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- ICR:Did you know?...what your appendix does?
-
- . . .to hang on to your appendix? (Unless of course it is inflamed,
- which could be a dangerous condition.)
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- Most of you are familiar with the idea that the appendix is a
- vestigial and useless organ. We have been told that since the appendix
- was left over from our evolutionary ancestry. It should be removed as
- soon as it gives us any trouble. In fact, some doctors have suggested
- removing it to keep a problem from occurring. This is a good example of
- how non-scientific evolutionary ideas have been detrimental to the
- advancement of true science. Now that considerable research has been
- done on the appendix, it has been found to be a complex and highly
- specialized organ. While there are still a lot of things we do not
- understand about the human appendix, scientists believe it has
- important functions in the following areas: embryological,
- physiological, microbiological (bacteriological), biochemical,
- immunological. For instance, consider the following physiological
- function: The goblet cells which line the appendix and the adjacent
- caecum and colon secrete a special mucus which can be regarded as an
- antibacterial paint controlling the organisms which develop in the
- bowel, without which the body cannot truly utilize its food. Thus, most
- doctors now say that the appendix should not be removed. Think about
- it! How could these evolutionary scientists be sure it didn't have a
- function, just because they didn't yet know what the function was?
- Millions of people were led astray by this anti-scientific evolutionary
- belief. Had people accepted the Bible, which is the basis of true
- science, they would have seen that the Creator was responsible for all
- organs in the human body, and therefore the appendix was the result of
- creative design and organization formed according to a plan to perform
- a specific purpose.
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