In the case of communists, jihadists, fascists and Democrats, the brain is only a vestigial organ.
For some that will remain nameless because of lack of time and space the brain has become a vestigial organ. Commonly have receiving a PhD.
The truth about the appendix is they aren’t really sure what it does. I couldn’t gain a pound until my appendix was removed.
i don’t doubt natural selection. we see those results change a species very quickly from generation to generation.
the problem i have is when people say macroevolution is settled science. it is not. it’s just theory. and it’s a theory you cannot test. so the scientific method can’t be applied, therefore it’s not settled. this is large scale evolution from say an amoeba to a blue whale. the timescale to see such changes happen naturally would be on the order of many millions of years.
but one thing has always nagged at me. if macroevolutionists are correct, why have so many species simply stopped evolving and stayed the same for tens of millions of years. i’m thinking of species like great white sharks and crocodiles. even as successful top predators, you would think there are still adaptations that could/would occur to make them even more successful... but the fossil record says that they’ve remained essentially unchanged for tens of millions of years. this seems counterintuitive. if evolution is a constant process brought about by random mutations that can sometimes prove beneficial.
anyway, it really doesn’t matter much to me. as a Catholic, i don’t believe in all of that young earth stuff that some Protestants do. even if we did evolve from amoebas, God was still there at the beginning to bring life from nothing. i just have a problem with accepting things to be settled science without seeing proof.
Phillip of Macedon, the Father of Alexander was blind in one eye and had a bad arm and leg.
He once said he had one good everything and two good balls.
You can get by without a lot but that doesn’t mean they aren’t good to have.
The appendix is a bacteria factory - it’s purpose is to replace bacteria in the lower gut ...
Had my appendix taken out in 1997.
Walked in with six pack abs.
Dr. nicked a vein and I lost over 1/2 my blood.
Walked out 11 days later and I was cut from the sternum to the pelvic bone, which was a requirement to find the vein he nicked...
Darwinian evolution is based on the premise that minor errors may sometimes be a serious serendipitous advantage leading to reproductive success.
But you don't use something like this excess brain capacity it can't giving you any reproductive advantage
Even having 10% of your brain that you're not using would be illogical from a Darwinian evolutionary perspective let alone evolving 80% 90% of brain capacity never used
... so either this excess brain capacity human have is a myth or Darwinian evolution has some holes in it
When I was young, in my teens, I read ‘Voyage of the Beagle’ and ‘Origin of Species’ both written by Darwin. I did so because I had a scientific curiosity. I was already well grounded in what the Word of God says, and I was not swayed by the reading. I still have both books in my library, along with many other literary classics. I would not discourage anyone from reading...others may very well draw conclusions other than those of Darwin.