Creationists, and Evolutionists?

Question

Ok, two questions for both of you.

Why did God, create humanity with Soft feet, that need covering?

Why did God create humanity in a world were exposure to the cold of night alone(Unclothed) can often kill us?

Evolutionists:

Why did humans, evolve soft foot souls that are so easily damaged, and sensitive?

Why did humans evolve to have so little hair and natural protection from the elements?

Answer 1

Our "soles" are soft because they didn't need to be harder. However, our soles do toughen quite a bit when we live in the wild. With the last few thousands of years of shoes, we have let our feet soften quite a bit. However, there are still tribes out there that get along quite well with no footwear. It all depends on the environment you evolve in.

And, again, our protection against the natural elements indicates the environment we evolved in. Humans didn't inhabit the more harsh environments until we figured out how to clothe ourselves. We lived in tropical areas where we didn't need that much protection.

Answer 2

Fair enough questions. Good points raised.

I would suggest that as to the feet, i) there are peoples who hunt and survive barefoot, their feet have of course hardened up and calloused as a measure of protection ii) man has also been given the intelligence and ability which can be used to adapt and to provide against difficulties and this of course applies to more than just feet.

The softness of the feet is a good illustration of the tenderness of a right walk with God. Man was created to be dependant not independant.

As to covering against the elements, when man was first created the climate was very different, much warmer and probably a different pressure so that covering from the elements was not necessary. Conditions were ideal, perfect.

After the Fall when sin had entered in then covering was for other reasons than protection from the elements.Climatic conditions were catasclysmically altered by the Flood and cold and the cold regions that we know today were brought about. This also necesarily brought in various types of storms and violent weather conditions such as we experience today. Protection from the elements has now become necessary.

As you can appreciate these new conditions are a consequence of sin and are permitted by God, not least as a reminder and demonstration of our miserable estate.

Answer 3

Creationism:
1. Because God felt like it.
2. Because God felt like it.

Evolution:
1. They have changed over time, were originally used in a warmer, softer climate, will adapt to new situations. However, odd things happen, like the Eskimos. It doesn't make sense for them not to wear shoes, yet their blood has developed to being more resistant to the cold...

2. Random variations/ mutations do not determine if a species survives. What matters is that (1) the mutation does not kill off the individual, (2) the individual reproduces, and (3) the mutation is not bred out of the family line. Looking at modern conceptions of beauty, it's a wonder that humans have hair at all!

Answer 4

1) you walk around barefoot for a while and see how quickly your feet adapt. You have the capability to build up tough feet, you just never used it.

2) Note that hair and even tails ARE still present. The selection process is a statistical phenomena.

There is a theory that sometime within Man's evolutionary past he had an aquatic phase. This is upheld by:

* The layer of fat beneath the skin is more characteristic of marine mammals.
* The pattern described by the hair remaining on the body describes fairly closely what would be a flow pattern. Also, the pattern of denser hair (top of head, chin, pubic region) matches the marine growth areas
* Humans have a diving reflex like that of the semi-aquatic mammals that live in cold climates. When the face hits cold water, the entire metabolism slows and the interior distribution of the blood flows. This has been observed in numerous near-drownings in cold water (it doesn't seem to cut in on warm water).

Thus, we have the same amount of hair (almost) as any other marine mammal. And for the exact same reasons. We just didn't have a long enough marine phase for further adaptations (lose arms & legs).

Answer 5

Gorillas and other apes have soft feet as well. Ours probably would't be all that "soft", btw, if we didn't go around wearing shoes all the time. Feet develop caluouses (sp?) that protect them from damage, just like if you play guitar or any other string instrument your fingertips will develop caulouses.

We did evolve on the African Savanah, did we really need so much protection against cold? Also, think about it--how attractive do you find hairy people? Once we began to wear protective clothing we were probably able to choose less-hairy mates, so that trait simply got developed. We DID have lots of hair before, though. One reason teenagers get acne is because the pores on their faces excrete oil. When we had hairy faces, this would give the hair a sheen and make us more attractive (so to speak) to potential mates.

Answer 6

Well, our feet do not have to be covered and we have trained them to be soft. Hundreds of thousands of people in Africa, South America, and many other places around the world have never had shoes on their feet. If you or I never had worn shoes, our feet would have developed tough soles just like their's have. And we have made a choice to live in cold areas where our feet might freeze. I do not believe that God meant for humans to live in cold areas, but we have made that choice.

The second part is the same answer.

creationist.

Answer 7

Creation: We were in the Garden of Eden. Because we didn't have a problem with anything back then until Adam and Eve got booted out. Only then did we need to cover our feet cause the ground was hard and cover ourselves because it was cold.
Basically it's a punishment.

Evolution: If you don't wear shoes are feet will develop huge callouses,to the point we don't need shoes. Thousands of years ago (tens of thousands) we all had very thick (1-2 inch)callouses on our feet. But over tens of thousands of years of covering our feet, the callouses went away.
Back thousands of years ago we were extremely hairy, just look, some people with lycanthropy (thick hairs all over their bodies, ie werewolves) but over tens of thousands of years of wearing skins and clothing, we no longer need all the hair.
We evolved out of the need of either.

Answer 8

The human foot under natural conditions becomes very hard and leathery, capable of walking on rough terrain.
Animal skins are the best protection against the cold. The climate originally ( Adam and Eve time) would have been more temperate than now and a smaller area of our earth.
We have been provided with two of most things. A good move by God who gave things a great deal of thought!

Answer 9

because humans evolved in areas of the planet where hard soled feet were not necessary and where the climate was tropical to sub tropical so the nights were not cold enough to kill. Humans MOVED into the areas where cold nights and days were a danger and learned to survive...

Answer 10

What difference does it make if God Created all from an ameoba and an evolution process or by just creating? Two things only matter God deserves our love and respect due to the fact God gave us life. God deserves praise for creating his son that formed into man so we could know God and be saved, redeemed, and able to reenter the Garden of Eden we call Heaven.
Love Your Maker,
Peace