tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post112122682574037211..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: How Can Anyone Eat a Strawberry and Not Believe in God?Jeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1121817104327547122005-07-19T18:51:00.000-05:002005-07-19T18:51:00.000-05:00Do lima beans prove the existence of Satan?Do lima beans prove the existence of Satan?Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11962517801523710774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1121310955668552532005-07-13T22:15:00.000-05:002005-07-13T22:15:00.000-05:00Jeffrey's comments are well taken and quite correc...Jeffrey's comments are well taken and quite correct. It is the integration of function and aesthetics - art that works - that makes the strwaberry so remarkable. It's not enough to just be beautiful and delicious - it has to survive and compete. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Pass me another bowl.Jeff Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1121277034843471332005-07-13T12:50:00.000-05:002005-07-13T12:50:00.000-05:00I think Jeff knows that I mean no harm in my comme...I think Jeff knows that I mean no harm in my comments. I've posted a few comments here (a few in defense of evolution) and Jeff has always accepted them (though not necessarily agreed with them I gather) with good will.Jeff Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344848794614278761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1121271935829719342005-07-13T11:25:00.001-05:002005-07-13T11:25:00.001-05:00Wow-----thats some heavy writing about a strawberr...Wow-----thats some heavy writing about a strawberry. i would love to see what the two Jeff's would write about a subject that really mattered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1121271926110591212005-07-13T11:25:00.000-05:002005-07-13T11:25:00.000-05:00Wow-----thats some heavy writing about a strawberr...Wow-----thats some heavy writing about a strawberry. i would love to see what the two Jeff's would write about a subject that really mattered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1121269978131355392005-07-13T10:52:00.000-05:002005-07-13T10:52:00.000-05:00I know that you probably weren't actually expectin...I know that you probably weren't actually expecting a response to the title question, but it is always good to try to see things from other people's perspective.<BR/><BR/>Strawberries, like most fruit, are able to reproduce by being digested and excreted with feces. Thus it is in their best interst, biologically speaking, that there be as tempting to a would be eater as possible. They do this in two ways: 1) they taste really good when ripe and 2) they turn bright red when ripe. Thus they draw the attention of the would be eater with their color, and the eater knows that they are good to eat due to the past experience of tasting them.<BR/><BR/>Thus strawberries will acheive a higher genetic fitness if they are better tasting than other strawberries as well as a brighter shade of red when ripe. Thus, the agnostic will proclaim, no God needed.Jeff Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344848794614278761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1121261995392809972005-07-13T08:39:00.000-05:002005-07-13T08:39:00.000-05:00Yeah, the Lord knows how to take care of his missi...Yeah, the Lord knows how to take care of his missionaries. Your story is very close to the one in the July 2005 Ensign about two elders who ran out of food, and tracted out a house where the lady had been inspired to prepare a meal for people she didn't know were coming.Bookslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.com