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::::: You perhaps forget (assuming you knew enough about the subject to begin with) that what we have today is not the perfect world that God created, but a degenerate, [[Fall of man|fallen]], world, where some things are worse than was originally created. I'm not certain that's the explanation, but it's a likely one. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:58, 10 March 2008 (EDT) | ::::: You perhaps forget (assuming you knew enough about the subject to begin with) that what we have today is not the perfect world that God created, but a degenerate, [[Fall of man|fallen]], world, where some things are worse than was originally created. I'm not certain that's the explanation, but it's a likely one. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:58, 10 March 2008 (EDT) | ||
:::::: Right, Right. I keep forgetting God doesn't really like us. However, let's go with the idea that God intentionally designed us so we'd seer our own flesh to prevent dying. Wouldn't he have at least made this work 100% of the time? Heck, even if we do puke up the poison, we can still choke on the vomit. (Proof: Hendrix, Jimi.) I'm just saying, you'd think God would've given us some better mechanism for getting rid of poisons. [[User:Barikada|Barikada]] 22:02, 10 March 2008 (EDT) | :::::: Right, Right. I keep forgetting God doesn't really like us. However, let's go with the idea that God intentionally designed us so we'd seer our own flesh to prevent dying. Wouldn't he have at least made this work 100% of the time? Heck, even if we do puke up the poison, we can still choke on the vomit. (Proof: Hendrix, Jimi.) I'm just saying, you'd think God would've given us some better mechanism for getting rid of poisons. [[User:Barikada|Barikada]] 22:02, 10 March 2008 (EDT) | ||
| + | :::::::You need to see a doc. In 40+ years, I've never seared my own flesh when tossing cookies. Get a grip and quit trolling. [[Image:User Fox.png|10px]] [[User:Fox|Fox]] <small>([[User talk:Fox|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Fox|contribs]])</small> 22:07, 10 March 2008 (EDT) | ||
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Perhaps the evolutionary usefulness of vomiting would have a place here? Barikada 20:31, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- What evolutionary usefulness does it have, as opposed to other sorts of usefulness? That is, how does vomiting help evolution? Philip J. Rayment 20:41, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- It's an adaptation, genius. If you eat poisoned food and you can't vomit, you're dead. If you eat poisoned food, your body catches it and forces you to vomit, then you're more likely to live. It's not foolproof by any means, but it's better than nothing. Incidentally, this is also why seeing others vomit makes us nauseous. Barikada 20:43, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- Okay, I'll accept that. But then what evidence is there that it is an evolutionary adaptation rather than a design feature? Philip J. Rayment 20:55, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- Would anything intelligent create a system that involves searing one's own flesh with acid? Barikada 21:44, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- You perhaps forget (assuming you knew enough about the subject to begin with) that what we have today is not the perfect world that God created, but a degenerate, fallen, world, where some things are worse than was originally created. I'm not certain that's the explanation, but it's a likely one. Philip J. Rayment 21:58, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- Right, Right. I keep forgetting God doesn't really like us. However, let's go with the idea that God intentionally designed us so we'd seer our own flesh to prevent dying. Wouldn't he have at least made this work 100% of the time? Heck, even if we do puke up the poison, we can still choke on the vomit. (Proof: Hendrix, Jimi.) I'm just saying, you'd think God would've given us some better mechanism for getting rid of poisons. Barikada 22:02, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- You perhaps forget (assuming you knew enough about the subject to begin with) that what we have today is not the perfect world that God created, but a degenerate, fallen, world, where some things are worse than was originally created. I'm not certain that's the explanation, but it's a likely one. Philip J. Rayment 21:58, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- Would anything intelligent create a system that involves searing one's own flesh with acid? Barikada 21:44, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- Okay, I'll accept that. But then what evidence is there that it is an evolutionary adaptation rather than a design feature? Philip J. Rayment 20:55, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- It's an adaptation, genius. If you eat poisoned food and you can't vomit, you're dead. If you eat poisoned food, your body catches it and forces you to vomit, then you're more likely to live. It's not foolproof by any means, but it's better than nothing. Incidentally, this is also why seeing others vomit makes us nauseous. Barikada 20:43, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
