The California Collection/TheCaliforniaCollection.cdr/his065/appendix.arj/APPENDIX.ASC

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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.