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You say its a dumb design, yet you are the product of this design!
Yes.
It's
dumb to design our skulls with a sharp ridge on the inside.
I mean, if you are saying that the Intelligent Designer is an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving God, then why would He make so many dumb mistakes?
I mean, why would He have made us with such weak lower backs and knees? Why would He have given us crossover food and air pipes that make is so easy for us to choke? Why would he have created our eyes with a blind spot on our retinas? Why would He have made our skulls so large that it is incredibly difficult to get infants' heads through the birth canal, making human birth much more difficult than practically every other mammal?
I can understand why these things could have
evolved, since nature will create creatures with
good enough design most of the time. Our design is quite good enough, but there are tradeoffs.
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Perhaps this Designer wanted to have a little laugh at these insignficant humans who dare to question Him!
Perhaps. But this isn't a scientific question.
Also, if true, he's having a "laugh" at all of the believers who do not question him. You have all of the design flaws, too.
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You know he may have delibrately designed you badly.. God did not make you perfect, so this 'dumb' design is part of the drawbacks of being human.. Really, you can't argue for evolution by trying to disprove God - it is silly.
I'm not arguing
for evolution.
I am arguing
against the notion that humans were designed by an omnipotent, omnicient supernatural entity.
If you want to believe that humans were designed by a sort-of-intelligent designer who is also kind of a dick, then that's your choice, but that's certainly not science, is it?
Edited by schrafinator, : No reason given.
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