If god created Adam and Eve in his own image (Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him...") Does god have parasites?
Parasites, like liver fluke and malaria and lice, can't live long outside their hosts, so where were they before the fall? EITHER there was an 8th day after the fall of man when god created parasites, OR parasites EVOLVED later.
Or god also has parasites.
http://www.parasite.org.au/parasites/Cestodes.html
http://www.thelifetree.com/hookworms.htm
http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/DPDX/HTML/Image_Library.htm
http://www.carlzimmer.com/parasite_2.html
2006-07-25 21:16:08 · 8 answers · asked by Puddin Tane 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
But they MUST have a human as a host for part of their life cycle. Are you telling me that for 300 or 800 years before the fall the liver fluke just sat in a freshwater snail and did nothing?
2006-07-25 21:26:56 · update #1
How do Christians explain anything?
2006-07-25 21:20:20 · answer #1 · answered by Jane_doe 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The American Heritage defines a parasite as "An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host." With this in mind, it is absurd to ask if God has parasites since God is Spirit.
Since there was no death before the Fall, I am of the view that parasites, if they were created, existed before the Fall, had a benign function. Their functions could have changed as a result of the Fall or they became malicious due to mutations after the Fall over some time.
Having said that, that parasites exist is not an argument against Christianity, which easily explains suffering and death as a result of the Fall. But if you are an atheist, you have to answer the question of origins for the parasite.
2006-07-26 04:50:11 · answer #2 · answered by Seraph 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God neither has parasite nor He a parasite. It is true He created man in His own image but He did not create him in His own nature. God is supreme and He is all in all. He is above the imagination of man and He is perfect. Parasites are also His creatures, because He created all living organisms and gives them their food at all times. There was no creation after man was created and there will not be. Man has dominion over all other creations including parasites and the way and manner man manages other creations will definitely have impact on him.
Time and anything else cannot change the status of God. To comprehend God, one needs to be filled with the power of God and His Spirit. Except this is done, one will keep confusing science with divinity.
2006-07-26 04:35:10 · answer #3 · answered by Sage_Learner 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created Adam thru his image which definitely look like primate. Some how he shortened the tail as we still have it at the end of the spine. So who image Eve is based on, with larger breasts, and vagina?
Strangely what the hell he created nipples for we men? Probably God made an error on belly button too! Unless God also had umblical cord attached when he was born.
2006-07-26 04:30:26 · answer #4 · answered by Ah Seow- The Mad Chimp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not exactly a typical Christian, but I'd say that most Christians who'd answer you would say that parasites were created after the Fall of humanity, or else somehow resulted from the Fall. I believe in Evolution, so that isn't a problem for me.
2006-07-26 04:22:23 · answer #5 · answered by anonymous 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't believe christians would worship a God that gave us parasites. What is wrong with you people!! What a nasty god you have.
2006-07-26 04:21:56 · answer #6 · answered by dino_ou812 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is actually not necessarily true.....
They actually can live outside their hosts.
They live outside their hosts before infecting them.
No, they don't live for 300-800 years.
Parasites do not necessarily need a human host.
2006-07-26 04:18:55 · answer #7 · answered by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
parasites Paradise weird coincidence i think not.
2006-07-26 04:48:49 · answer #8 · answered by Brother John 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋