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Deeje

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These are a few different species of ducks....one can only marvel at their artistic designs and color schemes.

Who could possibly think that these just evolved and turned out like this through the process of gene mutations and adaptation? What survival advantage is there in being this beautiful?
 
They just designed themselves to be too irresistible to their women? Really? :confused: How did they do that? Did they imagine a design long enough for the outfit to materialize out of thin air?
The world's top designers would win awards for color co-ordination and fashion accessories like these.

Would the world's top designers win awards for the filial nematode worm too? Why are these little beauties never used as an example of the wonders of 'intelligent design'? Can it possibly be accidental that these little worms 'evolved' to be perfectly suited to making their home in the eyeballs of poor African children? Which came first, the worm or the parasitic infection of a child's eye? Are you suggesting it just materialised out of thin air?

Filariasis (or philariasis) is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type.[1] These are spread by blood-feeding black flies and mosquitoes. This disease belongs to the group of diseases called helminthiases.

The adult worms, which usually stay in one tissue, release early larval forms known as microfilariae into the host's bloodstream. These circulating microfilariae can be taken up with a blood meal by the arthropod vector; in the vector, they develop into infective larvae that can be transmitted to a new host.

The most spectacular symptom of lymphatic filariasis is elephantiasis—edema with thickening of the skin and underlying tissues—which was the first disease discovered to be transmitted by mosquito bites.[2] Elephantiasis results when the parasites lodge in the lymphatic system.

Elephantiasis affects mainly the lower extremities, while the ears, mucous membranes, and amputation stumps are affected less frequently. However, different species of filarial worms tend to affect different parts of the body; Wuchereria bancrofti can affect the legs, arms, vulva, breasts, and scrotum(causing hydrocele formation), while Brugia timori rarely affects the genitals.[citation needed] Those who develop the chronic stages of elephantiasis are usually amicrofilaraemic, and often have adverse immunological reactions to the microfilariae, as well as the adult worms.[2]

The subcutaneous worms present with rashes, urticarial papules, and arthritis, as well as hyper- and hypopigmentation macules. Onchocerca volvulus manifests itself in the eyes, causing "river blindness" (onchocerciasis), one of the leading causes of blindness in the world.[citation needed] Serous cavity filariasis presents with symptoms similar to subcutaneous filariasis, in addition to abdominal pain, because these worms are also deep-tissue dwellers.
 

LegionOnomaMoi

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I know of nothing designed that did not have a designer
I know of nothing posted that didn't have a poster, nothing painted that didn't have a painter, and nothing magic that didn't have a magician.
Congratulations. You've concluded that designs have designers, which is by definition true. However, you haven't shown that what you perceive as designed is indeed so and does indeed require a designer, rather than an explanation that rests upon the ways in which humans are predisposed to see designs even when none exists.
 

Deathbydefault

Apistevist Asexual Atheist
You do have to be pretty gullible to buy into non Theistic evolution!!

Yeah, instead of things evolving to their current state over a very long period of time, some ultimate super being obviously just thought it all up and threw it into existence.

Totally makes sense.
 

Revoltingest

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These are a few different species of ducks....one can only marvel at their artistic designs and color schemes.

Who could possibly think that these just evolved and turned out like this through the process of gene mutations and adaptation? What survival advantage is there in being this beautiful?
Consider that even our perception of beauty serves evolution.
For example, we so love facial symmetry.
Why?
It indicates lack of deformity.
For ducks, vibrant color is a means of communicating fitness.
 

Revoltingest

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I know of nothing posted that didn't have a poster, nothing painted that didn't have a painter, and nothing magic that didn't have a magician.
Congratulations. You've concluded that designs have designers, which is by definition true. However, you haven't shown that what you perceive as designed is indeed so and does indeed require a designer, rather than an explanation that rests upon the ways in which humans are predisposed to see designs even when none exists.
I gave you an <informative> frubler, but what I really wanted to bestow was <pithy>.
Succinct language which effectively conveys much meaning deserves its own recognition.
 

bobhikes

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These are a few different species of ducks....one can only marvel at their artistic designs and color schemes.

Who could possibly think that these just evolved and turned out like this through the process of gene mutations and adaptation? What survival advantage is there in being this beautiful?

How could one designer designs such totally different designs, the patterns of these photos would indicate multiple artists with different profiles and these are just a few of the designs. This is what always gets me about the designer, you have one crazy insane designer whose profile, desire, taste change randomly. Now maybe if there are multiple designers perhaps 1000's for the billions of designed creatures on this earth.
 

Lyndon

"Peace is the answer" quote: GOD, 2014
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How could one designer designs such totally different designs, the patterns of these photos would indicate multiple artists with different profiles and these are just a few of the designs. This is what always gets me about the designer, you have one crazy insane designer whose profile, desire, taste change randomly. Now maybe if there are multiple designers perhaps 1000's for the billions of designed creatures on this earth.

Maybe you should submit a design for your own brand of living duck, that would be something!!
 
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