This creationist shit is so frustrating because the real answer is actually so beautiful and fascinating, but they have to try and frame the beauty of nature through the lens of human creativity.
Marianne Williamson
 @marwilliamson
9 Mar 2021
Who how what decided what feathers will be red and what feathers will be blue and what feathers will be green?
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Replying to @IanKropo
What is the “real” answer? I wasn’t being rhetorical, by the way.

Mar 9, 2021 · 4:08 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
The short answer is "evolution", but my main point is that even asking "who?", as though all of the wonders of the universe must come from something similar to our own consciousness and creativity is such a narrow view.
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An artist designing a pattern like this is the only way we can intuitively wrap our minds around its creation, but that doesn't mean that the slow pressures of nature and genetics isn't a beautiful process when you take the time to understand it.
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