Creationism, Design, God and Toes

Random thought of the day:
Why are toes useful as distinct digits? Why not have them fused/webbed into one body part instead? This would result in lower surface area and lower heat loss - very useful to those of who were advised to keep our feet warm by our thoughtful parents :)

Why would a competent Designer give us toes whose individuality we ignore by putting on socks and shoes?

I think that this is a question (one of a great many) that Intelligent Design proponents, Creationists (as well as
"cdesign proponentsists" :) ) should consider.

Here are short 3 minutes of incoherent rambling on this very subject.
Enjoy :)

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• Evolution
• Creation
• ID
• Explelled
• Kent
• Hovind
• Ken
• Ham
• Dawkins
• Miller
• Intelligent
• Design

[vlasevmovement]

If you wanna know what toes are for ask a person without arms.

Anyway, toes play an important role in balance.

[vdizhoor]

@vlasevmovement They do.play a role in balance, but not the space in between - just the bone/muscle structure. The number of people without arms is very tiny and very few of them learn to control their toes with any dexterity comparable with fingers. Meanwhile that space in between is a fertile place for fungi to grow. It isn't that they are an impediment, but that the design is suboptimal. Not totally stupid, but simply not very intelligent.

[daemonowner]

yet another point presented for the dysteleological argument.

[iambehindthemirror]

Ты кто?

[vdizhoor]

@zolzol7 :)

[zolzol7]

@vdizhoor I'm sorry to say this , but that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Why are you wasting your life thinking about things like that ?! Don't waste your time replying either , please go outside !

[vdizhoor]

@zolzol7 Simple. Keep the bone structure, keep the flesh, but have the skin that covers the foot just like a sock does. You are still able to do EVERYTHING you do when you do it in socks - which is how you use your feet anyway. Whatever you may loose is outweighed by mitigating the unpleasantness of things like athlete's foot.

[zolzol7]

@vdizhoor well, how would you have toes, if you don't have the space between them ?! I think , that's missing the point .

[vdizhoor]

@zolzol7

You are missing the point. I am not saying toes are useless. I am simply saying that the cavities between them are useless. When you play soccer, you don't play barefoot - you wear socks/shoes that create a layer of "skin" around your toes and fuse them together. What I am saying is we don't use the space in between the toes - and that that space is actually bad: room for athletes foot, etc.

[zolzol7]

I think toes make walking easier and more delicate . I magine if we had no toes walking would be difficult . Have u played soccer before ? there are a lot of nerves in your toes to feel the ground under your feet . I think toes are very important .