God Tries Again was inspired by a lemur. I’m sure by now you’ve all heard about Ida, the 47 million year old fossil the scientists are claiming as the missing link. This is very exciting news to me, as I find creationism to be quite silly (no need to be insulted creationists, as you all think evolution is equally as silly). I wanted to make a Receptionist episode dealing with one of the main issues I have with the story of Genesis. It has always irked me that God created man to fail. It presented Adam and Eve with a deliciously tempting tree of apples. Apples that, for the stories sake, contained knowledge and truths. Then He (or She…I’m open minded) has the audacity to forbid this new and curious couple from eating any of them. That’s like plopping a six year old down in front of a plate of freshly baked, ooey gooey cookies, telling them not to eat any and then leaving the room. You are setting yourself up for disaster and you know it.

I don’t want people to think this short is anti-God. It’s not really. It’s more anti-literalists. People who claim that the bible is the infallible word of their Lord. To me this is a dangerous mind set, as their are some pretty dark ideas in that book and some scary contradictions. Nor am I trying to start a debate (although nothing wrong with a good healthy one). I’m simply expressing myself and the fears which seem to lurk closer and closer each year. Free knowledge for everyone and long live Ida!

Much love

Travis

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