Do You Have "Extra" Parts?

0:00Do we have extra body parts that are no longer needed? Find out next on today's Creation Moment. And now here's our Creation Moment host, Ian Taylor. I remember reading in grade school that the human appendix is a useless organ. My textbook said that the scientist's thought that the appendix was once used to help digest the tree bark that our supposed ape-like ancestors ate. Well, does the human body have extra parts? Do we have organs that we no longer use because we have evolved away from needing them? Atheists have argued that our useless organs prove that we were not created. No creator they said would make useless organs that can threaten our health. Creationists responded that since our knowledge of the human body is incomplete we cannot say that an organ is useless simply because we are ignorant of its job. In the 1890s scientists said that the human body had about 180 organs that are useless leftovers of our past evolution.

1:01As a result doctors used to be quick to remove the child's tonsils. Today we know that our tonsils have several jobs and are an important part of our immune system. Our appendix has been found to serve as a backup for other organs. If your spleen is damaged your appendix will take over some of its functions. Wisdom teeth are important in chewing food, especially when the diet includes more cost materials. The argument over whether we have extra parts left over from evolution has been completely won over by creationists. Today science recognizes that we have no useless leftovers from evolution. For a free copy of Ian Taylor's book 25 Short Answers to Big Questions About Creation, visit us at creationmoments.com or call us toll free at 1-800-42-Bible. That's 1-800-422-4253. And be sure to join us next time for another creation moment proclaiming evidence of God's truth.