[Belial]

"Millions of babies continue to die as a result of the mother's birth canal not being big enough for the head. What engineer would do such a lousy job? I would not want to do anything with a God who would design things so badly," Ayala says.

I guess Ayala hasn't heard the final word on the subject.

God inflicts the pain of birth on women to punish them for Eve's sin. Of course in those days everyone lived a thousand years.

[gcruse]

God inflicts the pain of birth on women to punish them for Eve's sin.

If death does no more than provide relief from hearing such superstitious poltroonery, then it is to be welcomed.

[DeweyCA]

God inflicts the pain of birth on women to punish them for Eve's sin.

I know that you will be viewed as a simpleton for your answer, but it is interesting that your answer, written over 3,000 years ago, is relevant to today's questions. It seems like the other proposals provided so far on this thread don't have a definitive answer as to why the birth canal has continued to be small compared to the baby's head.

[Dave S]

Of course in those days everyone lived a thousand years.

Yeah, right! Of course in those days it may have seemed like a thousand years. A whole lifetime and never going more than twenty miles from home. Doing the same thing, day after day after day. Having your parents pick out your wife, not in terms of someone that would be compatible to you but who would bring political stability or biggest dowry. Yeah it only seemed like a thousand years.

[Bonaparte]

"I guess Ayala hasn't heard the final word on the subject."

Oh, he's heard it, alright. He just doesn't accept it. He was ordained a Dominican priest in Spain in 1960. He lasted one year.