(February 14, 2016 at 10:42 am)KevinM1 Wrote:(February 14, 2016 at 10:40 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: Yeah, I agree. I realized how irrational it is to even consider intelligent design once I learned just the basics of natural selection. It reminds me of an example a member here used once (paraphrasing): "It's like looking at a puddle in the road and saying, 'how amazing that water was perfectly designed to fit into that hole!"
See also: the platypus
Well, at least Platypus are cute, in a backasswards sort of way.
But consider God's magnificent design in these unfortunate beasts:
the "Blob-Fish":
![[Image: hqdefault.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FB6iEg0upWjU%2Fhqdefault.jpg)
the "Sea-Pig":
![[Image: SeaPig.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=a57.foxnews.com%2Fglobal.fncstatic.com%2Fstatic%2Fmanaged%2Fimg%2FScitech%2F660%2F495%2FSeaPig.jpg)
the Angler-Fish:
![[Image: di-ef_466GP_deep3_anglerhr.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=nature.ca%2Fexplore%2Fdi-ef%2Fimages%2Fdi-ef_466GP_deep3_anglerhr.jpg)
The Lamprey Eel:
![[Image: lamprey-eels.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i1.wp.com%2Fwww.wonderslist.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2Flamprey-eels.jpg)
and my personal favourite,
....the star-nosed mole:
![[Image: star-nosed-mole.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=assets.nydailynews.com%2Fpolopoly_fs%2F1.1276957%21%2Fimg%2FhttpImage%2Fimage.jpg_gen%2Fderivatives%2Fgallery_1200%2Fstar-nosed-mole.jpg)
Well Done, God.