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Does intelligent design explain why...
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RE: Does intelligent design explain why...
(May 31, 2014 at 9:27 am)Simon Moon Wrote:
(May 31, 2014 at 8:10 am)Unsure Wrote: Sex gives you pleasure?

Or why eating is enjoyable?

These are 2 main factors in our survival and the continuation of the human race, are they accidentally pleasurable? Doesn't it point to a design made to encourage people to survive and breed?

Is there a scientific or evolutionary answer to why 2 essential parts of the human race's survival feel good?

Thanks for reading.


Because if our more primitive ancestors didn't enjoy sex or eating, they would not have survived.

This was exactly my point/question... Why was it enjoyable for our ancestors?

(May 31, 2014 at 10:41 am)Bad Wolf Wrote: Yo Unsure, if you think having sex and eating is evidence of design what do you think about wisdom teeth? What's the point in those? What designer would include those.
Also, the laryngeal nerve. It stretches from the base of the brain, loops around the aorta and goes all the way back up to the larynx in the throat. The only function of this nerve is to control the larynx. This occurs in humans, but also occurs in many other animals, most notably the giraffe. What kind of intelligent designer would do this? The nerve travels unnecessarily far. A stupid design isn't it? An all powerful, all knowing being surely wouldn't make such a mistake right?

Relax. I believe in evolution.

(May 31, 2014 at 9:50 am)Chas Wrote:
(May 31, 2014 at 9:04 am)Unsure Wrote: Good point regarding our food being designed to be enjoyable by us. I don't suppose tearing the bloody raw meat off a gazelle and eating its innards is TOO pleasurable for a lion, rather they just do so to survive.

Everything you said is wrong.

There is no evidence of design. Evolution by natural selection explains why sex feels good, why food tastes good. And our ancestors ate raw meat before the taming of fire.

I've seen animals eat with what appears to be great pleasure and enjoyment.
Just because you don't think eating raw gazelle is appetizing, you can't conclude that a lion doesn't.

I made the point of the lion and gazelle IN SUPPORT of the poster who argued AGAINST my original point so I'm a bit confused by you refuting it.
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Messages In This Thread
Does intelligent design explain why... - by Unsure - May 31, 2014 at 8:10 am
RE: Does intelligent design explain why... - by Cato - May 31, 2014 at 8:19 am
RE: Does intelligent design explain why... - by Unsure - May 31, 2014 at 9:04 am
RE: Does intelligent design explain why... - by Chas - May 31, 2014 at 9:50 am
RE: Does intelligent design explain why... - by Chas - June 2, 2014 at 12:29 am
RE: Does intelligent design explain why... - by Unsure - May 31, 2014 at 11:20 am
RE: Does intelligent design explain why... - by Chas - May 31, 2014 at 11:29 am
RE: Does intelligent design explain why... - by Chas - May 31, 2014 at 8:44 pm
RE: Does intelligent design explain why... - by Losty - June 2, 2014 at 7:39 pm
RE: Does intelligent design explain why... - by Tonus - June 2, 2014 at 7:34 pm

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