Human life is infused with Pain.
But animal life is “Define by Pain.
Animals in the wild are subject to endless torment from all angles of their existence. Wild dogs disembowel their prey, venomous snakes cause slow internal bleeding and paralysis. Crocodiles drown large animals in their jaws.
And animals also
suffer from rampant disease, dehydration, and starvation, and have to
contend with forest fires and floods, harsh winters and blistering
heat. And this is leaving out what humans do to add to the suffering of animals.
The number of wild animals is immense. And all of them are under the un-airing supervision of an All Powerful, All Loving God. Yet despite this, all of them likely experience more fear, devastation and suffering in their lifetime than we human-beings are even capable of imagining.
This is the problem Christians face. How can an All Powerful, All Loving God permit such insidious -unthinkable, levels of suffering?
The excuses made to defend God are just ridiculous.
Excuse number one by William Lane Craig, Christian Theologian;
Animals are part of a broader ecosystem in which the human drama is played out. Such ecosystem must be balance and it is no accident that every ecosystem must involve predators and prey.
For example, in Canada the absence of predators caused an overpopulation of Caribou herds because there was no one to pick off the diseased and aged, which in turn led to overpopulation, overgrazing, and starvation of many Caribou.
The authorities introduced wolves into the area and the Caribou started diminishing and the problem was solved because God made animal life this way so it would work.
Here is the problem.
Are we expected to believe that an All Knowing, All Powerful, God of love couldn’t have made these ecosystem laws differently? Is GOD CONSTRAINED BY THESE LAWS?
That’s the implication when they say the ecosystem MUST BE BALANCE THIS WAY.
In other words they are saying:
GOD COULDN’T CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM USING OTHER LESS PAINFUL METHODS!
Instead, why didn’t God limit the number of times animals reproduce preventing overpopulation.
Because the only way it will work is if God SAVES these animals from starving, by letting them being ripped apart and eaten alive by predators before they have a chance to starve.
That being the case, why don’t we follow God example! Today. There are millions of elderly sickly people all around the earth who are starving. Why not introduce wild Bears and hyenas to rip them apart, maul them to pieces, and eat them alive so we can save them from starvation and curb overpopulation.
Instead of making up all these excuses for GOD, let’s consider REALITY.
What would we expect to find if we assumed there is no GOD, and animals in nature were just randomly mutating and evolving and competing for resources WITH NO DIVINE GUIDANCE?
Well we would expect EXACTLY WHAT WE OBSERVE IN THE REAL WORLD----A MESSY BLOODBATH and a STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL.
And what would we expect to see if we assumed the existence of an ALL LOVING -ALL POWERFUL GOD?
THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE SEE TODAY.
Here is the video exposing the problem we must face.