For those who say "There is no God" why are we born with the ability to taste food and to see in color?

Question

We do not need these things to survive, but they make life more enjoyable.

Answer 1

--It seems as most of these comments, dwell on the negative, I guess they don't enjoy a great pizza for the sake of enjoying it or a big bowl of Breyers Cherry Vanilla--They would rather not distinguish these joys so they do not taste gasoline or manure in their daily diet.

--This text is great to contemplate when we take things for granted:

(James 1:16-17) “16 Do not be misled, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect present is from above, for it comes down from the Father of the [celestial] lights, and with him there is not a variation of the turning of the shadow. . .”

--Just for instance, is it not true on just the matter of food or water--Is it not man that makes the variations, to either cause the contamination of such or the prevention for the unfortunate to obtain?

Answer 2

The ability you said is also present among the animals. They also see though colors may be absent to some, their sense of smell and hearing can be even stronger than human. We cannot jump like the frogs do and we can hardly communicate the way whales and dolphins do also.
Your question should have been, who gave man the ability to know all about other lives existing on earth. Who taught man to know what resources on the ground, sea and air are the things that can help man create their own environment. Who gave man the authority to develop his living conditions that other animals could only survive on what nature can offer them? Why is it that for every man's accomplishments, there is always something that makes him look for more answers in life.

Answer 3

Stop for a second and think. Taste is how you tell rotten food that makes you ill from safe food. Color enhances your survival by allowing you to tell the difference between things like coral snakes (deadly) and king snakes (benign). The reason people like you annoy people like me is you don't grasp even the simplest scientific facts, and you toss out self-evidently silly challenges like this as though you've just topped Einstein. The Apostle Paul was an educated man who urged you to STUDY to show yourself approved. Faith isn't a license to be ignorant. The scripture is clear on the value of knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Go get some.

Answer 4

We aren't born with those abilities, those parts of our nervous system develop after birth. The need to see in color allows us more accurate hunting and gathering of food and allows us to better discern the movement of camouflaged predators. The ability to taste food is very limited, we taste only salty, bitter, sweet, sour. These four help us determine the freshness and nutritional content of food. The ability to smell our food and the world around us enrices our lives but is also incredibly important. God would have nothing to do with it either way, created or evolved we need our senses to survive.

Answer 5

Actually we do need those things to survive. Do you even know how many types of poisonous mushrooms there are? Without the ability to distinguish them in color the person would likely make a wrong choice and end up dead.

Answer 6

If there is a God, why are we born with the ability to taste food and to see in color? (once you answer this question, you will have answered yours)

Answer 7

All senses are necessary or at least helpful for survival. But you might have noted that we do not see as well as an eagle and we do not smell as well as a dog. That's because resources are limited and we're dependent more on our brain than our senses. (And let me add that even the ability to enjoy is helpful for survival!)

Answer 8

Taste food: We're descended from fruit-eaters. To our fruit-eating ancestors, a sense of taste helped distinguish ripe fruit (edible) from not-yet-ripe fruit (not edible).

See in color: Probably also helped with determining food ripeness. We have tree dwellers among our ancestors. Being able to see in color probably helps with processing 3D information during the daytime. Notice that while lots of primates are nocturnal, even the ones that are nocturnal don't jump from tree to tree so much at night :)

Answer 9

God????? Darwins theory of eveloution.........learn it. All body functions have a purpose. To be able to see in colour allows us to differentiate between different objects and taste allows us to know whether something is poisonous

Answer 10

WHAT? Tasting food and seeing in color are not adaptations for survival? Are you smoking something as you type? Please go learn something about biology before you ask anymore questions!