Attenborough 'received hate mail'
Veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough says he has received hate mail from viewers for not crediting God in his nature programmes.
"They tell me to burn in hell and good riddance," he said in an interview with the Radio Times.
Sir David has been making documentaries on the natural world and conservation for over half a century.
He also criticised the teaching of creationism alongside evolutionary science in schools.
In the interview, Sir David said that people asked why his documentaries did not give "credit" to God for the creation of life.
"They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds."
"I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in East Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball."
"The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs."
"I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator."
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"I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in East Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball."
And I'm sure they reply with a damn good reason why that child is starving to death while parasites tear their body apart?
Because I'm sure this is something that they've already heard of.
"I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in East Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball."
"The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs."
"I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator."
Sir David for the WIN.
Also ichneumon wasps (the ones that paralyze insects and lay their eggs on them. When the eggs hatch, the larvae eat the insect alive from the inside out, starting with the nonvital bits to keep the host alive as long as possible). And dozens of other examples from the insect world alone...
The sad thing is, I'm sure they just retort right back with something about it being caused by the fall of man.
In fact, according to my very fundie friend, before the fall, all creatures, from the tiniest mouse to the huge lion, ate plants. (Apparently, the huge canines of your average carnivore were used to split open tough plants, like bamboo.) But then the fall occurred and everything went apeshit and things started devouring other things.
So never underestimate the fundie ability to pass blame for the atrocities of the natural world onto the dirty, sinful humans who disobeyed the all loving, perfect God.
Sir David Attenborough is smart, honest, well spoken and an expert in his field. Consequently he opposes teaching creationism in schools and does not give God credit for the creation of life. Yessir he's an enemy of the Lawd and he's gonna burn!
ohhh the ignorance. It must really piss these guys off knowing that Sir david is as eloquent, smart, honest and as sincere as he is. It must really gall them to know that he is a great british institution, with a fan base that includes kids, and teenagers right up to octaganerian great great grandmothers, not just in the UK but all over the world
@gen, ive seen Dr Attenbrough destroy a student who asked a stupid question when he lectured me on evolution during my first year at uni, and it was painful. As for ben stein, or even ken ham,that dukeroo would be worth the license fee alone
Atters ftw
"man I wish I could see a debate between Attenburough and Ben Stein" -gen
Attenburough rules!
We heard about this a week or so ago, one of my friends wrote him a letter offering support and saying she was sad to hear he had been threatened - he wrote back (handwritten) saying...
I daresay the fundies will wait until Sir Dave has passed on, and then tell lies about him.
Meanwhile, as Booty's post shows, Sir Dave is made of win.
Just to vouch for for what Booty said - I'm the one who wrote to him! Yes, he is a lovely man! Isn't it heartening to know that he's played a part in educating several generations now on the natural world.
Thanks Booty - Saw this on here just now and was wondering whether to retype the letter, as I e-mailed it to you from my work machine. Saved me the effort. Just wanted to add that he must have written back as soon as he opened my letter.
Pretty much owned there, at the eyeworm bit. Let's not forget bot flies either, some benevolent 'God' your imaginary friend is, fundies.
@Princess Rot
Like they did with George Carlin, they'll wait till after he's gone before they get really vitriolic. Forget about Jesus, forget about love thy neighbour and turn the other cheek. Assholes.
Yeah and the idiots will scratch out his name on their wee pathetic lists and replace it with the pathetic and peurile "God won"
Still Atenborough (along with Patrick Moore and Stephen Hawking) will be an awesome icon long after the current crop of fundies are dead and rotting in their graves unraptured.
Go, Sir David, go! You're the Man!
God creating Lyme disease-carrying and TBE-carrying tics doesn't seem that benevolent either, even if it's way down the line from eyeball-burrowing worms.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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