The majority of animals on Earth would have 'no' as the answer to all those questions. Like a pig. Maybe god looks like a pig.

You've said in the past that you don't watch videos, but do me a favor and watch this one. It speaks on this topic exactly. You will see our evolutionary lineage from basic eucaryote to Homo Sapien. Each branching is pin-pointed, and there is no arguing that the traits described are not a part of our bodies.

http://www.wimp.com/niceinfo/

Interbane wrote:

As animals:
We have the best:
eyesight? no
sense of smell? no
Hearing? no
navigation skills? no
defense against heat? no
defense against cold? no
defenses? no
offensive capability? no

Are we born ready to function? no
We don't even have a sturdy skin.

How is this accounted for by evolution? Someone explain it to me.

The majority of animals on Earth would have 'no' as the answer to all those questions. Like a pig. Maybe god looks like a pig.

Our brains allow us to overcome those limitations. We used animal skins, navigated by the stars, hunted stragetically, built fires, etc. All because of our brain.

Go read a book about it, you'll no doubt have further questions.

johnson1010 wrote:why would you expect us to be the most powerful animals if we evolved?
That is just an anthrocentric bais. We would certainly LIKE to be the best at everything, but we made trade offs.

Evolution makes no claim at creating "more perfect animals" only differences over time. Those that are useful reproduce, those that are not have a harder time.

As animals:
We have the best:
eyesight? no

And why should we? Our eyes are the product of our genetic heritage. Why would hunter/gatherer animals need the visual acuity to discern far distant things in great resolution? Our eyes evolved to suit our activities, or rather, those ancestors with greater visual acuity had no real advantage over less improved eyes because we did not have the tools at hand such as the ability to travel great distances to take advantage or distant opportunities and take advantage of the eyesight, making it a determining factor in our success.

In other words, someone who can make out details on a distant mountain was no greater use, and no better at surviving than those who could not, considering that the distance was too great for the mountain to have an immediate impact.

Other animals which use their eye sight for more elite activity, such as soaring hawks, do have better eyesight. Why is that? The birds with better eyesight were better at hunting, locating more prey items from farther distances, thus more successful, thus more reproducting, thus hawks have better eyesight.

sense of smell? no
Hearing? no
navigation skills? no
defense against heat? no
defense against cold? no
defenses? no
offensive capability? no
Are we born ready to function? no
We don't even have a sturdy skin.

I was going to answer each of these but it boils down to you having an expectation that humans are special. If we are special, we should be the best. Since we are not the best, then there must be another reason for that, other than "we are not special", so it is a test by a higher power which takes interest in us because we are so special.

Why would you expect us to be the pinacle of evolution? We are not the end of evolution. Evolution is still at work. Humans are not "more perfectly" evolved than an earth worm. If we had to live like an earthworm we would fail at it miserably. The environment is full of niches. Animals evolve to exploit opportunities.

That is the misconception many of you have that humans evolved from chimps, and so there shouldnt be any chimps left. No. Chimps didnt transform into humans. They differentiated at a point in the past to exploit different resources and ran with it.

How is this accounted for by evolution? Someone explain it to me.

You've said in the past that you don't watch videos, but do me a favor and watch this one. It speaks on this topic exactly. You will see our evolutionary lineage from basic eucaryote to Homo Sapien. Each branching is pin-pointed, and there is no arguing that the traits described are not a part of our bodies.

http://www.wimp.com/niceinfo/

Confronted with the evidence of evolution, all you and like-minded individuals have to hold out on is your ingrained sense of special-ness. An attitude that we are special and not like other animals. But this attitude is not based on fact. It is based on wishful thinking and self-centered vanity.

A bear has many advantages over a human, and i do not dispute it. It needs those attributes to fill the niche it occupies. Humans have many advantages over bears, and that is undeniable. We evolved a tool that allows us to fill our niche, and take niches away from other animals with less adaptive tools. We are now the apex predator of the ocean. We have no gills, we have no fins, but our adaptive brains allow us to work around our other limitations.

The question you ask is no devestating critique of evolution, star. Just about anyone you ask who has any knowledge on the subject can fill you in.

What difference does it make?

We don't CARE whether Santa Claus likes tuna fish or not. There is no need to get to know fictional characters, other than to make a joke or two or star them in a comic.

It is true that it is a ridiculous discussion if God does not exist. Since religion is so important to so many societies, however, it is an important question to ask.

In the coming times the sexes will be equal.