[DanaC]

Umm... humans aren't apes, they're just members of the same family (at a push you could say that the family is 'Great Apes', but that's a bit of a misnomer).

And, I don't see how it is an insult. As I, somewhat unsuccessfully tried to explain, apes are wonderful creatures.

My point was: why would 'Allah' select apes as the creature of choice for evil people? Apes and swine. Again, never understood why swine were chosen. Never really understood the disdain for swine. Pigs are great. They're very clever creatures.

Why not turn bad humans into, I dunno, giraffes and shellfish, to pick a couple at random. Why all the piggy hate? Why the gorilla goading?