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Why did God create salmonella
Quesi:
Seriously. What was God thinking? I mean, I know He loves all of his creatures, but salmonella? And why did He put them in cantaloupes? And that baby spinach a few years back? Raw spinach hasn't hasn't tasted the same to me. And today at the farmer's market, I'm going to look suspiciously at the cantaloupe, even though it is from local farms and not the areas that are the source of this outbreak.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/salmonella-outbreak-linked-cantaloupes-infects-141-kills/story?id=17033413#.UDDr8N1lTkc
I know that He created lots of good bacteria to help us with digestion and whatnot. But what about the bad stuff? Did Satan create the bad bacteria? Did God let the bad bacteria onto Noah's Ark? And if so, why?
And WHY would he hide such nasty stuff inside of such yummy, healthy foods? Is it a test? Is it a free will question? Is it because of sin?
Faith is so difficult.
Graybeard:
Ex:20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Ex:20:5: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
It is obvious to any Christian that God curses the iniquitous with demions of the colon (aka salmonella) because their forebears worshipped strange gods.
I hope that answers your question.
Quesi:
--- Quote from: Graybeard on August 19, 2012, 08:52:52 AM ---Ex:20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Ex:20:5: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
It is obvious to any Christian that God curses the iniquitous with demions of the colon (aka salmonella) because their forebears worshipped strange gods.
I hope that answers your question.
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It is the little statuettes that I've collected over my travels????? Really?
The reproductions of little Egyptian figurines crudely carved out of stone? The plump little clay Mayan goddess? The three dimensional woven Navajo face? The dancing figures on the sides of reproductions of ancient Greek vases? Is the second generation Barbie that my mom bought at a garage sale so many decades ago, and who sits on the same alter as so many of these other idols, is she sinful too?
What about the sketches that my dad make over the years of random people in parks and cafes and performing in quartets? Is that ok? Since it is all 2-D?
It is MY FAULT?
So what you are saying is that in spite of its source, I should avoid cantaloupe at the farmer's market today? And then purge my home of sin and revisit my fruit options at next week's market?
Graybeard:
--- Quote from: Quesi on August 19, 2012, 09:14:05 AM ---It is the little statuettes that I've collected over my travels????? Really?
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Yes, really.
--- Quote ---The reproductions of little Egyptian figurines crudely carved out of stone?
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Idolatrous filth!
--- Quote ---The plump little clay Mayan goddess?
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Lewd and of Satan
--- Quote --- The three dimensional woven Navajo face?
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The image of a false god.
--- Quote ---The dancing figures on the sides of reproductions of ancient Greek vases?
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Greeks were famous for homosexuality - you are probably also cursed with gayness.
--- Quote ---Is the second generation Barbie that my mom bought at a garage sale so many decades ago, and who sits on the same alter as so many of these other idols, is she sinful too?
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I think we are beginning to discover the sins of your forebears.
--- Quote ---What about the sketches that my dad make over the years of random people in parks and cafes and performing in quartets? Is that ok? Since it is all 2-D?
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If your father told you to do it, you must obey as disobedience to your parents is punishable by death
--- Quote ---It is MY FAULT?
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No, it's probably your mother's. Women are light-headed - a man would not have brought you a Barbie Doll - Any children you have will be cursed too.
--- Quote ---So what you are saying is that in spite of its source, I should avoid cantaloupe at the farmer's market today? And then purge my home of sin and revisit my fruit options at next week's market?
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No. That is all far too late. Getting your mother to wash herself in the Warm Blood of the Lamb of God might help her[1], but I think your fate is sealed. Eventually God will make you eat something beset by demons and your life will be a storm of projectile vomiting and visits to the bathroom that will make the take off of a cruise missile seem tame.
In future obey God. 1. A generous tithe to Graybeard ministries may help
jetson:
If you were not aware, it's Shark Week on television in the U.S. All sharks, all the time on Discovery, I think? Anyway, we're watching a particular show about what is currently thought to be the largest shark in history, the Megalodon, and it is possible that they exceeded 50 feet in length.
Anyway, there was a fossil discovered of a 25 foot whale, that apparently had it's entire head sheered off. They think it was one of these ancient, giant sharks. In fact, they found one of the largest shark tooth fossils right where it would be expected if the shark had taken the head off of the whale in what they believe was a single bite. Ouch. The jaw was estimated to be 8 feet wide, by six feet tall.
My point; why are there sharks? And why have they been the ruler of the sea for hundreds of millions of years? Why would YHWH place these particular animals in our oceans? Were humans not meant to use the seas? Were they placed there to remind us that when it comes to the oceans, we certainly do NOT have dominion over them?
Ultimately, we can hunt sharks to extinction, which is a very real issue for some species, but they rule the sea and humans are nothing more than breakfast, lunch, or dinner to the sharks. They are arguably the most perfectly refined killing machine, which is the likely reason they have not really evolved much beyond what they are best at.
Thank you God, for the sharks.
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