now, some of you might think it's nice of me to share this cute little song, but others of you may have already guessed that posting this on my fb page was tantamount to outing myself as a serial killer. you must understand, probably half of my 'friends' on there are fairly hard-core fundamentalists. many of them are from the jesus camp i've discussed before. for obvious reasons, i have blocked them from seeing this blog, mainly because i really do like them and i don't want to kill any illusion they may have that i'm still a good person. you know what i mean.
anyhoo, posting a video that uses the word evolution and pretty much says that angels aren't something that can be proven by science? oh, i'm in trouble. big, big trouble. it's highly likely that prayers are being said for the state of my shriveled, lost, hardened and black soul. see, here's the deal. whether or not i go to church, and whether i believe in evolution or creationism, my friends still love me. you guys still show up to read this thing, because you have open minds and don't care that i've gone over to the dark side. SERIOUSLY. at jesus camp, i remember people trying to say that lucy, cro-magnon man, etc. were just anomolies, people who had genetic deformities. they honestly believed that. and, at the time, i remember just thinking HUH? because, what? is carbon dating a lie?
i don't have all the answers. i certainly don't pretend to. but i am still struggling with trying to appear to be a good person, even though i (gasp!) believe that evolution is real. oh, i have other stories of lost friends and broken hearts due to beliefs or the lack of them, but i'll spare you those details. at least for now.
and now, another track from the album, as sung by my child. if you want to hear the original (and you totally should), you can see it here.
singing along to 'i am a paleontologist' from alexis on Vimeo.
also, emerson has decided that i have to call him john flansburgh all the time, and he has to call me john linnell. and in the interest of full disclosure, (because isn't that what blogs are really about?) i totally have had a crush on john linnell for like twenty years. how can you not love a guy who plays the accordion? just sayin'.
4 comments:
Oooh, I like Paleontologist! Science is Real I'm pretty sure would make me want to shoot myself in the face on the third or fourth listen. And since I'd be listening to it WAY more times than that... Blocking people cracks me up, and I TOTALLY understand! No need to have people praying for you to the point of giving themselves a religious ulcer over evolution and dinosaurs. BTW, my favorite TMBG song is Roy G. Biv...hands down!
dude, palentologist is the best song ever! i have listened to it so many times, and it has still not gotten old. roy g. biv is awesome, but does not feature dinosaurs and, therefore, is subpar, according to my spawn.
but really. this blog, in the scheme of things, is fairly inoffensive, but i know people that would be appalled by it. so blocking? it's the BEST.
I have a friend who teaches in a Catholic school and spends a lot of her time trying to help the kids understand how they can be both devoted Christian people and also scientists.
It's an uphill battle, but she makes progress!!
chorus, that's awesome to hear. i don't think that science and belief in a higher power have to be mutually exclusive. it's great to know that there are other folks who feel the same way!
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