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[[Bible]] commentator Keith Krell states regarding the serpent in Genesis chapter 3 the following: "The text says the snake had to move on its belly. Some commentators take this literally and conclude that the snake had legs before God cursed it. Others take it figuratively, as a reference to the resultant despised condition of the snake."<ref>http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=4476#P30_15164</ref>
[[Bible]] commentator Keith Krell states regarding the serpent in Genesis chapter 3 the following: "The text says the snake had to move on its belly. Some commentators take this literally and conclude that the snake had legs before God cursed it. Others take it figuratively, as a reference to the resultant despised condition of the snake."<ref>http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=4476#P30_15164</ref>
== Different views ==
In the view of secular evolutionists, vestigial structures are some of the best evidence in favor of [[evolution]] and against [[Intelligent Design]] because they believe they are explained by [[natural selection]], but it is difficult to justify why an intelligent [[creator]] would include seemingly useless structures in the design of [[organism]]s.
Proponents of a creation or intelligent design model point out that this argument, in claiming to know what the Creator would do, is not a scientific argument, but a theological one, yet evolutionists often criticize creationists for using theological arguments against evolution.
Furthermore, this theological argument ignores the counter argument of [[the fall]], where it is understood current conditions are not the way God originally designed, and additionally is, if anything, evidence for ''devolution'', not evolution.<ref>Batten, Don, and Sarfati, John, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3863/ ‘Vestigial’ Organs: What do they prove?] (Creation Ministries International).</ref>
Furthermore, the fact that science has not determined the function of a particular structure does not mean that the structure has no function. Indeed, evolutionists have in the past proposed 180 human organs as being vestigial, but we now know that the vast majority of those organs have since been found to have definite functions,<ref>Bergman, Jerry, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1663/ Do any vestigial organs exist in humans?] ''Journal of Creation'', 14(2):95–98, August 2000</ref> including the [[tonsils]], [[thymus]], and the [[pineal gland]]. The tonsils were found to help fight infection, and the thymus and pineal gland were both found secrete important hormones.<ref>http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/embryology_02.html#313</ref>. In addition, some evidence suggests that the human appendix has a role in the very early developmental stages.<ref>Glover, Warwick, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1759 The human vermiform appendix] ''Journal of Creation'' 3(1):31–38,
April 1988<br/>Ham, Ken, and Wieland, Carl, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/709 Your appendix ... it’s there for a reason], ''Creation'' 20(1):41–42, December 1997.<br/>Wilkinson, Richard, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/559 Cutting out a useless vestigial argument], ''Creation'' 26(3):51, June 2004.</ref>
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/vestigialorgans.asp Vestigial Organs - Questions and Answers] by [[Answers in Genesis]]
*[http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/vestigialorgans.asp Vestigial Organs - Questions and Answers] by [[Answers in Genesis]]