Sounds like my accusation of fantasy stands. What you've said only strengthens my overarching point.
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Why did god create diseases?
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H0ary H0bbit Religious Views: “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” - Edgar Allan Poe  RE: Why did god create diseases?
April 3, 2014 at 6:22 pm
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(April 3, 2014 at 5:13 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Sounds like my accusation of fantasy stands. What you've said only strengthens my overarching point. What is your 'overarching point'? That you are dicking with us? Or do you honestly think there is some built-in mechanism for limiting birth rates? Is that like a woman's reproductive system shutting down in the event of legitimate rape?
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I do like that word. Overarching.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
Your evidence that God created disease please?
FWIW:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpopulation Quote:Some species seem to have a measure of self-control, by which individuals refrain from mating when they find themselves in a crowded environment. This voluntary abstinence may be induced by stress or by pheromones.Unfortunately no reference is given, so take it as you will. I recall learning something about this in a rodent species in school, but that was a long time ago and it's difficult to search for. Most hits seem to concern human overpopulation no matter how I go about it.  (April 2, 2014 at 1:06 pm)tor Wrote: Especially hereditary ones. I'm sure certain people would like to say something Disease is a mechanism for death. If human beings did not die, the entire mass of the earth would be converted to a throbbing mass of human beings.....eventually. (April 4, 2014 at 8:15 am)Heywood Wrote:(April 2, 2014 at 1:06 pm)tor Wrote: Especially hereditary ones. I'm sure certain people would like to say something Why doesn't he kill us instantly then? (April 4, 2014 at 8:20 am)tor Wrote:(April 4, 2014 at 8:15 am)Heywood Wrote: Disease is a mechanism for death. If human beings did not die, the entire mass of the earth would be converted to a throbbing mass of human beings.....eventually. Why should He kill us instantly?  (April 4, 2014 at 7:30 am)alpha male Wrote: FWIW:I can tell you from experience that gerbils will continue to mate even when there are too many of them. They deal with the issue of overpopulation by... literally... eating the faces off of their newborn. The lesson? Don't buy a male/female pair as pets.
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