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"Budikka666" |
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12 Dec 2006 04:12:10 PM |
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Why There's No Design #66 |
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/science/12turt.html reports:
'Researchers lately have been astonished to discover that in contrast
to nearly every other animal studied, a turtle's organs do not
gradually break down or become less efficient over time...he liver,
lungs and kidneys of a centenarian turtle are virtually
indistinguishable from those of its teenage counterpart'
So it is possible, if you're a theist. to claim that agelessness can be
designed into a system. Yet no human has it.
'Turtles have the power to almost stop the ticking of their personal
clock. "Their heart isn't necessarily stimulated by nerves, and it
doesn't need to beat constantly,"'
No more heart attacks....
'among some populations of sea turtles, females do not reach sexual
maturity until they are in their 40s or 50s,'
Imagine how easily that would completely erase unwanted and teen
pregnancy issues.
"Turtles can persist in habitats where little else can survive,"
No more starving millions.
'Box turtles and other forest-dwelling species can spot a lake or pond
a mile in the distance'
No more thirsting.
"...some turtle species may communicate subsonically, just as elephants
do, transmitting and detecting ultralow frequency sound waves as
vibrations in the ground.'
No more lost children.
So which is the pinnacle of evolution? Which is god's chosen one?
Clearly it's the turtle. Humans cannot even begin to compare with
these traits. It would seem particularly clear that no human was ever
designed by any god. Unless it was an incompetent, an evil, or a
vindictive god.
Budikka
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| User: "Kathy" |
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| Title: Re: Why There's No Design #66 |
12 Dec 2006 04:57:52 PM |
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"Budikka666" <budikka1@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:1165961530.723837.235630@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com...
It would seem particularly clear that no human was ever
designed by any god. Unless it was an incompetent, an evil, or a
vindictive god.
They don't CARE how incompetent or evil their god is or isn't.... they're
only thinking of all that great eternal life their leaders promise them for
worshipping their god/gods/goddesses of choice.
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| User: "Budikka666" |
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| Title: Re: Why There's No Design #66 |
13 Dec 2006 03:47:47 PM |
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Kathy wrote:
"Budikka666" <budikka1@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:1165961530.723837.235630@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com...
It would seem particularly clear that no human was ever
designed by any god. Unless it was an incompetent, an evil, or a
vindictive god.
They don't CARE how incompetent or evil their god is or isn't.... they're
only thinking of all that great eternal life their leaders promise them for
worshipping their god/gods/goddesses of choice.
Little do they know that we know....
Budikka
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