 7 months

That first day was dark as the night

'Til God said "Let there be light"

But literal folks,

This must be a joke:

For the sun was nowhere in sight.

In fact, it took three more days

Until the warmth of its rays

Were conjured to set matters right.

Or so says the Bible

Which we know is reliable:

It needs only its own self to cite.

Gryndyl · 7 months

In studying things thought mythologic

(and to the religions, quite tragic)

science has rendered humdrum

thousands of conundrums

and the answer has NEVER been magic.

argeaux · 7 months

It seems you reside in the gaps,
Claiming exceptions as facts,
When reality doesn't sync
With your collection of ink
You have an intellect lapse.

Yes evolution's a "theory",
An ongoing scientific inquiry.
But unlike creation,
requiring mental sedation;
Reality fits with it clearly.

KAMalosh · 7 months

You're correct that evolution's a theory

But I'm beginning to grow very weary

of people who think this

makes it a hypothesis

and don't understand the term, clearly

Poogy · 7 months

I once clicked a link most exciting,

where I saw opinions dividing.

But defending one's book

with faith so unshook,

means science won't change the abiding.

bradwasheresoyeah · 7 months

I once believed in fate

Until a saw a debate

Mutated lizards

Verses grumpy sky wizards

A little evidence is great

iamwearingashirt · 7 months

from what i've read so far
this is an origin debate much above par
i'm happy to have read it
here on the site reddit
so keep up the good work in this word spar

(note: how do i make each sentence appear on a new line) (edit: fixed it, thanks)

Eelis- · 7 months

When man, his nature he finally knew
Not proud, but frightened he grew!
  Reject it he did
  Would not believe it,
His fault befitting primordial goo.

(Did I mention that as an added challenge I made it told by Yoda?)

bradwasheresoyeah · 7 months

There once was a sky monster named Grupp

Who pored the world out from a cup

Call that absurd?

Without science's word

We just end up making crap up

itp757 · 7 months

people who believe in creation;
probably look down on masturbation;
so if you're here;
i hate to break to you dear;
the internet shouldn't be your destination

[deleted] · 7 months

Evolution has many gaps you say

And what might those be, pray

In books, scientific journals and museums

you may find the comprehensive evidence

if you bother to read or leave your residence

[deleted] · 7 months

Your cult was invented by saps

Your bible is quite full of crap

Your religion a manacle,

Your lord quite tyrannical

A laughable god of the gaps.

pinballwizard420 · 7 months

All of you shut your mouths tight,

Nobodys converting tonight,

All minds are made up

So you'll find them quite shut

It's an uphill, impossible fight.

Human psychology proves it

Belief is just too strong to lose it

People will look

For the fact or the book

That best confirms bias and use it

The faithful need not fact or reason

For typically these are not pleasin'

To throw you a bone

They must change on their own

Learning facts because critics are heathens.

horseyhorseyhorsey · 7 months

there once was a scientist called frank

who wasn't terribly good at limericks.

he challenged the existing rules

put forward mostly by religious fools

and won the nobel prize for phys-er-ics.

Helen_A_Handbasket · 7 months

Here's the creationist version:

God god god god god god god god

god god god god god god god god.

God god god god god

God god god god god god god god!

TheContrarian2 · 7 months

From "nothing" the universe dawned.

From "nothing" new life was then spawned.

When something from "nothing"

is taught by the left wing

then tears can be heard from beyond.

FundiFlawed · 7 months

There once was a man performed magic,

whose political dream was fantastic

But now that he's gone, they've remembered it wrong,

now isn't that somewhat tragic?

Raptor-Llama · 7 months

I note many seem to trust in science,

Though I must say it may not be reliant,

As Neutrino shows

Einstein's theory goes

Obsolete as it seems to defy it

So may it be wise to put faith in the word?

God inspired it as a direction to turn

Rock solid it stands

And no changes be had

Unlike science, which changes as a fire burns.

(I do seem quite weak at rhyming these, and pacing may be horrifying cheese, but may I say to turn away, and instead focus on the main lead.)

bruiserman · 7 months

To argue evolution a theory

and to become quite a bit leery

means a definition of theory you lack

for this theory is actually a fact

. . .

Theories are constantly tested

to see if they can be bested

continually questioned and tried

passing every challenge in stride

. . .

This misinformation must stop

for a hypothesis a theory is not

to treat is as such, is misrepresenting so much

that the argument becomes a complete flop.

Matt_SF · 7 months

Creationists practice the psychology of bliss

Yet by scripture we're all cousins allowed to kiss Thanks to Adam and Eve We're all related you see So how dare science interrupt their CogDis

herbalot · 7 months

We got scared This video will change your life

isyourlisteningbroke · 7 months

The fuck?

I started believing in Evolution about the time I actually understood what caused my brother's Down's Syndrome.

It's cool if you want to refrain from accepting though. Faith has just as many gaps as a theory as evolution. That's what caused me to stop bothering.

ansabhailte · 7 months

Tis a peculiar thing to be seen

That evolution here seems the mean

From darwinist atheists

to evolutionary creationists

where are the 'short earths' like me?

edit: thanks rashtastic!

GeneReplicator · 7 months

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