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This thread is inspired by another: view original post
9/12/2013 2:48:40 AM
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Unintelligent design?
This came up in another thread debating the merits of evolution versus creationism. One of the arguments in favor of evolution, originally brought up by JLx24x and then used by moi, went something like this:
Considering everything was designed by an omniscient and omnipotent God, there's some design decisions that are just plain stupid.
Take for example the appendix: all it does is get infected, burst, and then kill you if it goes untreated. It's like a biological Red Ring of Death--there is [i]nothing[/i] intelligent about it, so why does it even exist?
We could also compare it to the tonsils (and if you're an American, the foreskin), which only seem to exist to be health detriments... for the most part, anyway.
Other questionable decisions from an allegedly all-knowing deity include ear muscles that aren't developed enough to do anything, wisdom teeth that don't fit in the mouth, and the tailbone, which seems to exist only to OW THAT HURT *funny walk*
But all kidding aside, it all seems to indicate that, yes, evolution is real, and those body parts once served a purpose to our distant ancestors.
Discuss.
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12 RepliesSpeaking of things that are poorly designed
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Why do Evolution and Creation have to be mutually exclusive?
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Foreskin isn't a health detriment.
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4 RepliesI believe in creationism but understand that changes in our appearances has and can happen to us dependent on where we live on the Earth. Creationism itself could very well be the cause of diseases, like cancer, which may have formed after constant inbreeding between the children of Adam and Eve.
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Not to mention if you look at analogous structures, looks as though the intelligent designer cut corners.
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Appendix is for when we used to eat tougher plants like grass. Now we don't use it anymore, they're gradually shrinking and eventually won't exist. Much like earlobes.
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Our appendix may have served a purpose in the past, but we don't need it anymore. Also, the foreskin protects your head.
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1 ReplyI'm a man of faith but my faith doesn't override common sense. I love evolution and science. I mean really consider the massive amount of distance and time we are falling through. To be honest if you look at science and nature and base this on the possibility of a mind of an intelligent designer behind it all you might not really want to piss this thing off. I mean holy shit have you seen a Bobbit Worm? Yeah if God was designing these and things far worse before a couple extinction events by use of gravity, radiation, and time it might be a good idea to hope he doesn't exist or care enough to greet you on death. We all find out eventually.
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There is also the bloody recurrent laryngeal nerve. Could go like two inches across the neck but nooo, it had to loop round the torso.
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24 Repliesrelated
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1 ReplyLet's also not forget that your butthole is right next to your fun bits. Terrible design. Also, wisdom teeth. Also also, that little part of your back that you can't scratch. Whose genius idea was that?
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on the "intelligent design".
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2 RepliesToo much copypasta.
