Questions for Intelligent Design

[The Catboy]

I've been sitting on these questions for a hot minute now and I think it's time that I put them out there

What is the purpose of parasites? Why design something that only serves to feed off of and infect others?

Why design animals to eat poop? That's a rather gross and odd design to make, not to mention largely benefits parasites that actively harm the host.

Why pandas, koalas, and other animals that seem extremely poorly designed?

Why brain-eating bacteria? Seriously, what the fuck?

Why brain-eating parasites? Again, what the fuck?

The entire duck mating process, why design something so brutal and fucked up?

Why deep-sea animals? Seems like a weird thing to make animals that live under mass pressure and in complete darkness.

What's the purpose of fossils?

Why design animals with horns or tusks that risk penetrating their own skulls?

Why design animals with horns or tusks that risk them getting stuck and dying?

What's the point of viruses?

These just bother me because I don't think they make any sense when considering the notion of "Intelligent Design." One would think that there is a designer, they would have put more thought into their designs.

 

[GeekyGuy]

All of those things seem to help process the "circle of life." Like us, they have a built-in need to feed, and like us, something feeds on them.

My question is, why must it be painful for the food? My hope is, someday it won't.

 

[x65943]

What is the purpose of parasites? Why design something that only serves to feed off of and infect others?
--all life beyond plants can be thought of in this way. Humans are parasites too, we are incapable of creating our own energy.

Why design animals to eat poop? That's a rather gross and odd design to make, not to mention largely benefits parasites that actively harm the host.
--feces can have nutrients present that should not be wasted, and also can transfer potentially helpful bacteria

Why pandas, koalas, and other animals that seem extremely poorly designed?
--please explain further, if they were poorly designed they would be extinct

Why brain-eating bacteria? Seriously, what the fuck?
--they don't naturally do that, it's rare overall - they usually have a completely different ecological niche

Why brain-eating parasites? Again, what the fuck?
--ditto above

The entire duck mating process, why design something so brutal and fucked up?
--it's only brutal if you think of it as brutal. No more brutal than the birthing process in a hyena

Why deep-sea animals? Seems like a weird thing to make animals that live under mass pressure and in complete darkness.
--why is that weird? Seems you are putting your own preconceived notions into this

What's the purpose of fossils?
--why does it need a purpose? Fossils simply exist as shadows do etc. it's a byproduct of the skeleton - God does not need a reason for them

Why design animals with horns or tusks that risk penetrating their own skulls?
--the horns are used in mating and competition

Why design animals with horns or tusks that risk them getting stuck and dying?
--ditto above - everything has a risk

What's the point of viruses?
--another form of predation that allows natural culling of herds or groups that have overgrown

These just bother me because I don't think they make any sense when considering the notion of "Intelligent Design." One would think that there is a designer, they would have put more thought into their designs.
--the designs make a ton of sense, just not from a human perspective. If you believe in evolution you also have to think they make sense - because otherwise evolution falls apart. Only the most fit species will survive. If the horns were a liability they would quickly fall out of the gene pool from an evolutionary perspective.

 

[p1ngpong]

Intelligent design was originally raised as a theory to argue the existence of a God like being, being behind the design of life. That it is too complicated to randomly evolve without a sense of direction and someone steering the design to its form.

What is the purpose of parasites? Why design something that only serves to feed off of and infect others?

Some parasites can be beneficial to an animal, you have billions of parasites in your body that help keep you alive.

Why design animals to eat poop? That's a rather gross and odd design to make, not to mention largely benefits parasites that actively harm the host.

Why leave poop on the ground to rot when something can make use of it and clear it up? This means there isnt poop everywhere causing diseases and pollution to the animals that poop it. Also if you are an animal that uses the poop you have things easier because other animals have expended energy gathering and processing your food.

Why pandas, koalas, and other animals that seem extremely poorly designed?

In what way are they poorly designed? Pandas and Koalas are adapted to their environments and can survive off of bamboo and Eucalyptus that a lot of other animals can not eat. By what standards are you measuring their designs?

Why brain-eating bacteria? Seriously, what the fuck?

Bacteria live in everything, if they did not everything would be dead. So yeah you even have them in your brain.

Why brain-eating parasites? Again, what the fuck?

Parasites exist in everything, even brains. They just found a niche to exploit.

The entire duck mating process, why design something so brutal and fucked up?

Fucked up by a human being in the modern age standards. But is it fucked up by the "spread your genome at all costs" standards?

Why deep-sea animals? Seems like a weird thing to make animals that live under mass pressure and in complete darkness.

Why is it weird to have life in the deep sea? We have animals crawling in dirt, living in pools of boiling sulphur, living in poop, living in your intestinal tract. If there is a place life can live it will live there.

What's the purpose of fossils?

What do you mean by this? Fossils are not made by anything with a purpose. They are the result of something dying and being preserved in specific environmental and geological conditions. Fossils are actually quite rare.

Why design animals with horns or tusks that risk penetrating their own skulls?

To defend themselves? To be a display of strength, health and virility to a mate? To compete with other animals of the same species for the right to be an alpha and mate? Isn't it obvious?

Why design animals with horns or tusks that risk them getting stuck and dying?

The risk justifies the reward if you can pass on your lineage by being dominant or being able to defend yourself and your offspring.

What's the point of viruses?

Just another form of life in the massive tree of life. Viruses help thin out the weak, elderly and dying as well as other things and can be beneficial. Even a lion hunting a herd of animals has a benefit to that herd.

Going through your questions I can see you do not understand what intelligent design actually is. It is not intelligent in the terms of making sense to someone sitting at a computer in the modern day, who obviously has a very limited understanding of nature and biology. It is a counter theory by mainly religious people against evolution.

"Huh I dont know how/understand how well a Koala is adjusted to its environment, what a stupid animal!" "Man horns are violent and dangerous, that is not an intelligent design!" "Duck fucking is mean how unintelligent!" It is the jump from a bacteria, to a fish, to a reptile, etc. To having no eyes to having eyes and so on. From not having wings to being able to fly.

You really need to watch some nature and science shows and read up a bit, your ponderings are very naive and a bit embarrassing honestly.

 

[AncientBoi]

[walks in with an Uncommon cold] Hi guys. What's up?

 

[Hanafuda]

OP, all you had to say was "Mosquitos: Why?"

 

[x65943]

OP, all you had to say was "Mosquitos: Why?"

Magnets, how do they work?

 

[DinohScene]

EoF, How did I miss it?!

 

[The Catboy]

 

[AncientBoi]

[takes notes of @The Catboy taking notes]

 

[The Catboy]

I just wanted some actual answers for these questions. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I don’t care what the answers are, I’ve just been sitting on these questions. I won’t even pretend I understand Intelligent Design, which is why my questions are the way they are.

 

[AncientBoi]

1 simple answer to ALL of that.

ECOSYSTEM
800,000 xp for my answer

 

[SylverReZ]

Magnets, how do they work?

If you put a hot dog in a flashlight, nothing happens.

 

[Hayato213]

[takes notes of @The Catboy taking notes]

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Better take note, there is an exam for you next week on @The Catboy lecture.

 

[Veho]

Looking at the number of bugs, problems, and mind-bogglingly bizarre design choices with everyday items, services, software, etc. that was all designed, developed, tested, QA'd, launched, and then exploded, "it's not 100% perfect" is not an argument against intelligent design.

 

[hippy dave]

Looking at the number of bugs, problems, and mind-bogglingly bizarre design choices with everyday items, services, software, etc. that was all designed, developed, tested, QA'd, launched, and then exploded, "it's not 100% perfect" is not an argument against intelligent design.

It is if the proponents of intelligent design claim that the designer is faultless.

 

[Veho]

It is if the proponents of intelligent design claim that the designer is faultless.

Oh no no no nooo, that would be religion, and "intelligent design" is "not" a religious viewpoint, it's an "alternative hypothesis."


Teach the controversy.

 

[hippy dave]

Teach the controversy.

I will teach nothing!

 

[Veho]

I will teach nothing!

Same thing, really.

 

[x65943]

Same thing, really.

Idk, it's better to be taught nothing than to be taught wrong tbh