What is the most important biological function to life?

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As Paul said, ... everything works together ... and there is no working of the whole without ALL of it's members. No member (system) is higher/lower in supporting human life. If any systems fail, the entire body fails.

To support human life, the following systems must be in operation ...

Respiratory (i.e. breathing)
Circulation (i.e. blood flow)
Nervous - including the brain
Digestive - including elimination of waste material
Immune - including the skin (protection from harmful entities)
Endocrine (production/distribution of hormones/enzymes)
Muscular (all movement, including breath/heartbeat)
Skeletal (structural soundness - for room/capacity to perform all life functions)

For what it's worth, the brain controls breathing ... and heartbeat.

And, of course, the heart provides for the circulation of blood to all areas of the body.

And ... the lungs supply fresh oxygen to supply energy for life-support activity.

Which is why, there are so many different ways to arrest life ...

* Stop brain function
* Stop heart function
* Stop lung function
* Stop digestive/elimination of waste functions
* Blood loss
* Allow internal attack by external entities (germs, toxins, etc.)
* Break enough bones (especially around the thorax/abdomen ... where the majority of organs are housed (heart, liver, stomach, lungs, etc.)



So what you are saying is that:
A. The body is a complex biological system and that a system can only be interpreted holistically as a whole, which is true.

B. That a system is comprised of components which individually cannot be classed as a system, which is also true.

And C. That this all proves the body was not designed around the need for breathing, which is untrue.

So you are correct that a system is not defined by its componentry, that is true. Nor is a group of systems defined individually in order that one system could give rise to a more larger collection of systems. And that a group of systems must all be in place for the complete system to be interpreted as a whole, as you say.

But what is missing from your statement about systems is the fact that a system is not defined by its componentry or by the number of systems involved collectively. Because a system is defined by it's rules, and the rule is with each and every function within the body is to conserve oxygen...Regardless of any preferences we may have for any individual feature.

Which means that the body must not only be in constant supply of air in order for any part to have any survivability and therefore a purpose, because a non-functional system cannot be described as a system. Which also means that every function within the body is designed around breathing, because breathing is the only input which must be in constant supply, or, every system in the body will automatically begin a shutdown procedure.

There is only one thing which can cause every system in the body to begin shutting down all at once and that is when air is cut off to the body, and it does not matter if missed lunch or have a bullet in your head, it will always be the supply of air that will keep the system as whole working.

There was a young student living in America who was shot in the head and lost half of his brain, but a short while later he was back at school, and, a chook can survive without a head at all for a number of days, because the chook can still breath and water can still be feed to the chicken down its neck.

And the rules, which are defined as parameters, is what governs the limitations of systems as a whole. Which means there is another dimension involved with systems called instructions (information) which does not come from the system or the componentry, because information is nonmartial and does not come from any of the ten dimensions of reality.

In other words there is a non material aspect to the human body, which is not only bound by physical laws, but rules as well.
For example: It is a good rule that a humans should not eat other humans because of the risks involved with genetic mutations that lead to a degenerative brain disorders that are permanent.

So rules are for our benefit and rules do not come from a system but are a part of the system as a collective whole, and rules can only come from intent.
And that is because rules are imposed upon a system from outside of the system make up, and there is nothing in nature which can display intent except for a conscious being.
Which means that nature did not produce a life as the rules for the system as a whole must come from a conscious being that is outside of the system, because nature is not self-aware and cannot organize instructions.

Wikipedia
A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and expressed in its functioning. Systems are the subjects of study of systems theory.
 
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The body was made to support life, ... which is more than breathing ...

Actually? Air was made to support the body, and not the other way around...
The body is alive because it breaths which is essential for every action in the body...And not because the body has motion...Which means that life is defined as breathing...And not as a locomotive device.

Why is breathing vital to life?
Breathing uses chemical and mechanical processes to bring oxygen to every cell of the body and to get rid of carbon dioxide. Our body needs oxygen to obtain energy to fuel all our living processes.


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