Comments on: Did God do these things? http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/08/04/did-god-do-these-things/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dan Klarmann http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/08/04/did-god-do-these-things/comment-page-1/#comment-22829 Dan Klarmann Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:52:51 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2933#comment-22829 I don't understand what these cases have to do with creation vs. evolution. Both sides admit that mutations commonly happen in any population. External human tails are well documented, and the absorbed-conjoined-twin hand and arm cases are pretty clear. The frog and cyclops are distinct mal-developments. I'd guess twinned chromosomes, as in the cases of <a href="http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/10/02/i-dont-believe-in-god-but-i-do-believe-in-elves/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Williams Syndrome</a> and Cerebral Palsy. The backwards feet puzzle me. But I'll bet it was gestational rather than genetic. An x-ray probably shows the ankles flipped over rather then twisted. Any embryonic surgeon knows how a nipple-foot can happen. One loose t-cell in the wrong place early in gestation and anything can grow anywhere. If it threatens survival, it causes a miscarriage. I don’t understand what these cases have to do with creation vs. evolution. Both sides admit that mutations commonly happen in any population.

External human tails are well documented, and the absorbed-conjoined-twin hand and arm cases are pretty clear.
The frog and cyclops are distinct mal-developments. I’d guess twinned chromosomes, as in the cases of Williams Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy.
The backwards feet puzzle me. But I’ll bet it was gestational rather than genetic. An x-ray probably shows the ankles flipped over rather then twisted.
Any embryonic surgeon knows how a nipple-foot can happen. One loose t-cell in the wrong place early in gestation and anything can grow anywhere. If it threatens survival, it causes a miscarriage.

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