DID YOU KNOW? ....

. . .to hang on to your appendix? (Unless of course it is inflamed, 
which could be a dangerous condition.)

Most of you are familiar with the idea that the appendix is a 
vestigial and useless organ. We have been told that since the appendix 
was left over from our evolutionary ancestry. It should be removed as 
soon as it gives us any trouble. In fact, some doctors have suggested 
removing it to keep a problem from occurring. This is a good example 
of how non-scientific evolutionary ideas have been detrimental to the 
advancement of true science. Now that considerable research has been 
done on the appendix, it has been found to be a complex and highly 
specialized organ. While there are still a lot of things we do not 
understand about the human appendix, scientists believe it has 
important functions in the following areas: embryological, 
physiological, microbiological (bacteriological), biochemical, 
immunological. For instance, consider the following physiological 
function: The goblet cells which line the appendix and the adjacent 
caecum and colon secrete a special mucus which can be regarded as an 
antibacterial paint controlling the organisms which develop in the 
bowel, without which the body cannot truly utilize its food. Thus, 
most doctors now say that the appendix should not be removed. Think 
about it! How could these evolutionary scientists be sure it didn't 
have a function, just because they didn't yet know what the function 
was? Millions of people were led astray by this anti-scientific 
evolutionary belief. Had people accepted the Bible, which is the basis 
of true science, they would have seen that the Creator was responsible 
for all organs in the human body, and therefore the appendix was the 
result of creative design and organization formed according to a plan 
to perform a specific purpose.

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