I heard an argument once about the reproductive system. We know the sperm has a formidable artillery to penetrate an egg. The argument goes that when the male and female bodies are two distinct identities, how could the artillery in the sperm evolve, and hence it must be intelligent design.
But what if somewhere in the evolutionary cycle, the earlier organisms were bisexual or hermaphrodites. I have forgotten most of my biology, so maybe I should look up literature to see the sequence in the evolutionary history.
As so often happens when it comes to evolution, one gets stuck in the debate between religion and evolution. And many people have asked me this- how can you be a scientist and still believe in religion. Let me just believe there is a god, and leave the rest to science. It is a grey area, but one that I can ignore and carry on with my day to day life ;-)
But what if somewhere in the evolutionary cycle, the earlier organisms were bisexual or hermaphrodites. I have forgotten most of my biology, so maybe I should look up literature to see the sequence in the evolutionary history.
As so often happens when it comes to evolution, one gets stuck in the debate between religion and evolution. And many people have asked me this- how can you be a scientist and still believe in religion. Let me just believe there is a god, and leave the rest to science. It is a grey area, but one that I can ignore and carry on with my day to day life ;-)
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