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Evolution as it relates to Religion

Wildswanderer

Veteran Member
This is a really poor argument that relies on flawed definitions of vestigial as well as a lack of substantial evidence addressing what you have been informed about.

No one is claiming that there is no function for the remnants of tails in humans. You really have had to reach to come up with anything to demonstrate as function. Preventing accidental anal insertion has to be the funniest thing I have heard in a long time.

The definition of vestigial has been clarified many times for you.

A vestigial tail is, by the definition of vestigial, not being claimed to describe a fully functional tail capable of swatting flies, facilitation of hanging from trees, balance and so on.

I will have to agree with others. The best you seem to have is nuh uh.
You have still not illustrated that it's ever a tail.
 

Dan From Smithville

Monsters! Monsters from the id! Forbidden Planet
Staff member
Premium Member
You have still not illustrated that it's ever a tail.
You are the one making the claims that it isn't a tail and those have been successfully shot down. Do you want others to write your posts for you too?

That they are vestigial tails has been successfully demonstrated.

Humans have the genes for tails. Those genes are expressed in the terminal region of the spine. This expression is normally terminated during embryonic development. On very rare occasions a baby is born with a vestigial version of that tail. It is not fully complete or fully functional as a tail, hence the term vestigial.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
That's not very convincing. We never have " tails" BTW, we have a tailbone forming, creating a piece that is temporary longer than the body during formation.
Some believe that these structures are examples of human evolution. Others believe that so-called vestigial organs do have a purpose, although these purposes aren’t yet understood.

To illustrate, some doctors and scientists once considered tonsils a human vestigiality. But scientists later discovered that the tonsils play a role in immunity, helping the body fight infections.
And you still do not understand what a vestigial organ is. Vestigial does not mean "useless". That is the strawman creationist definition.
 

Balthazzar

Christian Evolutionist
My religion also has very strong hints, as I understand, with various verses to the affect that human and other life evolved under complex processes as designed and set forth by the Creator G-d till the time of Adam and Eve who were not, we understand, the first individuals to be created but were the two among many who got evolved may be in billions of years, please. Right?
Adam was the first Messenger/Prophet of Allah/G-d to whom Allah/G-d had honored to Converse directly and he was sent to his people to guide them in the Spiritual path towards G-d, I gather, please. Right?
We are thankful to the scientists who have discovered several physical stages man underwent in all these billion of years, please. Right?

Regards
I agree with two among many - Adams and eves, males and females - that's life isn't isn't?
 
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