Belly Buttons

So, I have been reading "The Fall of Lucifer" by Wendy Alec in which she describes the creation of Adam and Eve. As she was describing God creating man and breathing life into him, I couldn't help but wonder if Adam and Eve had belly buttons. Since the sole biological purpose of a belly button is to provide a pathway for food, oxygen, and excrement between fetus and mother before birth, some believe that Adam and Eve did not have a belly button.

There are many arguments for each side.

On the "Yes, Adam and Eve had belly buttons" side, the arguments might be ...

• They would look funny without them.
  
• There would be one less place for lint.
  
• Belly button fungi might become extinct.
  
• The offspring of Adam and Eve needed belly buttons for the in utero phase of life; therefore, Adam and Eve, having the same genetic makeup, must have also had belly buttons.
  

On the "No, Adam and Eve did not have belly buttons" side, the arguments might be ...

• They had no medical purpose for them.
  
• The wonderment of the purpose of a belly button would have occupied too much of their time, if they had been given one.
  
• The garden of Eden was a perfect place and a belly button would have allowed Adam and Eve a way to get a fungal or bacterial infection, thus, making the environment less than perfect.
  

Well, all that aside, why do we have belly buttons in the first place? God could have made our umbilical cords heal over completely, leaving no orifice. I don't know if Adam and Eve had belly buttons, but I do know that God gave us belly buttons for the arts.

I mean could you really call music "music," if there had never been the childhood song,

I like to play with my belly button,
I like to keep it nice and clean,
If I don't clean out my belly button,
In it grows a fungus green

Even better art comes to us from the brilliant song writer and author, Sandra Boynton. This woman's genius has produced both a "Belly Button" song and the Belly Button Book. For a quick sample of the Belly Button song, click here

Now, I leave you with a quote from the Belly Button Book and some final thoughts:

We Hippos love our Belly B's
They're round and cute and funny
And there's a place we take them to
When summer days are sunny

So what are your thoughts,

Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons? Did God create belly buttons mainly for their impact on the arts?

I am so excited to hear what everyone has to say about this all important subject.