How about this duckling, born recently with four legs: http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/845104/tiny_duckling_has_rare_mutation_4_legs/index.html
2007-02-25 15:16:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Come on, Zero ... you know just as well as I do that god has a plan for that duck, and the only reason he/she would be born with four legs is because it will need four legs in the future ... and you know that god can see that and we can't. *LOL*
Hey, you wanna help me start a cult surrounding the four-legged duck???
LMAO
2007-02-25 15:21:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
TJ - your knowledge of evolutionary theory (it's not a hypothesis, and people would take your answers far more seriously if you learned the difference) is weak. Mutations are the only thing that (over time) differentiate one species from the next. We are all products of many, many genetic mutations. And evolution is not directional - there is no evolving upwards, there is no evolving downwards, there is certainly no 'falling', there is only changing into something different that survives better (ie, lives to reproduce more offspring) in a different environment. Different environment, got that? Think we'd be the dominant species in a methane-based atmosphere?
BTW, the word "mutation" derives from the Latin word for "change," not the Latin work for "freak of nature."
2007-02-25 23:45:05 · answer #2 · answered by somebody 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God can put four legs on a duck if he wants.
He just can't do more serious miracles. Like answer the prayer of an amputee.
If an amputee wants a new leg, let him pray for a prosthetic leg.
As for the duck, God just figured that would be cool to watch a duck walk on four legs.
2007-02-25 23:25:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The genetic programming of life is amazing. One minor mutuation in millions of lines of code is all it takes to upset the intricate process of development as evidenced by this four-legged duck.
I don't know if evolution or intelligent design or some combination of the two actually occured but everyone can marvel at the complexity of life which is a testament by itself that we really don't fully understand how it came into existence no matter how much of a petty desire to harm Christianity you have.
2007-02-25 23:26:12 · answer #4 · answered by funkyourcouches 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
So, where does Howard the Duck fit in? He has hands instead of wings. Come to think of it, so do Daffy Duck and Donald Duck. What's the deal with all these wingless ducks, huh???
2007-02-25 23:24:02 · answer #5 · answered by Antique Silver Buttons 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is laughable to taunt creationists with evidence of congenital disorders. You are piling up evidence against the hypothesis that is called evolution. As you can see, mutations are not progressive upward changes, but mutations are almost invariably inconvenient if not destructive to the organism.
Polydactylism is an example where mutations create no new genetic information, rather it is a manifestation of a duplication error of the existing DNA information.
BTW, the Bible has an explanation for DNA errors. Theologically it is called "the fall".
2007-02-25 23:34:48 · answer #6 · answered by tj 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Rofl! I wonder, can he run twice as fast as a duck with only two legs?
2007-02-25 23:21:01 · answer #7 · answered by DBA GODZY 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If they were so intelligently-designed, how come duck is so tasty? Wouldn't it make more sense to make them taste bad, then they would live longer.
2007-02-25 23:20:41 · answer #8 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
aw, it's just God laughing at amputees, "See, I CAN give something that dosen't NEED extra limbs, limbs. HAHA!"
2007-02-25 23:30:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋