[Physicist]

And more importantly, understanding how crocodiles heal points to a pretty intelligent design in nature.

So why didn't God give that boon to human beings, then? Or at least to the Jews? It seems rather--I don't know--haphazard to squander something so great on crocodiles alone.

But then, many IDers will shrug that off by saying "the Lord works in mysterious ways," and without any trace of irony.

[general_re]

So why didn't God give that boon to human beings, then?

Apparently God loves some of His creations more than others.

[Marysecretary]

He probably did at the beginning but the way we live and the way we eat has compromised our immune systems. Remember, we used to live, in the beginning, to be 900 years old or so. Now we're lucky to make it to 90.

[GraniteStateConservative]

So why didn't God give that boon to human beings, then? Or at least to the Jews? It seems rather--I don't know--haphazard to squander something so great on crocodiles alone.

Flight would have been cool. Or extreme strength or extreme jumping abilities. Animals got all the cool traits.