Sarah Silverman’s Jesus doesn’t understand biology
By now you’ve probably heard that Sarah Silverman released an offensive video about being visited by “Jesus F***ing Christ.” Silverman is in a category that is hard to exactly call atheist, because if she really didn’t believe in God, she probably wouldn’t have such a problem with him. Anyway, in her video, she asks Jesus, “When does life begin?” His answer was totally Silverman-esque, but failed to take into account actual basic biology:
Silverman thanks Jesus for his insights, and explains to her viewers that the separation of church and state desired by the Founding Fathers demands that politics don’t interfere with abortion rights (Silverman may have overlooked that the so-called “right to abortion” was the product of a political decision in 1973…). She says:
Silverman goes on to compare the “fertilized eggs” to sperm. Since both are alive, she reasons, pro-lifers must see sperm as millions of little babies. In that case, mandating pre-abortion ultrasounds, which allow pregnant women to see the life they would be ending by going through with the procedure, are the same thing as probing a man’s reproductive organs and forcing him to look at his sperm so that he won’t waste it needlessly.
Sarah Silverman probably took biology at some point in her life, but she seems a little rusty on some of the basics, like the difference between gametes and humans. That’s OK — Kristi Burton Brown clarified that whole issue a while back:
(Thanks, Kristi.) So, Sarah: it’s OK to be confused about science, and to be angry at a God you don’t believe in. (Everyone does things that don’t make sense sometimes.) But we hope you’ll take this opportunity to brush up on your biology textbooks to make your videos a little more convincing.
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