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The tonsils act as a filter against [[disease]]. They can become a site of infection, a condition known as [[tonsillitis]], and sometimes become enlarged. This condition is more prevalent during childhood, since tonsil tissue tends to regress with age. Removal of the tonsils is sometimes advised if frequent inflammation poses a threat to health. | The tonsils act as a filter against [[disease]]. They can become a site of infection, a condition known as [[tonsillitis]], and sometimes become enlarged. This condition is more prevalent during childhood, since tonsil tissue tends to regress with age. Removal of the tonsils is sometimes advised if frequent inflammation poses a threat to health. | ||
| − | + | Promoters of the [[theory of evolution]] taught that tonsils were [[vestigial structures]], whereby they no longer had meaning in the modern human body and were left over from an earlier stage of development. This teaching, which was false, led to a common practice to remove the tonsils when they became inflamed. Millions of children were needlessly injured by this procedure over a period of many decades, some even dying under the [[anesthesia]], before this false teaching by [[evolutionists]] was quietly rejected. | |
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Revision as of 13:36, December 10, 2007
What are commonly called Tonsils are actually the palatine tonsils. They are two masses of lymphoid tissue situated on either side of the throat at the back of the tongue and are oval in nature.
The tonsils act as a filter against disease. They can become a site of infection, a condition known as tonsillitis, and sometimes become enlarged. This condition is more prevalent during childhood, since tonsil tissue tends to regress with age. Removal of the tonsils is sometimes advised if frequent inflammation poses a threat to health.
Promoters of the theory of evolution taught that tonsils were vestigial structures, whereby they no longer had meaning in the modern human body and were left over from an earlier stage of development. This teaching, which was false, led to a common practice to remove the tonsils when they became inflamed. Millions of children were needlessly injured by this procedure over a period of many decades, some even dying under the anesthesia, before this false teaching by evolutionists was quietly rejected.