Islam is the Light

This is a fun video. That proselytizing baby is just some damn precious, I can feel myself being swayed already. I've already given up pork.

It's fascinating how much attention this thing is getting. It's a doll with a religious message. They make a big deal about how the game is marked as "E for Everyone" and should be safe for all ages. It's licensed by Nintendo, so allowing it in there means they are promoting Islam, and as we all know, there is nothing more dangerous than exposing children to the dangerous ideas of dogmatic theology before they reach the appropriate critical thinking age....

I actually find this news report quite irritating. They have taken no steps to verify that this is what the doll is actually saying, they're is no voice analysis, no expert opinion, not even any second opinion for christ's sake. They just throw it up like its fact. And you know what, it does sound like she's saying that when you're told ahead of time.

This is obviously a classic case of pareidolia. It's the same logic used in Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) or seeing the famous face on Mars, or the man in the moon. We connect the dots ourselves, we make the connection, we look for order where there is none.

It certainly could be saying "Islam is the light" but it could also just be fucking baby talk. You can be sure that if it was saying "Jesus is the light" there would be no news story because for some reason it's not longer age inappropriate when it's your own particular brand of lunacy.