Ralph Shumaker wrote:
1) God created the cosmos perfect but gave Man free will, and choice.
2) Man chose to sin.
3) God pronounced judgment which basically amounted to the decay of the
universe (entropy), specifically including the death of all living
systems, particularly animals and man.
4) The reason for death to include animals (and the universe) has to do
with His plan for redemption of Man (and the universe).
5) Defective genes, when defective enough, are designed to become
closer and closer to sterility. For example, cross-bred species (plants
*or* animals) are usually sterile (e.g. the mule).
6) God commanded us to fill the Earth and subdue it. Despite some
abusing the meaning of this, He makes it clear that we are merely
stewards of the Earth and He will hold us accountable for how we take
care of it. He gave us all the plants for nourishment which includes
treatments for ailments. I wouldn't doubt that our use of the plants
for finding cures will be one of the things included in the command to
"subdue" the Earth.
Well, I'm not on Kooler, so I will just say that I agree with Ralph and
his summary above before the thread moves to Kooler and is lost to me.
I will also add, that to me, to believe that everything I see in nature,
and everything we know about the universe (and what we are yet to
learn), came about accidentally, with no intelligent entity creating it,
is simply beyond scientific reason.
PGA
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