Examining ATI Wisdom Booklets – Booklet 3 Science The Elements of Our Body

Last updated on: August 22, 2016 at 5:50 pm

August 22, 2016 by Suzanne Titkemeyer

I have a theological objection to the question “How can God….few elements?” The question implies that God is constrained by laws of nature. In the Abrahamic religions, God is clearly NOT constrained by laws of nature.
Using “the characteristics of carbon atoms” as an explanation of why carbon forms chains is a major cop-out. Carbon forms long chains because carbon has an arrangement of outer electrons in the atom that allows it to form up to 4 stable bonds at once.
The explanation of the body making hundreds of substances is a tad underwhelming when you realize that organic chemistry has MILLIONS of known carbon containing compounds and is discovering new chemicals daily.
So…hemoglobin is made (generally) of four units called hemes bonded together. The diagram above is showing a single heme unit. I don’t know why heme is in quotes or why the caption implies that there is one heme in hemoglobin.
I have NO IDEA what that waste product shown at the right is. I’ve run the chemical drawing through several sites to see if I could identify it and have come up empty handed. The term “identifies” is in quotes…and that annoys me.
- See, the kidneys go through a two-stage process of filtration. The first pulls all sorts of chemicals out of the blood including needed ones like sugar, proteins and water. The second stage reabsorbs the useful portions and shunts the waste products to the bladder.
- When the body is no longer able to identify wastes compared to useful products, a person develops severe kidney failure. Treatment options include dialysis and a kidney transplant. Failure to treat kidney failure leads to death.