tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post4906202212034898666..comments2024-03-29T11:20:48.180+00:00Comments on Rosa Rubicondior: Parasite Problem for CreationistsRosa Rubicondiorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-48717363221687533442014-08-25T23:23:31.233+01:002014-08-25T23:23:31.233+01:00Tonight I stumbled upon a very interesting scienti...Tonight I stumbled upon a very interesting scientific article; see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12095427 .<br /><br />The article's headline is: Increased risk of traffic accidents in subjects with latent toxoplasmosis: a retrospective case-control study.<br /><br />It seems that the parasite Toxoplasma gondii can cause latent toxoplasmos (also) in humans. Latent toxoplasmosis has been shown to lead to prolongation of reaction times in infected subjects (and 30-60 percent of us are infected by this parasite!).<br /><br />In rats T gondii attacks the brain and leads to increased risk taking behavior. That is: An infected rat start behaving like a zombie and is not afraid of any cat longer and apparently doesn't care about being eaten or not by a cat.<br /><br />In the scientific article the researchers report a strange correlation between T. gondii infection and significantly increased risk of traffic accidents (compared with non-infected subjects). Furthermore, the relative risk of traffic accidents also decreases with the duration of the T. gondii infection. And the researchers conclude: "These results suggest that 'asymptomatic' acquired toxoplasmosis might in fact represent a serious and highly underestimated public health as well as economic problem."<br /><br />And then one must ask oneself: Why did God, seemingly, create the parasite T. gondii so that it can invade and at least influence the human brain in such a negative way? How could this be a creation act done by a caring and loving God? <br /><br />I'm sure creationists have a good answer to that question too. Don't you agree, Rosa? Creationists usually behave like René Artois, the French café owner in the BBC television sitcom Allo, allo. Whenever René's wife Edith suspected her husband was cheating, René used to say: "You silly woman, you,'ve misunderstood everything!". Whereupon followed a twisted prevarication from her husband. Helmer von Helvetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136543309048013677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-1872179830199150382014-07-27T10:25:02.548+01:002014-07-27T10:25:02.548+01:00Talking of parasites, here is an interesting artic...Talking of parasites, here is an interesting article about how parasitic wasps can turn a cockroach into zombie slave condition by using a special neurotoxic cocktail: http://theconversation.com/parasitic-wasp-turns-roaches-into-zombie-slaves-using-neurotoxic-cocktail-27602 .<br /><br />I wonder if creationists find this "cunning" method to submission being an act performed and accepted by their loving and caretaking God? Helmer von Helvetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136543309048013677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-52330615838999193392014-06-24T17:15:02.378+01:002014-06-24T17:15:02.378+01:00Quite right. I meant no offence to the hundreds of...Quite right. I meant no offence to the hundreds of hard-working, dedicated parasites by comparing them with creationist pseudo-scientists, who DO know better.Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-39708544305388267462014-06-24T07:40:14.571+01:002014-06-24T07:40:14.571+01:00You can read all about 'Dr' Kent Hovind an...You can read all about 'Dr' Kent Hovind and his bought and paid for 'doctorate' from a diploma shed <a href="http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/creationists-fooled-by-hoaxes.html#Hovind" rel="nofollow">here</a>, as well as several other creationist frauds.Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-57478563016350930572014-06-23T20:56:40.301+01:002014-06-23T20:56:40.301+01:00Even if you ask a creationist, Rosa, you can't...Even if you ask a creationist, Rosa, you can't rely on the answer. Today i read about the famous - or rather infamous - Kent Hovind; see: http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/wikileaks-released-kent-hovinds-doctoral-thesis/ . Hovind was awarded a master’s degree and doctorate for that doctoral dissertation. It's unbelievable! Doctors in creationism aren't trustworthy persons. <br /><br />Helmer von Helvetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136543309048013677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-52855408791915654962014-06-23T02:09:24.461+01:002014-06-23T02:09:24.461+01:00In the name of the World Fraternosorority of Paras...In the name of the World Fraternosorority of Parasites, I protest at the idea of honest, hardworking parasites being compared to <i>Creationists</i>! Parasites have a hard life, having to be on a constant and unending arms race against immune systems, environmental conditions and the need to reproduce between alternating generations. It's not easy! Creationists, on the other hand...Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.com