Posted on 01/08/2009 3:36:24 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
Why Did God Make Viruses?
by Dr. Jean K. Lightner
January 7, 2009
If God created everything good and with a purpose, why are there disease-causing bacteria and viruses in the world? It is true that we first learned about bacteria and viruses because of the problems they cause. Bacteria have been studied in considerable detail and are now recognized to be mainly helpful and absolutely essential for life on earth; bacteria that cause disease (which occurred as a result of the Fall) are the exceptions, not the rule. But what about viruses: what purpose could they possibly have?...
(Excerpt) Read more at answersingenesis.org ...
Death is part of life. Animals consume each other. Viruses kill an animal which then becomes food for scavengers, bugs, bacteria, etc. Said animal then breaks down becoming part of the soil that feeds the plants which in turn, feed other animals and so on..
Funny how when it’s time to whine about things we have no control over, the best scapegoat is God.
Culling the herd.
I disagree, bacteria and viruses do have a purpose. Read Romans 1.
Population control?
...God is not mocked...that whatsoever a man sows...that also shall he reap...
Pretty much. It’s all one vicious cycle of life. Pessimists say you start dying once you are born.
God created viruses because viruses are ALWAYS good for a belly laugh.
Actually, the harmful ones are the exception, not the rule. As the article points out, most viruses are quite helpful, and may play a major factor in genetic variation.
Viruses can also infect and kill the bacteria that make us sick.
How does he think genetic algorithms work, anyway? I mean, don’t you think it was all part of the PLAN?
Genetic algorithms work using evolutionary principles which means that AIG automatically rules them out.
The purpose(_life_) of viruses would have changed after the fall, or they appeared due to the fall...
“Why Did God Make Viruses?”
Anyone who thinks they have enough of an understanding of life to even ask this question is delusional.
BFLR
Now there’s a thought! Regardless how one comes down on the Creation/Evolution issue, I think it is high time we spent a bit more time studying non-harmful/beneficial viruses. As the article points out, the more we study viruses, it increasingly becomes clear that the harmful ones are the exception, rather than the rule.
Since you rule out most methods of genetic study / genome study how do you suggest we study them?
Never mind, I withdraw my comment - I try to never challange someone’s religious beliefs.
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