Originally posted by ChessPraxisCongratulations!!
I took VR's post to mean quite the opposite. I understood it to mean God may have helped Orangutan's son live.
I've never heard anyone pray for something bad to happen. Such a prayer would be contrary to God and is a sacrilege.
I believe cft actually knew what I meant also, he just likes to stir the pot every now and then.
07 Jul 12
Originally posted by Very RustyWait a minute. Are you saying god cured him? Who made him ill in the first place? Maybe god was on his lunchbreak then.
You've got to be one of the most inane people I've met on this site.
It is because of God he is still alive!!!
Very confusing all this faith stuff.
07 Jul 12
Originally posted by byedidia"... The human appendix is a vestigial structure. A vestigial structure is a structure that has lost all or most of its original function through the process of evolution. The vermiform appendage is the shrunken remainder of the cecum that was found in a remote ancestor of humans. Ceca, which are found in the digestive tracts of many extant herbivores, house mutualistic bacteria which help animals digest the cellulose molecules that are found in plants... As the human appendix no longer houses a significant number of these bacteria, and humans are no longer capable of digesting more than a minimal amount of cellulose per day, the human appendix is considered a vestigial structure. ... Vestigial organs are sometimes pressed into a secondary use when their original function has been lost..." (Wikipedia)
Why did god give us appendixes to begin with? Doesn't seem like a very intelligent design.
(not a witty reply but informative)
07 Jul 12
Originally posted by hedonistYeah I think the surgical team and the constitution of 'Orangutan's' son should at least get some of the credit.
Wait a minute. Are you saying god cured him? Who made him ill in the first place? Maybe god was on his lunchbreak then.
Very confusing all this faith stuff.
I remember when I was a teenager peoples appendixes were getting removed at an alarming rate, the same with tonsils, but I believe the attitude has reversed to the point where removal is a last resort.
07 Jul 12
Originally posted by orangutanDid He have a lot of pain before the OP? or was the rupture a bolt from the blue. Good to hear He has got on top of it.
Do you still have one?
If not, what's your experience of having it removed?
My son has just had a burst appendix removed. Quite nasty. He's been in hospital for over a week now and looks set to be in there for at least till the weekend.
The operation apparently went well, but there was a lot of infected material and he's picked up a post operative ...[text shortened]... he's going to be OK.
I just wondered what other people have experienced with this?
07 Jul 12
Originally posted by lolofI read somewhere recently that the appendix is not actually a vestigial structure. No reference, sorry, but it was suggested that it serves as a 'safe-house' for intestinal fauna, allowing the gut to 're-boot' following enteric disasters.
"... The human appendix is a vestigial structure. A vestigial structure is a structure that has lost all or most of its original function through the process of evolution. The vermiform appendage is the shrunken remainder of the cecum that was found in a remote ancestor of humans. Ceca, which are found in the digestive tracts of many extant herbivores, house m ...[text shortened]... n their original function has been lost..." (Wikipedia)
(not a witty reply but informative)