Vocabulary:Apoptosis (pronounced ă-pŏp-tŏ’sĭs, apo tō' sis) is a form of programmed cell death in multicellular organisms.
Disclaimer: I realize that an iPoD is not a multicellular organism, but I do imagine that the gadget is intricate enough to compare to such an organism. Also, apoptosis is not even mentioned again in this article, but ask yourself if you think iPods are programmed to die.
Looking at this picture of the first generation iPod from 2001, you are probably not very impressed. Since then, you've seen iPods that are fluorescent pink, iPods that can play video, iPods that are smaller than a dental floss dispenser, and even iPods that got Nike endorsements.
One thing has never changed though. No matter what kind of iPod you have ever owned, it probably died on you after about 3 years after your purchase (and from taking a rough survey, they ALWAYS seem to die right around the 3 year mark).
If you ask me, THIS is the real genius of APPLE. They make an exceptional gadget, but only make it exceptional enough for you to stay away from the apple store for three years. And when you go back to the store looking for a new battery, they inform you that a replacement costs about the same as the brand new model of iPod. Genius! The mark of a great inventor is the ability to make a product that is both awesome AND imperfect. If the product were perfect, the inventor has given the customer no reason to ever seek him again.
Which brings me to my point...
A month or so ago, my histology professor said something like "When a woman is pregnant, the weight of the baby is pressing directly upon her bladder. If you ask me, that's reason enough to disprove an intelligent designer." For the casual observer, this makes a lot of sense. If the design were perfect, pregnant women probably wouldn't be forced to pee every 15 minutes.
...but I don't think an "intelligent designer" would make it that simple. An intelligent designer like...let's say....an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-Madden team God....would probably be smart enough to realize that His creation should be designed well but not to the point where he will be ignored or forgotten. Yes, I believe that God made you and me....to be awesome, but by no means perfect.
7 comments:
pain in childbirth, right?
I was shooting for "frequency of peeing," but pain in childbirth also shows both the genius and imperfection of the design.
frozone, pain in childbirth is specifically a curse upon women.
So labor pain isn't a great example of original design not being perfect.
But pain still relates to the issue at hand here. Why would God give us pain receptors if He wanted a world without pain?
I think someone said it best when people of faith who insist the Garden of Eden (before the fall) was painless and blissful are no different from atheists who expect God to build a world according to mortal wishes.
preach it brotha.
i hate these word verification things man.
as much as you hate pain, melon?
okay. apparently i wasn't clear in my comment.
i was "amen-ing" miller's article. and only his article ... specifically hte portion that God designed our bodies to be awesome, but not perfect. that was it.
i dont like pain. i have a low pain threshold. uh. yah.
word verification: fhnbsnqa
and here comes the famous quote:
"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world." C.S. Lewis
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