Natures wonders: hiding in dark waters (Introduction)

by dhw, Monday, July 20, 2020, 12:09 (1375 days ago) @ David Turell

QUOTE: “The understanding of how the microbiome influences host health is still in its infancy, but already we’ve learned that microbes have a profound effect on everything from immune system development to vitamin metabolism. It appears their talents extend to giving their hosts cloaking devices and different internal clocks as well."

David’s comments: Another strange symbiosis in which it is a wonder as to how the squid and the luminescent bacteria came together. Not by chance. I would assume directed by God.
And: Not by trial and error. Requires design especially if sixteen different species developed it by so-called convergence. That means it was built into the DNA programming.

First of all, once again many thanks for these wonderful articles. They are an education in themselves, regardless of one’s religious beliefs or non-beliefs. And I agree with you that they are a devastating riposte to anyone who believes in chance. But I wonder why your God would directly dabble or preprogramme the “marriage” between bacteria and black squid/fish when his sole purpose was to directly design H. sapiens. However, the versatility of microbes suggests that they are remarkably intelligent – a gift perhaps bestowed on them by your God!