Who actually believes that your brain, DNA, eyes, ears, nervous system, immune system, and skeletal structure?

Question

were NOT designed, but just happened to develop by chance over "millions" of years?

Answer 1

I do.

Are you one to believe that a devine being just happened to develop over a given amount of time?

Answer 2

You know, in being in nursing school, I found this question coming up in my head so many times. You see, the way the intricate design works together, no matter what system baffles my mind that we were just merely developed. I cannot believe the way that if something in one system breaks down, that the chances of something in another system going with it are insanely high. It is amazing isn't it?

I cannot help but believe, that whoever or whatever "designed" us HAS to be a higher power beyind anything we could ever imagine. I do believe in God, but I will not become preachy, as I swear I hate when someone preaches at me on here. (The judgemental people who missed the idea that we are not here to judge one another...see g-unit above!)

The human body and all that it does to keep us going is flat out amazing, and nothing will ever describe what all it can do. Do you know that there are still MANY things about the human brain that have the human race completely confused? I had such a hard time learning all of that stuff, as it was all a hypothesis.

Doesn't it just throw a wrench in the whole plan when something comes up to completely change scientists previous ideas of how a body organ worked?

I loooove human anatomy, and I still find myself going back to learn all that I can. If I don't stay updated, then I will lose all of my knowledge as all the hypothesis' are proved to be wrong...

Thanks for asking this, as now I know I am not the only one who wonders such things! Good luck, and keep wondering, as everything we know today about any subject, started with a whim thought of "what if?"

Answer 3

I believe they evolved over many years.

But a better question back to you, is why you believe that God would design useless vestigial organs(they do nothing...) within us. If we were designed, then there would be no need for them.

A short list includes:

tail bone - no muscle insertion or origen points, protects nothing
appendix - serves no necessary immune function that can't be performed by another immune system organ, contrary to some claims. Removal causes no problems...
knee cap (patella) - people are fully functional without them.
Floating ribs - sometimes called spare ribs. A stronger, better skeletal structure would be to connect both sides to something instead of just 1 side. As a result they are weak and tend to break. They aren't really needed.
Wisdom Teeth - many people have to have these removed today or else they get infected and the people die.

Better Designs:
The epiglottis - better design would be to keep the digestive and breathing tracts seperate.
Lungs - not really vestigial, but a better design is found in nature. ours are like balloons in/out at one point. They would be more efficient to go in one place and out another.

And this list could go on and on. Humans have advantages too, but there is a lot that is "mis-designed."

Despite all this, evolution and design are not really at odds. Because who is anyone say that it was not God's plan for evolution to occur in a specified fashion.

Answer 4

It did. But in very, VERY small stages. You can form the proteins that make up RNA from a simple chemical reaction, arranging them is a matter of chance that took billions of years to happen, its only a short evolutionary hop away from DNA due to the high mutation rate with primitive RNA. A brain is just a cluster of nerves. Eyes are clusters of light sensitive tissues. The eardrum is an organ comprised of bones and membranes that are sensitive to vibrations. The skeletal system is a set of more rigid cells. The immune system represents a fantastic array of membrane recognition cells (as well as tissue barriers and chemical receptors). These very complex systems do exist as a result of evolution and more primitive versions can be found in the fossil record and in creatures still alive today. Thank you for asking this question, it forced me to do some research about the evolution of the immune system, as it is a little more difficult for me to break down than hard bones or light/chemical/vibration sensitive tissues and cells. The same went for me looking into the evolution of DNA. As far as your use of "millions" goes, life and, especially, the earth have been around for billions of years.

Answer 5

As a Pastafarian, I believe that we were intelligently designed by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

We have evidence that a Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. None of us, of course, were around to see it, but we have written accounts of it. We have several lengthy volumes explaining all details of His power. Also, you may be surprised to hear that there are over 10 million of us, and growing. We tend to be very secretive, as many people claim our beliefs are not substantiated by observable evidence. What these people don’t understand is that He built the world to make us think the earth is older than it really is. For example, a scientist may perform a carbon-dating process on an artifact. He finds that approximately 75% of the Carbon-14 has decayed by electron emission to Nitrogen-14, and infers that this artifact is approximately 10,000 years old, as the half-life of Carbon-14 appears to be 5,730 years. But what our scientist does not realize is that every time he makes a measurement, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is there changing the results with His Noodly Appendage. We have numerous texts that describe in detail how this can be possible and the reasons why He does this. He is of course invisible and can pass through normal matter with ease.

It is absolutely imperative that people realize that observable evidence is at the discretion of a Flying Spaghetti Monster. Furthermore, it is disrespectful to teach our beliefs without wearing His chosen outfit, which of course is full pirate regalia. I cannot stress the importance of this enough, and unfortunately cannot describe in detail why this must be done as I fear this letter is already becoming too long. The concise explanation is that He becomes angry if we don’t.

You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s. A statistical study of the approximate number of pirates versus the average global temperature over the last 200 years clearly shows a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature.

RAmen, brother!

Answer 6

Look, Bubba... you need to steer yourself away from these Liars For Jesus web sites, like answersingenesis.com, and read up on some real science. You are making a fool out of yourself.

"Evolution is a theory, not a fact." I'm sure you encounter a statement like that all the time, in the material that you read... and I'm sure such a statement says a lot to you. If I didn't know any better, I'd think that such a statement means that "...evolution is just an idea, and not proven." Does that sound about right?

Well, I DO know better. Guess what? That statement IS true... evolution IS a theory, NOT a fact. But do you know what that REALLY means? In science, theories occupy a HIGHER strata than mere facts. Theories EXPLAIN facts. In the case of evolution, the OBSERVED FACT is that the genetic makeup of populations of organisms changes, over time. Evolution EXPLAINS that these changes occur due to 'genetic drift' (statistical variations in allele frequency) and by 'mutations' (random) operated on by 'natural selection' (NOT random).

The statement that evolution happens by chance is COMPLETELY FALSE. Natural selection means that where a mutation provides a survival advantage... the ability to run a little bit faster, for example... the critter that has that mutation may survive predation longer than his fellow critters, which may allow him more opportunities to procreate, which means that the run-faster gene, over time, will show up more frequently in the gene pool. The non-random survival of randomly varying replicators. Over hundreds... thousands... tens of thousands of generations, the accumulation of such variations can produce a critter that does not even resemble the creatures that preceded it those many generations before.

Oh, yeah... if creatures exist and are well adapted in an environment which has been static for a long period of time (millions of years), where there are no massive environmental stressors to drive natural selection, one would expect the genetic changes in the population to be small, driven only by genetic drift. Sharks are a good example of that.

'Macroevolution' is merely 'microevolution' writ large.

There is a kind of bird... plover, if memory serves... that occupies many adjacent habitats between Siberia and Britain. The adjacent habitats are differentiated by differences in environment, terrain, food resources, predators, competition from other species, etc. Because of those differences in habitat, the plovers have evolved differently. Between habitats, the differences are small... birds from one habitat are able to successfully mate with birds in the habitats on either side of their own. HOWEVER... the birds in Siberia CAN NOT MATE with the birds in Britain. The genetic differences are too large. The birds in Siberia are a DIFFERENT SPECIES than the birds in Britain. There are numerous examples of this in nature.

The EXPLANATORY POWER of evolution is unprecedented in science. It forms the cornerstone and foundation for all the modern biological sciences.

Theories must also have PREDICTIVE POWER... they must be able to successfully predict the outcome of experiments or future observations. This is not done so much to try to PROVE the theory... that can NEVER BE DONE in science. These experiments and observations are done to DISPROVE... falsify... the theory. In nearly 150 years, the theory of evolution has NOT been falsified... and findings in biology, in genetics, in palentology, etc., over that entire period of time (discounting a handful of frauds, which were exposed by SCIENCE) have ADDED to the knowledge base, the explanatory power and the predictive power of the theory of evolution.

Anyway... if you want to swim in this pool, you need to do some homework. Stick to legitimate sources of valid information... university and museum web sites are a good bet, or the library. Stay away from sources that have a vested interest in trying to their constituency in an effort to fend off science's encroachment on the "God of the Gaps"... you might want to Google that phrase.

Answer 7

a) It wasn't chance, it was mutation and natural selection.
b) have you any idea how long a million years is?

Try reading chapters three and five of "Climbing Mount Improbable" by Richard Dawkins.

The eye alone has evolved independently over forty times in the animal kindom. There are nine different, distinct principles which eyes in the animal kindom use.

Sadly, I very much doubt you will read any of that book....

Answer 8

Hahaha. Anyone who has studied any kind of science - biology, chemistry, geology, etc. - believes that.

Go back to school, and while you're there, visit a library and check out a few philosophy books. Evaluate your ridiculous beliefs on a non-emotional level and see what you're left with.

Answer 9

It has nothing to do with "chance" as you claim, but more to do with selection.

A recent New York Times study recently indicated the among Western nations the U.S. has the second lowest acceptance rate of evolution...right behind Turkey. Iceland had the highest, with the rest of Scandinavia right behind it.

Maybe those Americans should take a bio class some time.

Answer 10

It wasn't as simple as you seem to think. Perhaps you should go study biology a little. A lot of scientists believe in God, without subscribing to some stupid wacko creationist theory.