human tails and the midriff - hiccups, what are the creatonist theories about them?

I don't mean this in any condescending way, but you've brought up a valid point that has been made time and time again.There are elements of "poor design" found in pretty much every organism that are the result of body plans being limited by the body plans of their ancestors.So far, the creationists have no real answer to those problems except for saying, "that the way God wanted to do it. There are certain obstacles that God wants us to overcome. Etc, etc, etc." For them, the traits that work really well are "evidence of design" and the traits that are redundant or sub-optimal are that way "because God didn't want to make life too easy." There's really no logical way to argue against this beyond trying to point out the fallacies of their logic, because no amount of biological evidence will suffice.

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We have many intuitions in our life and the point is that many of these intuitions are wrong. The question is, are we going to test those intuitions?
-Dan Ariely

As well as Katrina, 9/11, and the Holocaust.

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We have many intuitions in our life and the point is that many of these intuitions are wrong. The question is, are we going to test those intuitions?
-Dan Ariely

You're assuming that the ancestor of great apes and monkeys had a prehensile tail, but do you even know this to be true? It's quite possible that the prehensile tail evolved after the split between monkeys and apes. In fact, only New World monkeys have prehensile tails. Old World monkeys do not, and neither do lemurs. It could very well be that the tail that the great apes "lost" was no more useful than any other tail you'd find on a cat or a dog. Useful, for certain things, but perhaps not useful enough to be selected for in that lineage, and definitely no third hand.Edited by Stagamancer, : No reason given.

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We have many intuitions in our life and the point is that many of these intuitions are wrong. The question is, are we going to test those intuitions?
-Dan Ariely

Well, I'm not primatologist, but seeing as how only new world monkeys have a prehensile tail and no old world primates do, it would be pretty weird if the ancestor of both lines had a prehensile tail, wouldn't it?I'm not saying the tail of a dog isn't useful to dogs, but they use it mostly for balance while running on all fours. The great apes don't really do this, so they haven't maintained a tail. However, other primates, such as baboons that do run on all four regularly, still do have a tail.

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We have many intuitions in our life and the point is that many of these intuitions are wrong. The question is, are we going to test those intuitions?
-Dan Ariely