@Mogley98,
Mogley98 wrote:
I have read quite a bit about the odds of life as we know it coming about by shear chance. I have tried to keep an open mind and read and consider all sides. One question I have of non believers is IF their were no god, no after life why does man kind insist on killing itself off by altering what would be the true path of evolution? IE: allowing diabetics to live and breed would not make sense in a world that relies on evolution and natural selection.
This post seems to contain a wide array of questions/issues:
1) Did life come about by chance?
2) Why does life cause detriment by deviating from 'true' evolution?
3) Would diabetes be selected out of the human population if diabetics did not reproduce their genes into offspring and thus future generations?
For now, I will just speak to #3, because I don't think diabetes can be prevented by having 'good genes.'
I think that making good choices regarding diet, exercise, and lifestyle can either prevent diabetes from manifesting altogether or at least improve it.
Taking extra insulin to help extra sugar filter out of cells/tissues, through kidneys, and thus out of the body can be helpful, but it might also stimulate people to crave more sugar than they otherwise would naturally.
I also don't think insulin is the only thing that increases cravings by lowering blood sugar. When people eat lots of sugary foods, that may stimulate gut flora to metabolize sugar at a faster rate and thus cause you to crave more sugar sooner than if you were used to eating less sugar.
Of course, everyone has their own opinion but I don't think ending diabetes could ever be so simple as preventing diabetics from reproducing their genes to future generations. If that happened, there could still be a candy/soda/sugar industry and lifestyle culture in the future that seduced people into irresponsible sugar consumption and insulin resistance could still emerge in those 'more evolved' pancreases.
I don't think the pacreas can evolve to manage any level of sugar intake, no matter how high, and keep the body healthy regardless of how much sugar it is bombarded with.