Not trying to cause trouble
I'm in the process of researching in order to possibly convert.
Listening to the part of the lecture about creationism brought up some questions.
Science has proven that there are in fact useless parts of our bodies- the appendix, for example. While it may have at one point served a purpose in man's anthropological history, in its current state it serves more as a danger. My friend was recently hospitalized when his almost burst, he's been home from work and canceled many social events for about a month-long period. Going back to the cell phone comparison- there aren't any cell phones on the market now, or really ever, that have a part within them that could destroy the device at any given moment. If Allah is completely responsible for every part of our bodies, then why leave the appendix in? My friend could have died had he not gotten immediate medical attention, killed by a part of the body he didn't even need.
Furthermore, while humans today may be one of the most complex organisms on earth, complex doesn't necessarily mean good. Organisms adapt to their surroundings over the course of the ages, whether you want to believe in evolution or not. Sharks, alligators and crocodiles have been the same for much longer than most other animals because they're very good at what they do already. Other animals, humans for instance, have been changing infrequently over time to adapt to our current situations. We were not always this complex. And again, complexity doesn't always mean better. Comparing the anatomy of a human to that of a shark, we can see that the human is more precarious in its working order, that it has more variables and more things that can go wrong. The shark is simple, not so smart, but very very good at obtaining prey and reproducing. What I'm getting at isn't necessarily the inferiority of humans to sharks, but simply that being the more complex organism doesn't make us the best. Going back to the technology analogy- I sell laptops for a living. When a customer tells me they only need to use it to check e-mail and print out word documents, I only sell them exactly what they need in order to save them money and so that they are not confused by a complex interface with applications and interfaces they can't understand.
What I'm getting down to in all this can probably be seen as Islam versus evolution. Humans were not always so complex, and being so complex does not make us the best animal on earth. Why, if Allah has created us to be the king of animals, has He made us inferior in our complexity and in need of eventual change in order to interact effectively with our environment?