So your an Athiest

[God of Mr. Hanky]

Those who study biology and paleobiology have an answer to that, and it's not written in an old abook, it's told by observable fact. They observe how life evolved from the bottom up - for example, the eye began very simple in creatures which we are genetically linked to, as a simple photo-sensitive spot as a useful accident of reproduction. Subsequent generations made sight more complex in animals when such deviations, in ecologically stressful conditions. There is no evidence for design, only the cobbling up and occasional retrofitting of traits which were at some point useful, and eventual (but not timely) dumping of traits which are of no use (we've still got that damned appendix). It's undeniable that it's a bottom-up series of events, much the opposite of the top-down format which is required in all manner of "design". If you were paid as an engineer to design the human body, we would have to be a lot more sensibly and efficiently designed than we are now, or you would be out of a job! Sorry, but the more you look at that idea of design behind what life actually is on this planet, the much less it makes any sense.

Hey, Yahweh - YER FIIIIIRED!!!

Ok, I want to say again that I study biology and I think the evidence disagrees. I did not bring the old book into this, you did. I agree that observations should guide our belief. I also want to make sure that you realize that within the scientific community there is virtually never a consensus between what they think the evidence points to. Your story about the eye is just a story. The facts: organisms can sense light. We have organs that sense light. Your interpretation: one must have become the other over many generations. You have been taught in your biology class about the slight changes that occur, and they tell you that these changes can lead to entire new genetic information. Evolution operates by changing existing DNA. It has no good mechanism of adding new genetic information. The design of the human body is amazing. If there was an engineer alive today capable of designing something that efficient, they would be the most successful engineer of all time. The appendix still serves functions. It has functions in cultivating bacteria for your intestine to aid in digestion. It also may have immune functions. Life is not poorly designed. The simplest cell is more efficient and complex than anything mankind has done.

I do sincerely hope you aren't a surgeon who I may need to rely on some day, for your grasp of the difference between fiction and reality!