Consider the lowly mosquito. An incredible nuisance to humans at best. But this extraordinarily efficient feeding and breeding machine also spreads malaria, probably the deadlest disease in human history, killing hundreds of millions of people over time. According to evolutionary biologists, mosquitos have been around for 170 million years virtually unchanged (with apologies to you "young earthers." For you, let's just say that mosquitos have made quite an impact in the world's 6000 year history [sic.]). Anyway, my question is do you believe that mosquitos were "intelligently designed?" If so, was that God's intent, to create a creature that causes so much death amongst humans? If you're one to believe that only humans were "intelligently designed," than why didn't God make them immune to malaria? Such a little thing would have kept so many alive.
2007-06-25 03:57:36 · 12 answers · asked by Stephen L 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
One of the answerers said: "Man has brought sin, death, disease and many other problems upon himself through disobedience and rebellion."
Well I guess God has chosen to focus his "wrath" for man's wayward ways on the African Continent since Africans disportionately die from war, poverty disease and starvation. Does that mean that God likes Western Europeans and Americans more?
2007-06-25 06:16:16 · update #1
Interesting question!
The Human race has been dogged by death and near extinction until the last hundred years (example: the death of maya culture to spanish disease, the plague, TB, drought or too much rain have all historically wiped out masses of people). Its hard to fathom how many of us have died already because we are so delicate. If we were indeed intellegently designed, why in the world are we so easy to kill?
2007-06-25 04:03:40 · answer #1 · answered by <Sweet-Innocence> 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everything is intelligently designed. The mosquito is in the food chain. Before Adam sinned and disobeyed God, the mosquito was not harmful.
There are many things on the earth that are harmful to man such as cancer, AIDS and all other diseases. Man has brought sin, death, disease and many other problems upon himself through disobedience and rebellion.
2007-06-25 04:10:14 · answer #2 · answered by 4HIM- Christians love 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. I think HIV is more deadly than malaria, considering some people are cured of malaria.
2. Some people believe that mosquitos are reincarnations of the dead. Is their religion wrong??
3. Evolution sees nothing wrong with a little population control.
2007-06-25 04:04:28 · answer #3 · answered by ♨UFO♨ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe mosquitoes, rats, and other creatures that spread disease exist because it's nature's way of keeping the human population from overwhelming the planet. You can see what's happening. The more diseases we get under control, the more viruses and bacteria mutate into something else that will kill us. It's nature's way.
2007-06-25 04:03:59 · answer #4 · answered by Cheryl E 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
considering you cannot remove a mosquito population without damaging an ecosystem, yes it was.
the mosquito causes no death. it does not consume a whole human being, nor destroy human settlements, nor attack man. VIRUSES that they carry kill, allergic reactions to them can kill.
seriously. noone except God can be perfect in substance. all designs have their limitations. eagles do not lurk in the deep, nor can they. man cannot survive without oxygen. God made man immune to some things and told us how to avoid the rest, now when you stray from the realm of cation, you enter the realm of danger. I believe there's a cure for everything, just waiting to be discovered. if God had made us immune to malaria, who knows; we may get skin cancer easier.
2007-06-25 04:08:46 · answer #5 · answered by Hey, Ray 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You learn to never ask fundies the hard questions, sir. They break out in a rash and turn purple, which, as we all know, is caused by Satan, who is interested personally in every one of the 6 billion human beings presently on Earth. Busy chap, eh?
2007-06-25 04:09:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
also, if you think about it...people who are heterozygous for sickle-cell anaemia have the distinct advantage of withstanding malaria...does this indicate a flaw in the design? Preferential design? Or just nature at work?
2007-06-25 04:15:13 · answer #7 · answered by town_cl0wn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You forgot to mention West Nile, a relative new comer. Apparently, the god invented thorns and brambles, weeds, and stinging and biting bloodsuckers, after the man had been demoted from a beast, to a crawling snake.
2007-06-25 04:07:41 · answer #8 · answered by Lukusmcain// 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes as they are too cheap to buy their own booze, he made a wonderful way for them to get snockered anyway.
2007-06-25 04:56:30 · answer #9 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are fricken smart and man they know how to hide but to answer your question....the worst plague to come from the animal kingdom were rats.
2007-06-25 04:01:53 · answer #10 · answered by 2012 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋