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MineralMan

(149,498 posts)

2. I doubt that very much.

Reply to Anon-C (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:46 PM

Jan 2019

In fact, since I'm an atheist, I'd say it was impossible, but others might have a different point of view. But, yours is simply not correct. I needed no particular reason to ask why a deity would create lifeforms that posed a life-threatening danger to other creatures, including humans.

Apparently, you have no answer to offer. That's OK.

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When Did God Create the Liver Fluke? [View all] MineralMan Jan 2019 OP

So that you could create this OP, OP? Anon-C Jan 2019 #1

I doubt that very much. MineralMan Jan 2019 #2

What answer can I offer, MM? Many lifeforms aside from those which subsist on sunlight or chemicals Anon-C Jan 2019 #3

Well, that's not a very good answer for a deity-created world. MineralMan Jan 2019 #4

I thought about it, and while I agree its a poor answer I think that it would be a pretty good... Anon-C Jan 2019 #6

There are many such questions: MineralMan Jan 2019 #5

And, was it before the Small Pox virus or after?... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #7

My daughter, who has studied virology, says no. Mariana Jan 2019 #8

They are borderline. Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #9

Incomplete, parasitic somethings. MineralMan Jan 2019 #11

I know a T4 when I see one Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #16

Yup. I've always been fascinated by the T4 bacteriophages. MineralMan Jan 2019 #17

Pretty wild stuff. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #18

Glad to hear it. MineralMan Jan 2019 #19

God made everything. Viruses, too. MineralMan Jan 2019 #10

It's a metaphor which was created last Tuesday to test your faith. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #12

In reality, God made metaphorical viruses. Bretton Garcia Jan 2019 #13

This would be funnier if they didn't engage in ritual cannibalism. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #14

All Things Dull and Ugly... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #15