Intelligent Design or Fairy tale, Which Is It?

@NativePortlander1970 Funny I was just saying to my wife how these people's relationship with God is like an abusive relationship.

@OriginalDumbMan so, then why do Christians pray? If we have free will, then God doesn’t intervene in earthly matters. That's what free will means. So, why do you pray?

@Richard65 Anyone claiming free will has never been in love

@GodSpeed63 Me: Would you like to see some evidence?

You: silence

Me: waiting for you to answer my question

You: silence

You: Well, are you going to show it?

Me: still waiting for you to answer my question

@GodSpeed63 She never runs away, to the contrary you run away and never answer any direct questions.

@newjaninev2 I'm tired of waiting for you to show up... I'l proceed without you on the assumption that you are waiting to see evidence.

Let's begin (lots more to come... lots more for you to ignore)

When you inhale through your nostrils, the flow of air branches into four pairs of large chambers tucked in the bones of your face… the nasal sinuses, which are cavities inside our heads. The air comes into contact with mucous membranes… wet and sticky tissue that catches dust and other particles, including bacteria and viruses, so that they don’t reach your lungs.

The mucous membranes produce a slow and steady flow of sticky mucus. This mucus is swept away by tiny, pulsating, hairlike structures called cilia. The mucus drains into several spots and is ultimately swallowed and sent to the stomach (where the acid destroys it).

Sometimes the system gets gummed up, and that can lead to a sinus infection. Bacteria can establish an infection that may spread throughout the sinuses and beyond. Mucus, normally thin and mostly clear, becomes thick, viscous, and dark green when you have an infection.

Have you ever noticed that dogs, cats, and other animals don’t seem to have head colds nearly as often as humans do? Most humans suffer between two and five head colds (also called upper respiratory infections) per year, and these are often accompanied by full-blown sinus infections. For dogs it’s different. Dogs can get sinus infections, which show up as a runny nose, but it’s rare for them. Most dogs will go their whole lives with no major episodes of infection in their nasal sinuses.

In fact, sinus infections are possible but rare in all non-human animals, although they are a little more common in other primates. Why is it so bad for us?

The reason is that our mucous drainage system is a mess. Specifically, the most important drainage-collection pipes are installed near the top of the largest pair of cavities, the maxillary sinuses, located underneath the upper cheeks. Having the drainage-collection point high within these sinuses is a problem because of gravity. While the sinuses behind the forehead and around the eyes can drain downward, the largest and lowest two cavities must drain upward.

Because the mucous collection duct is located at the top of the chamber, gravity cannot help with drainage. This is the reason why sinus infections are so common in humans but unheard of in other animals.

This is why some people with colds and sinus infections can briefly find relief by lying down and tilting their head back. However, the relief is only temporary. Once a bacterial infection takes hold, drainage alone can no longer combat it, and the bacteria must be defeated by the immune system.

What kind of plumber would put a drainpipe anywhere but at the bottom of a basin?
Why is the drainage system at the top of the maxillary sinuses instead of below?

The evolutionary history of the human face holds the answer. As primates evolved from earlier mammals, the nasal features underwent a radical change in structure and function. In many mammals, smell is the single most important sense, and the structure of the entire snout optimises the sense of smell. This is why most mammals have elongated snouts... to accommodate huge air-filled cavities full of odour receptors. As our primate ancestors evolved, however, there was less reliance on smell and more reliance on vision, touch, and cognitive abilities. Accordingly, the snout regressed, and the nasal cavities were squashed into a more compact face.

Nowhere are there more differences between humans and nonhuman primates than in the facial bones and skull. Humans have much smaller brows, smaller dental ridges, and flatter, more compact faces. In addition, our sinus cavities are smaller and disconnected from one another, and the drainage ducts are much skinnier… a side effect of making room for our big brains.

This rearrangement produced a suboptimal result that has left us more susceptible to painful sinus infections than any other animal.

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Did you notice that there are two questions in there?

1. What kind of plumber would put a drainpipe anywhere but at the bottom of a basin?
2. Why is the drainage system at the top of the maxillary sinuses instead of below?

No, of course you didn't, because you didn't even read it, so it's irrational to ask you to provide a germane response to those questions.

You and your little 'intelligent designer' can run along now

@Heavenlywarrior

@GodSpeed63


You make the argument that physicist promoted the Big bang without evidence implying that there is evidence of Intelligent design. There is no evidence to support ID. That's the definition of faith. Belief without evidence or proof. Religion is based on faith. There is no measurable quanta to support ID.
I'm not even going to get into the fact there is evidence to support the Big bang. Such as measurable expansion of the universe, a large amount of liighter elements like Helium, red shift, and CMB. All which have been observed and measured which is consistent with the predictions of the theory. Is it proven? No, nobody is really making that claim or that the Big bang is gospel. It is a working model however from what we have so far observed. That's why it is a theory and not fact.

@MethDozer
You lack understanding/ Our faith is based on the evidence that God has already provided through His work and through His Word.

@redredred The optimal gestation term for humans is 10 months, but they need to be born at 9 months because otherwise their heads won't fit through the birth canal, due to evolutionary changes in the shape and size of human skulls.

Unfortunately, the last major organs to develop are the lungs, which is why premature neonates, even if near-term or full-term, have respiratory problems. The extra month would make all the difference.

@newjaninev2 I was born one month early and have had lung issues all my life.