"A loving God would never have made viable gonads the sole requirement of parenthood."

Hmmm, interesting perspective... kinda.

So if Salmo was 'god' for a day (think Jim Carey's recent movie...), how would you create the human body differently?

Keep in mind that you have to allow for 'free will'.

You don't have any control of Gov't - so making laws won't cut it - and even then you need to think internationally- laws\rules would need to apply world wide.. A huge percetage won't believe you even exist and many who do don't really listen to you anyway...

Keep in mind the history of man (let's just say the last 10,000 years for grins....). At times, people's life expectancy was 30-35yrs of age. Getting married as early teens was \ had to be common practice. If you didn't start a family young, you wouldn't survive...

I'm sure there are many other factors, but i'm curious as to how our bodies could have been designed better to match the demands of human history, cultures, etc.


Something else to ponder - why isn't teen pregnancy and 'welfare queen' syndrome pretty much unique to the the US and really only in the last 30yrs? (not that there haven't always been problems with sex\pregnancy throughout history of mankind - but not nearly as widespread as today in the US and I think some African nations)


Also, consider this from God's perspective (assuming that there is one at this point - just for conversation)...

Let's say God is like a auto manufacturer. He designs the 'perfect car'. It has manufacturers guidlines of operation and is intended for commuting on paved roads - a Honda Accord if you will... So some dude takes this Accord offroading, doesn't read the owners manual, never maintains the car other than give it gas - then acts suprised and complains to his friends when the car breaks down on him... Should we blame God when the result of a person's 'free will' basically ruins what should have been a 'good thing' if it was just used as it was designed?

(I didn't really think that through, so not sure how good of a metaphor it is...)