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Author Topic:   Irreducible complexity- the challenges have been rebutted (if not refuted)
zephyr
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Message 48 of 112 (56855)
09-21-2003 11:48 PM
Reply to: Message 45 by Gemster
09-21-2003 10:37 PM


Re: hi there
There are venomous reptiles with less advanced versions of the same system. Other snakes have less effective fangs than the cobra. Gila monsters just have poisonous saliva, and have to gnaw on you for a while to get even a little into your blood. If the "perfect" system in a cobra was designed by a deity, why didn't they all get it? More importantly, if there was no death before the supposed fall, why do cobras have fangs at all - for subduing and eating tomatoes? Or did they instantly develop them, or evolve them over time, after they left the garden? How much of this change can you pack into the few hundred years between the garden and the old cultures that coexisted with cobras as we know them today?
The questions could just go on and on, but I don't see the point.

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zephyr
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Message 50 of 112 (56857)
09-21-2003 11:55 PM
Reply to: Message 49 by Brad McFall
09-21-2003 11:53 PM


Re: hi there
Fangs and gill slits? I've never considered or investigated the relationship. Why, is there reason to suspect one?

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