Reply #16: or "incredibly stupid design"!

[Lisa]

I know that there are indeed biological equivalents to the sort of situation where architects forget to allow for ramp access in parking garages (this actually did happen in Oxford, England, a few years ago ... they did include a ramp, but its width and positioning made it impossible for most vehicles to negotiate the turn).

One physician friend of mine has referred to the human knee as "an accident just waiting to happen" -- the same could be said about the appendix.

I guess one could take the view that God just hopes the accidents will be cleared away ... but that would open the door to accusations that the Supreme Being is incompetent AND uncaring.

Or that God is totally cool with the concept of natural selection.