Talk:Bananas: The Atheist's Worst Nightmare

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The article said, "The theory of Natural Selection does not address the origins of objects of recent arrival. Had bananas only been in existence for less than 100 years, as the Coca-Cola can, we would be more apt to posit a designer." This isn't quite true. Think, for example, of bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. Of course, the bacteria in general are older, but the resistant strains are not.

The real problem with attempting to apply the theory of evolution to a cola can (as Ray Comfort tries to do (source)) is that cola cans don't reproduce, let alone pass on a genome subject to random changes.

--J. J. Ramsey 16 August 2005 14:33 (GMT)

This might be a valid objection if say, red soda cans were recent, but dark pink ones had been in existence for eons. The sudden appearance of a form with no similar predecessor argues for a designer. The point is, that soda cans and bananas are, uh, apples and oranges. Perhaps this could be worded differently.