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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KDnnp0sDkI