The Human Appendix

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.