Design flaws in creation?

[Biblewriter]

In some other threads some have alleged certain design flaws in creation. The one I find most interesting is the claim that our curved spines are a "design flaw."

There are specific benefits to a curved design, as opposed to a straight one. The most significant one is springiness. When an accomplished engineer designs a cast wheel, he designs it with curved spokes. Why? Because straight spokes cannot absorb stress as well as curved ones.

To appreciate the advantage of a curved spine, just go outside and stand on a step above a concrete walkway. Jump off the last step and hold your hips straight and lock your knees before you hit bottom. When you have recovered your breath (it will take a while) repeat the experiment, but this time jump from the third of fourth step and land with your hips and knees slightly bent. it will not hurt a bit.

There are many small minds that imagine they could improve on the designs God used in creation. But every supposed "improvement" I have ever seen makes no more sense that the straight spine proposal.

The basic designs of a skeleton is remarkably efficient. In the first place, this is a basic design that can be modified six ways to Sunday, and still work well every time. There is little difference between the skeletons of a human arm, a dog's front leg, a horse's front leg, and a Bird's wing. All have the same basic elements, just slightly modified for specific purposes. Repeat (or delete, depending upon your starting point) a feature here or there, Twist a joint this way or that, and the same design works for them all.

Then all you have to do is wink as you listen to fools claim that the similarities in your designs prove that you didn't do it!

 

[juvenissun]

In some other threads some have alleged certain design flaws in creation. The one I find most interesting is the claim that our curved spines are a "design flaw."

There are specific benefits to a curved design, as opposed to a straight one. The most significant one is springiness. When an accomplished engineer designs a cast wheel, he designs it with curved spokes. Why? Because straight spokes cannot absorb stress as well as curved ones.

To appreciate the advantage of a curved spine, just go outside and stand on a step above a concrete walkway. Jump off the last step and hold your hips straight and lock your knees before you hit bottom. When you have recovered your breath (it will take a while) repeat the experiment, but this time jump from the third of fourth step and land with your hips and knees slightly bent. it will not hurt a bit.

There are many small minds that imagine they could improve on the designs God used in creation. But every supposed "improvement" I have ever seen makes no more sense that the straight spine proposal.

The basic designs of a skeleton is remarkably efficient. In the first place, this is a basic design that can be modified six ways to Sunday, and still work well every time. There is little difference between the skeletons of a human arm, a dog's front leg, a horse's front leg, and a Bird's wing. All have the same basic elements, just slightly modified for specific purposes. Repeat (or delete, depending upon your starting point) a feature here or there, Twist a joint this way or that, and the same design works for them all.

Then all you have to do is wink as you listen to fools claim that the similarities in your designs prove that you didn't do it!

I guess you can see I was there to argue with them.

To say something that fits better in this subforum, I think we are the "image" of God. This image includes a physical image. However, just like it was described in the Book of Hebrews, image is not the real thing and does not describe the true details. That is why we are not that physically capable when we compare the function on each of body parts with that of some other creatures. But just like we evaluate any object, we do not score it only by parts, we give an integrated score. In that sense, our body would score the highest among all creatures.

 

[busterdog]

Then all you have to do is wink as you listen to fools claim that the similarities in your designs prove that you didn't do it!

There is a somewhat important case in New Jersey. Two doctors are doing a laminectomy. The patient is paralyzed afterward. No one knows (or admits) at what point, by whom or how the ronguer is subject to a slip that cuts the nerve. As a matter of law, the patient's "expert" doctor is disqualified from testifying about which doctor it was that slipped. He is simply incapable of offereing any cogent opinion that is was more likely to be one doctor rather than the other.

The other "proof" problem here is trying to fudge the distinction between nature and nurture. Design is quite disctinct from environmental causes. But, then, that is the essential foolishness of atheism, which assumes that the environment proves either no designer or an inept one -- morally culpable for the condition of the environment itself. But, since the only rational position is that there is more than one cause for the troubles of this life and weak spines, there can be no sufficient case against your position.

 

[JesusThree16]

It's a sad attempt at insulting the genius of God.