If that were the case, we'd see something more akin to the development of cars, or some other man-made technology, over time. But in Evolution, features are laid out at a basic level, and adaptations only ever become a variation of that. We never see fundamental changes or entire parts of a...
For the most part, yes. But the choking example also puts the question of intelligence, or even competence, in question. Not just omnipotence. Hard to believe that something smarter than us, would do such a poor design that we ourselves are so easily able to recognize.
The environment! Hello?! Selection?! Why do you ask the same questions over and over? We answer over and over that it's natural selection, and you even said you understand and accept natural selection to a point! But then you ask questions as if you don't understand Natural Selection...
This is not true. Most mutations are neutral/benign and don't confer a detriment or an advantage. Everything that's ever born has their own mutations. If most mutations were bad, life would go extinct rapidly.
You accept that mutations happen. Trying to argue that most are bad does not help...
What exactly is fortunate about them? Also, I wouldn't even call them accidents. Just unintended.
Natural selection has been proven. Also, I don't need to prove that something is done without intent. You need to prove that something is as you're making the claim.
Science doesn't know...
Instead of a coughing reflex, it would have simply been better to have two separate non-intercepting orifices for eating and breathing. There would be zero risk of choking, as opposed to intercepting tubes for eating and breathing where there's a risk of choking, and a coughing reflex is...
Sure. So what's your point?
Why would we expect that when we know for a fact that computer programs are made by us humans? Why expect something different than what is actually known? It's actually known that all computer programs are made by humans. It is NOT actually known that lifeforms are...
In many of these bird species, all of the ugly males have already been selected out of existence. Now, it's to a point where every single male has an elaborate color scheme. It's up to the female to pick which particular one she likes the best. As for rape, sure, a male duck can try to rape if...
It's not needed. It's just wanted.
Ducks don't pick pretty ducks to mate with because they need to. They do it because they want to. They live in rich and easy environments, so finding food and avoiding predators is not a big concern for them.
Chimps live in a tough environment. The beauty of...
It should also be pointed out that animals -- birds in particular -- only really care about aesthetics when they live in a rich environment with lots of resources and minimal to zero threat of predation. Finding food and surviving is not their biggest concern, so they can afford to be...
As opposed to what? What do non-designed things look like?
Why do you have an expectation of what should and shouldn't exist with or without a creator?What even gives you the nerve? You don't have a non-creator-made universe to compare this one to.
Just because you find something in nature to...
All life did not originate from amoeba. Dinosaurs became extinct long before the Ice Age, and long before humans ever appeared. And there was never a period where all life became extinct. It's come close a few times, but never total extinction for all life.
Contradictory statement. To say it's real is to say it's part of reality, by definition. To say it's beyond reality is to say it's beyond real, which I'm not even sure what that would mean. But I can see that opening up a huge can of worms.
I agree that our universe has limits. You seems so...