We know that all theists are presented with certain anomolies: the problem of evil, the problem of ignorance, and the problem of superfluous body parts. Gov. Ernie Fletcher, who recently endorsed ID in his state of the state--which left us wondering about his state of mind--, has recently faced the latter issue. This, from David Hawpe of the Louisville Courier-Journal:

The designer must be very intelligent; no one else can explain gallbladders.

Apparently, the gallbladder is not one of those must-have things. Given that it concentrates and stores bile, most politicians would be better off without one. Gov. Ernie Fletcher had his removed yesterday, and that wasn't expected to present any problem. The public was advised that, even without a gallbladder, he could continue to give this state the same kind of leadership he has provided the past couple of years.

Thus reassured, I began to consider all the other expendable and/or superfluous body parts: appendixes, tonsils and adenoids, wisdom teeth, human tailbones, male nipples, muscles with which to wiggle the ears.

Why, I wondered, would an all-knowing, all-wise Creator waste so much effort on expendable parts?

I'm aware of the Governor's past service as a minister, but I have to point out that, when he gave up his gallbladder, he gave the evolutionists fresh ammunition to support Charles Darwin's version of the origin and evolution of species.

How is it possible to defend the currently popular opposing notion -- intelligent design -- when it's so obvious that humans are constructed with body parts they can do without?

We can't say about gallbladders that, like ignorance and evil, we bring them upon ourselves. One would assume we had the organ before any fall from grace. So, what is so intelligent about this design?

The Courier-Journal ? Louisville, KY ? David Hawpe

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