04 Jul '12 21:34>1 edit
Originally posted by twhiteheadI believe there is only one being that can create something from nothing.
Considering the extraordinary complexity of deadly diseases such as AIDS, malaria, the flu, dysentery etc, it seams reasonable to say that if the complexity of life points to intelligent design, then these diseases do too.
So the question then is why were they designed and by whom?
Suffering is usually blamed on Adam or Satan or a combination of both.
t styles in the genetic code the write? Do you think maybe Satan signs his name on his pieces?
The micro organisms that cause death in humans may be mutations of something that once existed in perfect harmony with the rest of creation. Apparently Satan can have an effect on the weather, so perhaps he can cause mutations of otherwise "good bugs".
If you're going to ask a Bible believing Christian you're going to hear what God said: "cursed is the ground for thy sake;"
That may or may not have anything to do with how or why diseases exist, but the inference is that now we will die from whatever gets to us.