Re: Why Reproduction?


nando_ronteltap@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> The preying mantis doesn't usually eat their mate. Only under stressful
> conditions does it reflexively attack the moving target of the mate.

Still, Mr. Mantis doesn't usually have a great time.... ;-)


>
> The individuals that don't reproduce are caught up in the foodchain,
> the intricate web of relationships that makes life as it is. Very
> little is wasted.

But that doesn't answer why have some population that reproduces, and
some that doesn't. An "Intelligent Designer" could simply produce the
right amount of biomass each time, so that reproduction wouldn't be
necessary. Why go through the whole ringamarole?

>
> You are essentially saying that you don't like nature,

Nope, I'm not saying that at all. I have no complaint with nature.
I'm asking Creationists and IDers why would what they perceive as God
go to the trouble of setting up organisms that reproduce, if he didn't
expect them to evolve?

> and the way it
> is organized.

Nope, I have not problem with how it's organized. Then again, I'm not
the one who wants to say God is constantly meddling with his creation.



> It does not matter one whit if it is created by God, or
> evolved, you are making a disfavoring judgement on nature, that it is
> ineffecient and wasteful in your opinion.

I'm not making a judgement on nature, or God. I'm pointing out that
the Creationist position is illogical. Living thinigs reproduce, and
in doing so they will evolve, and unless that's what God intended,
replacement would make more sense.

>
> You ask the wrong question, you should ask, why does God not design
> watches and cars and airplanes, some chairs, a table, why only things
> that reproduce?

God doesn't design such things because he has no need of them. We
have no evidence that reproducing things are designed, and as such if
we believe that they are, we must take in on faith, rather than trying
to make faith into "science".


DJT

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