I always seem to think of this when I'm taking some kind of biology class.
Everyone here has heard of intelligent design, right? It's the idea that our bodies or sections of our bodies and the world or universe in general, it's the idea that they're so complicated but perfect that they couldn't possibly have come into being if not for some intelligent designer.
Know what I think of that? Yeah, well, since I think God is nothing more than an invisible friend in the sky, I think intelligent design is garbage. Mainly because I see so many flaws to the universe and, specifically, human beings, fragile creatures that we are. I mean, if this universe were created specifically for us, why are we only able to survive on a very small portion of it? We have to live on a planet with an atmosphere and it has to have a certain temperature range or we freeze or burn up. Even on that planet, we aren't designed to live on the great majority of the planet because we can't survive for very long in the ocean and the north and south poles both fall under that 'too cold' category.
Even within our own bodies, we're filled with ways we kill ourselves! I mean, think about it: How intelligent is it to create an immune system that can actually kill us with fever while it tries to fight off virus? How about allergies, where our immune system finds a mundane substance and interprets it as a foreign invader and sends our immune system into overdrive to try to fight it off? Because, y'know, cat dander, pollen and peanuts are dangerous things.
Is it just me, or is there anyone else here who thinks, if we had the opportunity, we could design things better than they currently are?
Everyone here has heard of intelligent design, right? It's the idea that our bodies or sections of our bodies and the world or universe in general, it's the idea that they're so complicated but perfect that they couldn't possibly have come into being if not for some intelligent designer.
Know what I think of that? Yeah, well, since I think God is nothing more than an invisible friend in the sky, I think intelligent design is garbage. Mainly because I see so many flaws to the universe and, specifically, human beings, fragile creatures that we are. I mean, if this universe were created specifically for us, why are we only able to survive on a very small portion of it? We have to live on a planet with an atmosphere and it has to have a certain temperature range or we freeze or burn up. Even on that planet, we aren't designed to live on the great majority of the planet because we can't survive for very long in the ocean and the north and south poles both fall under that 'too cold' category.
Even within our own bodies, we're filled with ways we kill ourselves! I mean, think about it: How intelligent is it to create an immune system that can actually kill us with fever while it tries to fight off virus? How about allergies, where our immune system finds a mundane substance and interprets it as a foreign invader and sends our immune system into overdrive to try to fight it off? Because, y'know, cat dander, pollen and peanuts are dangerous things.
Is it just me, or is there anyone else here who thinks, if we had the opportunity, we could design things better than they currently are?
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
