Dr. Ben Carson, one of the Republican frontrunners, once again pandered to the science-rejecting conservative Christian base while speaking at the Faith and Freedom Conference in Washington, D.C. last weekend.
During his speech, Carson claimed to have debated a “leading atheist” on the topic of evolution. Given that Carson is a creationist, it’s easy to see where this is going, and it shouldn’t surprise you, dear reader, to learn Carson managed to lose to his own strawman atheist.
Ben Carson’s Hollywood evolution
Carson claims to have debated a “leading atheist” in Hollywood, but he never named the atheist in question.
I have no idea why he would assume a “leading atheist” would know any more than the average person. There are “leading atheists” who believe that we’ll be digitizing our consciousnesses and uploading them into computers by 2040. Just because the individual is an atheist does not mean they’re good biology.
This, however, didn’t stop Carson:
I remember a few years back I was engaged in a debate in Hollywood with a leading atheist. This guy thinks anybody who believes in God is a total moron. As they got to the end of the conversation, you know, he is denigrating anybody who could believe in Creation, I said:
‘You know what? You win. I believe I came from God, and you believe you came from a monkey. And you’ve convinced me you’re right.’
The audience found this utterly hilarious and erupted into laughter. One conservative website, eager to revel in its own ignorance, called it a “brilliant line” and a “mic drop response.”
I have a question for Dr. Ben Carson, and Christian conservatives in general: “If white Americans came from white Europeans, why are there still white Europeans?”
The above question isn’t factious. It illustrates how evolution operates perfectly. Obviously white Americans didn’t evolve from modern day white Europeans; both modern day white Europeans and modern day white Americans share a common ancestor.
Congratulations, you now know why Ben Carson lost against his own strawman.
Humans did not evolve from monkeys. Humans did not even evolve from chimpanzees, bonobos, or gorillas. All of us have a common ancestor that we came from, just like white Americans and modern day white Europeans have a common ancestor.
That Carson is a neurosurgeon and doesn’t understand this is scary. That he wants to be the leader of the free world and refuses to understand this is absolutely terrifying.
Watch Ben Carson make a fool of himself below
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With all the Uncle Tom’s in the world you’d think the GOP could do better.
Ben Carson is amazing he’s got this butthurt journalist crying about it that’s another win.
You are seriously not smart enough to recognize mockery and derision?
People must have a real good time with you.
I recognize butthurt, and this is what this is.
Yea, I just bet you are intimately acquainted with butthurt.
I wonder if you would of found it funny if Carson made a gay joke? Probably not actually you’d be crying that he’s a homophobic right winger because that’s what liberals do best, bathe in their own hypocrisy.
Ha ha! I kick your teeth in, metaphorically of course, with your own words and you cry about it.
You are a very typical (C)onservative.
Go away, you spineless punk.
You’re the kind of person that likes to pat yourself on the back it seems. I guess when you’re insecure and slow that must be a thing.
And you’re the kind of person who makes it easy to pat myself on the back.
Besting you was less trouble than feeding my cat.
Considering that’s probably the only living being you interact with on a regular basis, I can understand why your inflated internet ego thinks gay jokes are clever.
Wow, is there anything in your life you have ever been right about?
Just curious.
Have you ever held a job more than a week in your life, or are you just expecting us to pay for your food stamps forever?
Yes to the first.
You couldn’t afford my lifestyle to the second.
You’re probably right, a crack addiction is a pretty expensive habit.
You poor child. The saddest part is that you appear to be simple minded enough to think you are actually scoring points here.
Let me clarify, because you can’t figure it out for yourself.
Your assertions of my socioeconomic status and lifestyle are as meaningless as if you accused me of being a CIA clone of Elvis for the purpose of undermining the Swedish economy, because they are based solely on your ignorant delusions.
I respond to you simply for the sake of egging you on to greater foolishness. Otherwise, you mean less than nothing to me.
Did I hurt your poor little feelings? Don’t fret, the big boys and girls are busy working to pay for your food stamps and entitlements so you can inject your junkie body with whatever makes your pathetic life bearable.
To hurt my feelings you would have to have two things.
One is relevance.
Two is some valid argument.
You obviously have neither.
You are just a dumb punk I am fǔcking with for my own amusement.
But, if coming back for more makes you happy, I will gladly continue to humiliate you. After all, this being the internet, it isn’t costing me anything and you seem to like it.
As a good Christian it is my duty to try to lift you up.
I’m appreciating these long crisis like responses where you feel like you have to validate yourself to me. It exposes the fact your life is so empty and pitiful that insignificant internet arguments can destroy your morale.
Keep thinking that, little one.
Your posts always come back to your bipolar feelings and your fragile ego. Must be that time of the month for you, huh?
Lex, you remind me of those cheerleader girls in college who were convinced the all-star jock was going to marry them because they were the one the jock fǔcked the most.
Cool story. There is enough women on the rag around the world it’s unnecessary for you to act like a spoiled princess with a estrogen imbalance and daddy issues.
You know, I do have to applaud you for taking the time to browse your mom’s old Psych 101 book, but you might want to go to the 201 book now for fresh material. Your attempts at seeming deep just blew up with that little indicator of how you actually feel about women.
That’s cute coming from the guy using the cheerleader harlot cliche. The point went right over your head(not surprising) that we’ve already got women acting like women, thus it’s unnecessary for you to act like you were on the rag.
Well Lexie, it is my sad burden to have to bid you fare well. I have found another project which has captured my interest.
I do wish you good luck in your therapy.
I know cooking crack is a pretty enticing project and the first of the month is around the corner. Have fun falling into a drug induced stupor to forget your joke of a life.