At one time humans were relatively thin, and we all had dark skin. As we moved northward, away from the hot, sunny plains of the equator, we lost our melanin, gained the ability to store fat, became shorter and stockier (which aided in climbing rough, mountainous terrain), and our hair grew longer and straighter (for warmth.)
These survival traits took thousands of years to weave their way into the genetic pool, and millions of poorly adapted individuals had to die in order for these traits to become dominant.
Even intellectually limited beings like ourselves can see sexual reproduction is a slow, random, inefficient means of modifying the genome. When humans want "better" plants and animals, we engineer them ourselves, bypassing the random inefficiency of "god/nature."
If god can create perfection on a whim, why doesn't this intelligent, loving creator do what we do, and make his most cherished creations better adapted? Does he enjoy waste and needless death? Is this "intelligent?"
2007-12-01
10:18:23
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