You don’t have any science to back up the theory, just definitional games and I don’t have time for that.

There was a very important logical error in the evolutionist claim regarding vestigial organs. As we have just seen, this claim was that the vestigial organs in living things were inherited from their ancestors. However, some of the alleged “vestigial” organs are not found in the species alleged to be the ancestors of human beings! For example, the appendix does not exist in some ape species that are said to be ancestors of man. The famous biologist H. Enoch, who challenged the theory of vestigial organs, expressed this logical error as follows:

Apes possess an appendix, whereas their less immediate relatives, the lower apes, do not; but it appears again among the still lower mammals such as the opossum. How can the evolutionists account for this?314

Beside all of this, the claim that an organ which is not used atrophies and disappears over time carries a logical inconsistency within it. Darwin was aware of this inconsistency, and made the following confession in The Origin of Species:

There remains, however, this difficulty. After an organ has ceased being used, and has become in consequence much reduced, how can it be still further reduced in size until the merest vestige is left; and how can it be finally quite obliterated? It is scarcely possible that disuse can go on producing any further effect after the organ has once been rendered functionless. Some additional explanation is here requisite which I cannot give.315

Simply put, the scenario of vestigial organs put forward by evolutionists contains a number of serious logical flaws, and has in any case been proven to be scientifically untrue. There exists not one inherited vestigial organ in the human body.

312 S. R. Scadding, “Do ‘Vestigial Organs’ Provide Evidence for Evolution?,” Evolutionary Theory, vol. 5, May 1981, p. 173.
313 The Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home edition, Merck & Co., Inc. The Merck Publishing Group, Rahway, New Jersey, 1997.
314 H. Enoch, Creation and Evolution, New York, 1966, pp. 18-19.
315 Charles Darwin, Origin of Species, http://www.zoo.uib.no/classics/darwin/origin.chap14.html.

The old arguments for evolution based on the recapitulation theory (the idea that embryonic development in the womb recapitulates the evolution of the species) and vestigial organs (“useless” organs believed to have been useful in an earlier stage of evolution) have long been discredited.

“. . . the theory of recapitulation . . . should be defunct today.” (1)

“An analysis of the difficulties in unambiguously identifying functionless structures . . . leads to the conclusion that “vestigial organs” provide no evidence for evolutionary theory.” (2)

Evolutionists have for decades claimed the appendix is a “vestigial organ,” a useless evolutionary leftover from our animal ancestry. In fact, just one hundred years ago nearly 200 organs and structures in the human body were thought to be vestigial, a claim even used as “proof” of evolution in place.

But now we know of uses for each one. There are no “vestigial organs.” The appendix is recognized to play an important role in the immune system, particularly in childhood. We can survive without it, but clearly it is a useful, functioning organ, and we are better off to keep it. There are times when it can get blocked or infected, and must be removed, but if healthy, it’s best left in place.

Other organs or features once thought to be “useless” include wisdom teeth, tonsils, the thymus gland, the “tail bone,” the little toe . . . would a person be better off without these? Of course not! Does their presence prove evolution? Hardly.

What are some other functions of the appendix? It protects the body in several ways. It is rich in lymphoid tissue, meaning that it acts as a filter and removes bacteria and protects the intestines from infection. Antibodies are also made there. One study done by Dr. Howard R. Bierman on hundreds of patients with leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease, cancer of the colon, and cancer of the ovaries showed that 84% of these patients had their appendix removed, while in a healthy control group only 25% had it removed. [Bergman and Howe, p. 45] This is a positive correlation, indicating a possible role of the appendix in preventing these diseases. Bierman concluded that the premature removal of the appendix during childhood permitted leukemia and other related forms of cancer to develop. There may be a relationship between these diseases and viral infections. The Epstein-Barr virus probably causes Burkitt’s lymphoma. Viruses consumed in undercooked animal foods could be responsible for some cancers, that is why a lot of doctors recommend you completely cook all of your meats including steaks. The white cells harbored in the appendix are certainly capable of protecting us from these viruses and the subsequent development of tumor cells. Is there a possibility that when the appendix is removed the last, crucial line of defense against these diseases is removed? It certainly is possible, and here again, just because we’re ignorant about this doesn’t mean that science has found all of the answers.

Recently, evolutionary activists are strangely silent regarding their insistence of the non-function of the appendix. There could be several reasons for this, but perhaps the best is that scientific research has indeed revealed an important function.

The Grolier Encyclopedia admitted, “Long regarded as a vestigial organ with no function in the human body, the appendix is now thought to be one of the sites where immune responses are initiated.”3 Authors Van De Graff and Fox state, “The appendix contains masses of lymphoid tissue that may serve to resist infection.”4 Kenneth Saladin states, “The appendix is densely populated with lymphocytes [a type of white blood cell] and is a significant source of immune cells.”5 Anatomist Fred Martini describes the appendix as saying, “The mucosa and submucosa of the appendix are dominated by lymphoid nodules, and the appendix’s primary function is as an organ of the lymphatic system.”6

Vestigial structure indeed. Lymphatic tissue is important! God is not the Author of confusion, and He does not riddle the body with useless tissues or organs. Every tissue in our body has a purpose — designed by our all-wise Creator.

Like the appendix, the tonsils were also the almost indiscriminant targets of scalpels. They are considered more troublesome vestiges that bode ill will for their owner, always becoming infected, making children sick, and causing them to miss school. Are they wimpy, evolutionary vestiges or ardent defenders of the body? In a detailed medical supplement, Drs. Maeda and Mogi wrote that the tonsil functions both in antibody production and cell-mediated immunity. [Maeda] Other contributors to this supplement said that the tonsil is important as a lymphoid organ in the upper respiratory tract. In the introductory remarks to this supplement, Dr. Kataura said that numerous modern immunological studies show that the palatine tonsil is an immunological organ and acts as defense mechanism against the infection of the upper respiratory tract.

Bergman and Howe say that doctors are now reluctant to remove the tonsils or the adenoids. They cite studies, which showed there was no decrease in the number of colds, sore throats, and other respiratory infections between children who had them removed, and those who did not. Other studies they cited indicated that people who have had tonsillectomies may have a significant increase in strep throat and are nearly three times as likely to develop Hodgkin’s disease.

The gallbladder serves as a bridge between the liver (which produces bile necessary for the digestion of fats) and the small intestine, where the digestion occurs. The gallbladder stores the bile and parcels it out as needed. If the bladder is removed, it doesn’t impair the production of needed bile, only its concentration and timed release into the small intestine. Dilute bile merely oozes in continually. A person can function quite adequately without the gallbladder under normal conditions, but it’s better to keep it.

The tailbone has some important functions, starting with the role it plays in enabling us to sit. Ask someone who has had his tail bone removed what it’s like to sit.

Whenever we hear words like “that’s a useless organ,” we should recognize them as a product of useless antiquated mythological evolutionary thinking. Claims like this are often merely repeats of foundless evolutionary fairytales heard since elementary school.

These are just a few examples, but I’ll look into the rest and provide you with an explanation…what interesting to me, though, is–this information is not a secret, it’s widely available. It’s one of the reasons that evolutionists are losing the debate in the public square; they don’t have a response to any of this modern science–they’re stuck back in the Victorian age when the Darwinian theory came into being! Doesn’t it even embarrass you to realize you discount all of this evidence just in order to cling to the hope that there is no God?

Are there any organs we no longer need?

If you wanted to build an addition onto your house that would match the style of your house and meet the needs of your family, how much progress would you make toward your goal by throwing balls of cement or pieces of wood at the side of your home? This activity, however random, would still not be “pure trial and error.” You have assumed, intellectually, some of the proper materials to be used and the proper direction to throw them. To come nearer to pure trial and error, you should be blindfolded and spun around before throwing, and have a variety of materials intermixed, such as rocks, onions, and chicken feathers.

This is how the evolutionary model suggests that the first living cell came to be. Evolutionists believe that random materials came together by pure chance and formed a living cell, which is thousands of times more complex than a room addition. It is no wonder that a scenario based on such impossible probabilities would be found useless in dealing with the concerns of the real world of science.

References:

Stephen Jay Gould, “Dr. Down’s Syndrome,” Natural History (April 1980), p. 144.

18 S.R. Scadding, “Do `Vestigial Organs’ Provide Evidence for Evolution?” Evolutionary Theory (vol. 5, May 1981), p. 173.

Hartenstein, Roy, Grolier Encyclopedia, 2002, Grolier Interactive Inc.

Van De Graff & Fox, Concepts of Human Anatomy & Physiology, 1999, p. 837.

Saladin, K., Anatomy & Physiology, McGraw Hill, 2001, p. 974.

Martini, F., Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology, Prentice Hall, 1998, p. 899.