Posted on 09/21/2019 3:50:33 PM PDT by RummyChick
The human body is often likened to a high-performance machine.
But it is so much more than that. It works 24 hours a day for decades without (for the most part) needing regular servicing or the installation of spare parts.
It runs on water and a few organic compounds, is soft and rather lovely, reproduces itself with enthusiasm, makes jokes, feels affection and appreciates a red sunset.
How many machines do you know that can do any of that? There is no question about it. You are truly a wonder.
And how do we celebrate the glory of our existence? Well, for most of us by exercising minimally and eating maximally.
Think of all the junk you throw down your throat and how much of your life is spent in a near vegetative state in front of a glowing screen.
Yet in some kind and miraculous way our bodies look after us, extract nutrients from the miscellaneous foodstuffs we push into our faces and somehow hold us together.
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And such an incredible wonder supposedly came from random mutations and natural selection?
Not a chance!
Thanks.
That was very interesting.
Isn’t that the guy who wrote “A Walk In The Woods”?
bkmk
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