Carrots, yeah right.
Even though the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design debate has cooled off a little since the Kitzmiller decision, there are more people than ever who now rally around the Intelligent Design banner. So I’m glad the more rationally-minded among us are still at it with pieces like the 2006 documentary Flock of Dodos, which contains the following clip. If rabbits are intelligently-designed, then I guess we should give thanks that God decided not to make us share in their benevolent method of digestion.
What amazes me is that creationists attempt to turn this example of suboptimal “design” into a pro-creation argument by claiming that since God wanted bunnies to eat a highly-fiberous diet and live underground, he gave them digestive systems optimized for that sort of lifestyle.
Evolutionist: But God could have done better, couldn’t he?
Creationist: We never claim that God couldn’t have done better, the fact is he chose not to.
Evolutionist: Why not?
Creationist: Who can know God’s ways? Perhaps it happened in the Fall of Man. See “Addendum”.
Evolutionist: Then you’re either giving credit for the rabbit’s great digestion as we see it now to God, or blaming it’s evil design as we see it now on Satan— which is it?
Creationist: …
