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@rock-rex.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 7:29 PM

"By Design".

How the Design Argument ought to go...

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What a piece of work is man —
look at the wonder of our mortal frame:
short sight, arthritis, piles, and acne,
gums are abscessed, cysts inflamed,
impacted wisdom teeth and asthma,
bowel cancer, unnamed pains.
And how could we have been created
by a less than perfect Cause?

What a piece of work is man —
look at our glory, at our splendid ways:
the bodies piled, discarded offal,
raped, their throats slit, set ablaze,
the fragrant smoke an awful signal
of a feast for birds of prey.
And how could we be chance productions,
born of cold, unthinking laws?

What a piece of work is man —
look at the heaven that he’s made of Earth:
the poisoned rivers, flattened forests,
oceans clogged with plastic scurf,
of great apes, elephants, and dolphins,
whales and tigers now a dearth.
And how could we not owe our nature
to the Mighty, Loving Source?

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