Evidence for a deity?- Updated with Video and a link Bleg!

Update: Michael has been talking some smack. He has laid down a challenge. He calls it tits versus snits. His coverage of Reid’s machinations on the war, versus my attention to Salma’s breasts. Which is unfair, he has an Instapundit link. So I am asking Glenn Reynolds to rectify this so we can find out, are Salma Hayek’s breasts of more interest than some incompetent politicians attempt to hamstring the military in Iraq? I for one wold find it comforting if Salma’s breasts win this little particular contest. So yes, this is a bleg for links.

People, vote with your clicks!

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I noticed a rather large surge in traffic today from someplace new. It was coming from Pharyngula, a site it seems is devoted principally to evolution and related scientific areas and taking on the idea of a belief in god. Good for them.

So what were they coming to do? Gawk at this photo:

Gawking at Salma is certainly a worthy endeavor. But why in this instance? It seems it was posted in a discussion of rationales for the existence of God. Salma it seems related this story of her childhood:

Mexican actress SALMA HAYEK was so upset by childhood jibes about her flat-chest, she would pray to God for larger breasts. The Ugly Betty star reveals she was bullied for having small breasts as a youngster – and decided to turn to her Catholic religion for help. She says, “My mom and I stopped at a church during a road trip we were making from our home in Mexico. “When we went inside, I prayed for the miracle I wanted to happen. I put my hands in holy water and said: ‘Please God, give me some breasts’. “And he gave me them! Within a few months, I developed a growing spurt, as teenagers do, and I was very pleased with the way I grew outwards.”

The proprietor, one PZ Myers responded with this:

They are very nice, Salma, but you should really give credit where credit is due: genes, steroid hormone receptors, steroid hormones, diet, and a million years of chance and selection.

Nice???!

Moving on from the understatement, and the fact that while she may be telling the truth, I think she sees it as an amusing anecdote, not an actual statement of her beliefs about why she is so charmingly endowed, I have a more fundamental issue with him, as do many of his commenters.

Simply stated, she seems a rather good reason to believe in God.

Update: Here is video of Salma telling her engaging little story:

[youtube ToQQorOYDy4]

[tags] Breasts, Salma Hayek, evolution [/tags]

About Lance

I want to thank everybody who has encouraged me over the past few years to do this. I doubt it will hold but a few people's interest, but that is okay with me. Special thanks go to Peter over at http://www.liberalcapitalist.com. I value my privacy a great deal, so I will guess you will have to get to know me over time to find out much. I am in the financial services, wealth management, investing or whatever you want to call it business. I have children, my oldest is entering college. I have no great or imposing academic background, my grades varied from high enough to get invited to an honors program at my university to frustrating enough to cause my father great grief. My major was history, with a minor in ethics. My main interest towards the end was in the history of economic ideas before life took a turn and I ended up never going on to graduate school. However, I have a fair knowledge of history, economics, investing and would probably be considered well read. My tastes are eclectic and I pretty much find the entire world interesting. I have an enduring interest in how people learn about and analyze the world; my posts here will examine this topic in detail over time. I make no claims to be above the very biases and errors I see in others, in fact it is my belief that we are incapable of escaping them, only moderating their control over us. I am a member of no political party, but I would broadly consider myself a man of the right. I am inclined to free market economics, limited government and a fairly narrow view of the role of the state. A small L libertarian if you will. However, if you are looking for broad based "the left believes..." or "wingers are so...." types of attacks on liberals, conservatives, neo-cons or whatever enemy you want to slam, look elsewhere. Lance
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24 Responses to Evidence for a deity?- Updated with Video and a link Bleg!

  1. ChrisB says:

    They are very nice, Salma

    The Sistine Chapel was also a neat building.

  2. Lance says:

    I also must apologize for forgetting to supply links. Now rectified.

  3. Gettit says:

    “People, vote with your clicks!”

    I did, and then I noted it was actually two letters, ‘cl’, in ‘clicks’.

    I voted, anyway.

  4. nichevo says:

    What has Hayek to do with Ugly Betty? Surely that’s not her?!?

  5. Chris says:

    Yes, Salma is a pretty good stand-alone (together?) argument for there being a God.

  6. Bruce Lagasse says:

    Or as Dick Cavett once remarked in introducing Jayne Mansfield,

    Ladies and Gentlemen, here they are, Jayne Mansfield.

  7. ic says:

    Her God endowed a skillful surgeon to endow her. They are so obvious.

  8. chuck says:

    More Selma, less Reid.

  9. rob says:

    Reid who?

  10. ChrisB says:

    That photo was blocked at work. I now understand why. Oh my God! I think I’m going to have to rent Desperado again…

  11. Ross says:

    Ron Paul!

    /not!

  12. Chas says:

    God spent a little bit of extra time on her. Thankfully.

  13. I think it was her boyfriend’s prayers that were answered.

  14. edh says:

    ic,

    Don’t you know, intelligent design has been discredited as a theory.

    Try again.

  15. Chas says:

    I think it was her boyfriend’s prayers that were answered.

    Now that’s funny. Good one Michael.

  16. Anonymous says:

    I think it was her boyfriend’s prayers that were answered.

    Perhaps, but that would clearly be a case for the old advice to be careful what you wish for. Imagine the disappointment he has suffered since then.

  17. chiuninho says:

    chicharrones are proof God loves us and wants us to be happy.

    store-bought chichi’s are even *better* – extra-perky, no sag, gravity schmavity – but still. it’s good that God answered ol’ salma’s prayers. now it’s time for Him to step up to the plate for ME. coincidentally enough, i too have a prayer that involves salma. also binaca and ice cubes. with videotape and good lighting, to assist in winning bar bets.

  18. Paul Milenkovic says:

    I am of German-speaking Balkan heritage, and the ethnic-German towns were either Catholic or Lutheran. My momma once told me that my grandpa had the belief that the women of the Lutheran town were flat chested because they didn’t pray to Our Blessed Mother.

  19. CGHill says:

    What has Hayek to do with Ugly Betty? Surely that’s not her?!?

    Hayek is executive producer of Ugly Betty, and has appeared in one episode (in which, interestingly, she doffs her blouse).

  20. Lance says:

    Actually she was a major character for quite a while, having a thing with Daniel and running a rival magazine.

  21. Incognito says:

    Sure, the answer to her prayers: silicone.

    Check out these before after pics..
    http://www.makemeheal.com/news/images/salma-hayek-breast-implants-2.jpg

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  23. gifts says:

    Well, I’m not such a fan of large… I actually prefer flat, or small (personally.) In which case, I don’t think they’re really very nice. I would prefer smaller… (maybe the before photos.) I guess that kind of thing is pretty subjective.
    The boyfriend comment was pretty funny! He he he. Had a good laugh about that. Had a good laugh about the whole thing, actually. Didn’t know she was executive producer of Ugly Betty. Good for her! That show is doing really well!

  24.  
    I didn’t know that this is one requirement to be included in a list like yours. No wonder a lot of women get frustrated because of small possession. No wonder a lot of women undergo surgery. Any room for those who have smaller possession?

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