Purpose of Mosquitos and other pests

[RileyG]

Why did God create them? I often ponder this question

[serious question]

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Because there always needs to be that one thing that reminds us all that, no matter what, we can't have everything our own way perfectly.

Funny anecdote though; on my holiday this year to Crete, I ended up getting bitten a good half a dozen times or so by mosquitos. But the bites themselves never itched. It was always like a few centimetres down that itched.

 

[ByTheSpirit]

Most likely to fill in the food chain. Mosquitoes, flies, gnats (pronounces guh-nats #VeggieTales), etc are probably the main supply of food for a lot of other insects, who are then food for smaller animals, etc.

I doubt Adam and Eve were annoyed with them before the fall. But I'm fairly confident that with the eating of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, the first evil thing they learned of was these flying pests. Seriously.

 

[Matt5]

The future is based heavily on the past via a feedback loop process. This kind of process will always lead to blow-ups unless negative feedback is introduced. For humans, disease is that negative feedback. Pests are a way to spread diseases. Eliminate all pests and all diseases and humans would weaken over time until something new came along and wiped out most people.

 

[RileyG]

Because there always needs to be that one thing that reminds us all that, no matter what, we can't have everything our own way perfectly.

Funny anecdote though; on my holiday this year to Crete, I ended up getting bitten a good half a dozen times or so by mosquitos. But the bites themselves never itched. It was always like a few centimetres down that itched.

that's really interesting!

 

[RileyG]

Most likely to fill in the food chain. Mosquitoes, flies, gnats (pronounces guh-nats #VeggieTales), etc are probably the main supply of food for a lot of other insects, who are then food for smaller animals, etc.

I doubt Adam and Eve were annoyed with them before the fall. But I'm fairly confident that with the eating of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, the first evil thing they learned of was these flying pests. Seriously.

That makes sense from a scientific perspective. Cool!

It also makes me wonder about germs, bacteria, and viruses etc

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

That makes sense from a scientific perspective. Cool!

It also makes me wonder about germs, bacteria, and viruses etc

The thing to remember is that there are no vacuums in nature. If there is a niche, there will be something to fill it. If it's a virus that can only survive by making its host sick and then spreading other viruses to other hosts, then so be it. If its a germ that can only live via rotting meat, then so be it.

 

[Joined2krist]

He used pests to punish Pharoah in the Exodus.

 

[Joined2krist]

Perhaps they were created to serve God's purpose during such times as stated above

 

[eleos1954]

Why did God create them? I often ponder this question

[serious question]

Perhaps their original purpose was thwarted due to sin entering the world .... just like ours was.

Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so. (Genesis 1:29–30)

the "food chain" idea don't harmonize with the Genesis account.

 

[eleos1954]

Most likely to fill in the food chain. Mosquitoes, flies, gnats (pronounces guh-nats #VeggieTales), etc are probably the main supply of food for a lot of other insects, who are then food for smaller animals, etc.

I doubt Adam and Eve were annoyed with them before the fall. But I'm fairly confident that with the eating of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, the first evil thing they learned of was these flying pests. Seriously.

Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so. (Genesis 1:29–30)

the "food chain" idea don't harmonize with the Genesis account.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Why did God create them? I often ponder this question

[serious question]

I kinda wonder what they ate before sin was introduced into creation.

Since God said in His law to the Hebrews, that drinking blood or eating food not drained of blood is something they shouldn't do because the blood is the life of the animal.

It is possible they had a different diet before they started biting other organisms to survive.

 

[ByTheSpirit]

Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so. (Genesis 1:29–30)

the "food chain" idea don't harmonize with the Genesis account.

Well of course God didnt create anything with a food chain in mind. But even when things don't go according to plan, He is able to make it work perfectly.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

Why did God create them? I often ponder this question

[serious question]

To feed the spiders and dragon flies. You know, the whole food chain thing?

 

[Oompa Loompa]

Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so. (Genesis 1:29–30)

the "food chain" idea don't harmonize with the Genesis account.

That is not what Genesis 1:29-30 says.

From your source:

29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. tYou shall have them for food. 30 And uto every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

But also keep in mind that after the fall, certain foods (pork, shellfish, etc) was considered unclean.

 

[eleos1954]

Well of course God didnt create anything with a food chain in mind. But even when things don't go according to plan, He is able to make it work perfectly.

It's a matter of survival ... survival don't represent perfection .... His perfect creation was corrupted by an enemy ... we don't experience His perfection creation in it's entirety, only remnants of it ... we are born into a fallen corrupted world.

 

[ByTheSpirit]

It's a matter of survival ... survival don't represent perfection .... His perfect creation was corrupted by an enemy ... we don't experience His perfection creation in it's entirety, only remnants of it ... we are born into a fallen corrupted world.

So God has absolutely nothing to do with the hierarchy of nature?

 

[Tinker Grey]

But even when things don't go according to plan, He is able to make it work perfectly.

Is your god omniscient? If so, how is any circumstance not his plan?

 

[Skye1300]

Why did God create them? I often ponder this question

[serious question]

I've thought about that too, and came to the conclusion that a lot of bugs came into existence once death entered the planet. Bugs like to eat rotten things, so animals and things dying may be what brought them into existence starting out microscopic and then they evolved to the bugs we see today.

 

[jacks]

He created man and we cause a lot more problems than mosquitos. It might just depend on ones perspective to decide what is a "pest".