Do creationists seem to ignore the dark side of nature?

Question

A tongue-in-cheek sarcastic site showing some of the animals that were "intelligently designed":

http://fstdt.com/winace/designed_organisms/index.htm

Is it just me, or do the creationists just look at the Bambi side of nature, and indeed, the entire world?

How can a bloodthirsty parasite that tears the guts out of your body as you scream in unlimited pain be the creation of an all-loving God? How can an all-loving God and all-powerful God let diseases and rape and murder run rampant through the land of his "people"?

JOYCE M: WTF does free will have to do with flesh-eating parasites? Or people dying of disease?

"Pffft. Oh, well. I guess I'll just go get cancer of get eaten by a blood-sucking worm, it is my own free-will, you know."

*rolls eyes*

TRI-EDGE, I agree, although MOST natural disasters aren't man-made. Tornadoes, disease, cancer, killer animals, heart attacks, old age, hurricanes, earthquakes, lightning, etc.

Answer 1

I think creationists tend to ignore the reality side of nature.

Answer 2

of course they do
creationists believe in the fall
animals and men before the fall ate vegetation not each other
the world was made good, but through the fall of man was
subject to corruption... the ground was cursed... thorns grew and death entered the world and death and suffering
Jesus redeemed not just man but eventually the whole creation
The Bible presents a world created good... but which fell and became in bondage to corruption..explaining death and suffering
and why human nature is tinged with a dark side and in need of a savior


what you bring up is more relevant for intelligent design community to grapple with who don't have a view of the fall which explains death and suffering in the world

there are creationists who hold ot a biblical creation followed by a fall followed by the flood and there are intelligent design people who are more separate from a particular view of the creator... the intelligent design people would have to explain death and suffering in a well designed world... creationists have all ways had an explanation and solution

Answer 3

as for the animal part, I agree with you.

But humans bring nearly everything other than natural disasters upon themselves. But we like to BLAME God, you see. We don't want to take the blame, we don't want to admit that it's OUR fault, so what do we do? We create idols that we can blame our faults on, to burden the blame on. People say "why does God let all these things happen?" well they're idiots. They should be asking "why do WE let these things happen." God lets humans do what they want, and we want to rape others, we want to hurt others, we want to do wrongs against each other, and then we blame God for our human design, for our personalities, for our genes, for what makes humanity humanity. To be human is to be kind, to love, and to be compassionate and all that. But we fail to recognize the dark side of humanity. To be human is to kill each other over the tiniest things, to rob each other, to hurt and do wrongs against each other of our own will. So DO NOT blame God for everything that happens in the world. Natural disasters and diseases and killer animals and all that can't be avoided in some circumstances, but that's life. You know what? THAT'S LIFE. Life is full of troubles and hardships at least for normal people, but we get by. We survive. We make it through with whatever we have, whether little or great. Humans freely and willingly wallow in the depths of their own sins and wrongs, yet we don't put the responsibility on the right entities. We blame God, or whatever idol might be the focus of your religion, despite the fact that we bring these things upon ourselves.

Answer 4

Creationists ignore what they can't explain, their looking for the easy answer and there isn't one.

And that's why they look like fools everytime they say they have proof only to see it disproved.

Answer 5

People have free will, which is the most valuable item in our life. Some people misuse it, and all sin to some extent. Sin brings a heck of a lot of evil into the world.

Answer 6

what is your point ??
Why?
Well what are you going to do about it??
you do not believe do???
He /She (whatever) gave us free will.
get off your buns and make the problems go away.
rather than go na na na na na you just got smart enough to see what needs to be done. sit back and complain you been fine this far.

Answer 7

OMG It's Santa again
Hey santa!

Answer 8

I have always thought the world (nature) was in pretty good balance, until man came along and messed it up. :-)

Answer 9

Theese things are the part of the result of sin;and sin is of our own doing; not God's.

Answer 10

All the more reason for Christ to come again.