Scientific Proof Of God

[rainbow]

The little toe.

There is no evolutionary reason to have a little toe.

...yet the Creator in their wisdom gave us little toes so that we can detect furniture in dark rooms.

[Scot Dutchy]

I always believed it had something to do with balance? Of course very few of us in the west walk bare feet. Streets are too risky.

[JimC]

It has everything to do with an amphibian pentadactyl ancestor...

[Scot Dutchy]

I suppose five toes gave a bigger fin.

[rainbow]

It has everything to do with an amphibian pentadactyl ancestor...

Yes, but who else but an Omniscient Designer would know that in the future we'd need something to stub in the dark?

Think about that!

[Hermit]

The little toe.

There is no evolutionary reason to have a little toe.

...yet the Creator in their wisdom gave us little toes so that we can detect furniture in dark rooms.

It has everything to do with an amphibian pentadactyl ancestor...

Yes, but who else but an Omniscient Designer would know that in the future we'd need something to stub in the dark?

Think about that!

That's an ancient argument. A few centuries ago theologians have posited that the purpose of creating what have become shipworms was to keep shipwrights in employment, for without those worms most shipwrights would be out of work.

There actually is no discernible reason for any evolutionary development. It happens accidentally. If it turns out to be useful it aids survival of a species. Else it just happens.

Think about that!

[JimC]

Evolutionary biologists consider the evolution of the pentadactyl limb to be a mixture of chance and natural selection. Proto-Amphibians have been found with a variety of "dactyl numbers". It is plausible that there was a range of possible numbers that "worked", but that too high or too low was sub-optimum. Once a successful branch of vertebrates had the pentadactyl arrangement fixed, it became the standard, unlikely to change, but subject of course in some vertebrates to a considerable range of variations such as fusion.

[superuniverse]

atheist song writers...

[JimC]

So, what's your take on the evolution of the pentadactyl limb, S. U. ?

[Seabass]

atheist song writers...

[rainbow]

It happens accidentally. If it turns out to be useful it aids survival of a species. Else it just happens.

Think about that!

How does a small toe aid in the survival of a species?

Gatcha!!!

[Svartalf]

actually, the small toe helps in balance and to avoid falling from the tree... same thing as with the little finger, people who don't have one are clumsier.

[Hermit]

It happens accidentally. If it turns out to be useful it aids survival of a species. Else it just happens.

Think about that!

How does a small toe aid in the survival of a species?

Gatcha!!!

You have not. Evolutionary changes do not happen for a reason. They happen accidentally. Some of them just happen to aid the survival of a species. Some used to, but no longer do (appendix? wisdom teeth?). Some never did. Some are actually detrimental to the survival of a species.

[rainbow]

It happens accidentally. If it turns out to be useful it aids survival of a species. Else it just happens.

Think about that!

How does a small toe aid in the survival of a species?

Gatcha!!!

You have not. Evolutionary changes do not happen for a reason. They happen accidentally. Some of them just happen to aid the survival of a species. Some used to, but no longer do (appendix? wisdom teeth?). Some never did. Some are actually detrimental to the survival of a species.

Arse about face. Evolutionary changes happen since they improve the chances of survival of a species.
Mutations happen accidentally. Those mutations that have a beneficial effect result in evolution.

[Svartalf]

God must be an alcoholic, and a massive one if it has proof.