Purpose of Mosquitos and other pests

RileyG said:

What have I created? O_O even i'm very confused! lol

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Don't worry.

You didn't do anything.

You just started a good thread by asking a good question.

But evolution breeds hostility.

RileyG said:

Imagine going to heaven and asking God this question? I wonder what his response would be? hmm...

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I don't know why He created them.

But I don't think it matters either.

Let's say the answer is:

1. I just wanted to.
2. I like mosquitoes.
3. They're fun to watch.
4. One of my angels wanted Me to.

It could be any of a jillion reasons as to why He created them.

But one thing is for certain: He didn't create them to pester mankind.

Mark Quayle said:

They have failed to convince me. I still have many questions they have not answered to my satisfaction.

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Have you ever thought that your lack of understanding may be because you simply don't understand a complex subject? And that if the scientists who have studied for years to gain a thorough understanding of the topic are convinced, then maybe you should be too?

After all, neither of us has the knowledge needed to judge whether it's true or false, the difference is that I choose to listen to the people who do, yet you do not.

AV1611VET said:

Prime Directive: Under no circumstances whatsoever is the Bible to be contradicted.

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Let's deal with this bit.

On what basis do you claim that the Bible must never be contradicted?

Kylie said:

Let's deal with this bit.

On what basis do you claim that the Bible must never be contradicted?

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I have a vision ..
Its a vision of a wall of blue text .. (but I'm not entirely sure its real) ..

Kylie said:

No.

There is another far more plausible explanation.

You might as well argue that the existence of shoes is cause-and-effect evidence of shoe-making fairies.

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Don't be silly.

Everyone knows that elves make the shoes. Fairies just do the tooth thing.
OB

Kylie said:

On what basis do you claim that the Bible must never be contradicted?

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There's a serpentine reason I believe that, but I don't think you'll fully understand.

For those I do think will understand it, here it is:

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

SelfSim said:

I have a vision ..
Its a vision of a wall of blue text .. (but I'm not entirely sure its real) ..

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Well, it's too late now, since I already did it ... but I was going to say: "Put that wall of blue text up there and let's see your vision."

HOWEVER, if your vision was different than mine, then go ahead and show us.

I'm a bit of a Johnnie come lately on this thread, nevertheless I will give my opinion.

We don't know how mosquitoes and other pests interacted with people before the Fall. But we know that as a result of the Fall, everything changed and the whole world, including plants, animals and insects were blighted, and many interactions with humans became negative. We now live in a world that is substantially different to what it was before Adam sinned and brought sin and death into the world.

AV1611VET said:

Well, it's too late now, since I already did it ... but I was going to say: "Put that wall of blue text up there and let's see your vision."

HOWEVER, if your vision was different than mine, then go ahead and show us.

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Ah can see!
Ah can walk!
Ahm a Prophesier!
Ah can't believe it!
Its a miracle!
Ain't it wonderful?!'

How Eddie Murphy(ish) of me, (Trading Places .. well, kinda sort of ... )

SelfSim said:

.. ('Let the mountain come to Muhammed ..')

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It's the same (except worse, I think) I've heard from Atheists and such, concerning God.

The loud and ever-before-them fact that they exist, and all they see exists, screams at them for explanation, but they won't go there. They demand it be proven to them.

Kylie said:

Have you ever thought that your lack of understanding may be because you simply don't understand a complex subject? And that if the scientists who have studied for years to gain a thorough understanding of the topic are convinced, then maybe you should be too?

After all, neither of us has the knowledge needed to judge whether it's true or false, the difference is that I choose to listen to the people who do, yet you do not.

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Interestingly it's those same people of lesser capacity to
understand (generally a result of self- induced ignorance)
who claim to know more than any scientist on earth.

Kylie said:

Have you ever thought that your lack of understanding may be because you simply don't understand a complex subject? And that if the scientists who have studied for years to gain a thorough understanding of the topic are convinced, then maybe you should be too?

After all, neither of us has the knowledge needed to judge whether it's true or false, the difference is that I choose to listen to the people who do, yet you do not.

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Sure, and I've read quite a bit, though not much of the actual science —just the reports on it from mainline sources and science magazines. Always, the 'may have', 'indicative of', 'suggests' and never even a full outline of the theory. I've never seen a logic map of the theory, and, believe it or not, I have looked.

Watchman1 said:

I'm a bit of a Johnnie come lately on this thread, nevertheless I will give my opinion.

We don't know how mosquitoes and other pests interacted with people before the Fall. But we know that as a result of the Fall, everything changed and the whole world, including plants, animals and insects were blighted, and many interactions with humans became negative. We now live in a world that is substantially different to what it was before Adam sinned and brought sin and death into the world.

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"We know" there was a "fall" and everything changed?

Actually, all relevant physical evidence indicates
this is not so.

Don't include me in " we" ( or most of the rest of the world).

I tend to be more accepting of ideas that make sense and
match both observation and prediction based on it.

Your version does neither.

Estrid said:

"We know" there was a "fall" and everything changed?

Actually, all relevant physical evidence indicates
this is not so.

Don't include me in " we" ( or most of the rest of the world).

I tend to be more accepting of ideas that make sense and
match both observation and prediction based on it.

Your version does neither.

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I understand where you are coming from.
There is the story of a person admiring the different works of art in an art gallery. He was so caught up with the brilliance and colour of a particular painting, that he said to the person standing beside him, "Aren't the colours of the painting so magnificent, and the scene and people in the painting so realistic. The person said, "I wouldn't know. I'm blind."

Mark Quayle said:

Sure, and I've read quite a bit, though not much of the actual science —just the reports on it from mainline sources and science magazines. Always, the 'may have', 'indicative of', 'suggests' and never even a full outline of the theory. I've never seen a logic map of the theory, and, believe it or not, I have looked.

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If you've never seen a summary/outline of the ToE I suggest you haven't been looking very hard.
theory of evolution summary - Google Search

The reason scientists tend to use qualified statements ('might', 'could', 'suggests') is because they recognise that absolute proof of any scientific theory is effectively impossible. No matter how well evidenced there is always the possibility, however remote, of being wrong. This is part of the reason science progresses.

As a Christian this concept may be foreign to you since Christians tend to believe they are in possession of an absolute truth when it comes to their religion.

OB

Watchman1 said:

I understand where you are coming from.
There is the story of a person admiring the different works of art in an art gallery. He was so caught up with the brilliance and colour of a particular painting, that he said to the person standing beside him, "Aren't the colours of the painting so magnificent, and the scene and people in the painting so realistic. The person said, "I wouldn't know. I'm blind."

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I'm not at all sure you do.
But if you do, then you are the blind one.

In the event,I'd be quite surprised if you
can identify any of the physical evidence I
mentioned.