[QUOTE]Originally posted by redstang281:
[b] In nature there is a strong desire to want sex. Why would anything have sex without first having the desire for sex?[/QUOTE]
Um, plants reproduce sexually, but have no sex drive.
You are conflating the
type of reproduction with the
act of reproduction.
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Also, reproducing creates more competition for food. Why not just evolve to live forever?
Natural systems wear out, or you get eaten.
An individual's "job", in an evolutionary sense, is to pass on it's genes. After it's done that, there is not much reason to stick around.
From a genetic standpoint, IOW, your children aren't competition, they're
you.
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I could possibly see this question being answered with "that is something we are still evolving towards." If that is the answer from an evolutionist standpoint then why would the earliest life forms live shorter life spans? What sets that limitation of life to begin with?
Nobody prposes that we should live forever.
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