In the beginning, God created the universe, and the planet Earth, and He created all the plants and animals and living things that grew on the land and swam in the sea.
If you’ve ever been part on a big R&D project, you’ll know that things sometimes go wrong, or wander down blind alleys, or just don’t turn out right. Things were created that simply didn’t work well with the overall theme of the project. So God said “Make an enormous island off in the corner, there, and we’ll put all the problem stuff there, where it can’t hurt anyone.
And God looked up on his Work, and saw that it was good. So he closed the project and went onto other things. it’s a big universe, and you can’t micromanage.
Millions of years of later, one of the angels called to report that there was a problem on Earth, and since He was the original Lead Designer, could he possible check it out? So God goes to take a look.
“WHY ARE THERE *PEOPLE* LIVING IN AUSTRALIA?!?! EVERYTHING THERE IS VENOMOUS AND AGGRESSIVE! WASN’T THAT A CLUE? LIKE, A REALLY, REALLY BIG CLUE? JESUS, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?”
And from the next room, a voice replied, “Did you call me, Dad?”
“No, no, it’s fine. it’s nothing.” God sighed and, figuring it was too late to fix Earth, went back to that nice little nebula He was working on over in the Andromeda galaxy.
