Why did God make it so animals need to eat in order to survive?

[Davian]

Mr. T, if he existed at the time, was a grazer.

Dinosaurs were created after the "Fall"?

Even lions could obtain nutrients from straw.

Isaiah 11:7b ... and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

Something I don't think our best machines can do.

Is the bible now a technical standard for technology?

Weez disgusting anamols.

What of the meat-eating plants?

 

[Paul of Eugene OR]

OH, let me explain that last question for you. First life ate non living chemicals that gave it energy.

I hope that explains it for you.

 

[yesyoushould]

Or plants for that matter?

 

[Davian]

I've been reading through some of these posts and it seems some are of the opinion that because animals, and everything else, have to eat in order to live, that there is no God, that somehow this proves that evolution is the only answer to all this. How does one fact lead to another opinion?? Everything consumes energy in order to survive--if there is no God--
...

Does God consume energy? From where?

 

[yesyoushould]

Does God consume energy? From where?

Sure. Why not?

 

[AV1611VET]

Dinosaurs were created after the "Fall"?

Cute.

Mr. Rex, if he existed before the Fall, discovered a new source of food: meat.

Just like Adam & Eve did.

 

[Davian]

Cute.

Mr. Rex, if he existed before the Fall, discovered a new source of food: meat.

Just like Adam & Eve did.

If they existed at all.

 

[yesyoushould]

If they existed at all.

At least we can bet you will be talked about the same way.

 

[justlookinla]

For the third time, I do not feel that this needs to be a dichotomy. That is my answer.

For the third time, I asked, in response to your question concerning why wolves don't eat their young, if DNA was the reason wolves don't eat their young.

Now, do *you* think it must be a dichotomy?

It's not the question. The question is *why*.

 

[Davian]

Sure. Why not?

What happens when God runs out of energy?

 

[yesyoushould]

Im just going to type "what!?!" so that I don't get questioned with, "how come I shouldn't kill you".

 

[yesyoushould]

What happens when God runs out of energy?

Lol. That's funny.

 

[Davian]

At least we can bet you will be talked about the same way.

What are the odds on that?

 

[yesyoushould]

What are the odds on that?

Lol.

 

[mmksparbud]

OH, let me explain that last question for you. First life ate non living chemicals that gave it energy.

I hope that explains it for you.

Non-living, energy producing chemicals, geared especially for that organism to survive and in sufficient quantities---from where, what was it, where is it?

 

[justlookinla]

DNA plays a role of course. So does our nurture, our upbringing. So does the nature of the choices we make in our lives.

Take a drug addict. His physical chemistry, ultimately derived from DNA, is clearly involved in his drug seeking activities. But we also consider how he disregarded societal advice to stay away from drugs, and thus became addicted.

In the question of why wolves don't eat their young, how much of a role does DNA play in the behavior? In other words, how much of the wolf's behavior is simply a product of DNA programming?

 

[yesyoushould]

Seriously people, animals are animals. Meaning they are made for humans.

 

[Davian]

For the third time, I asked, in response to your question concerning why wolves don't eat their young, if DNA was the reason wolves don't eat their young.

It may be a combination of DNA, reasoning (as applicable to the animal), conditioning, empathy, instruction/learning, or things I have not considered.

It's not the question. The question is *why*.

You presented a dichotomy: "In other words, we're not responsible for our behavior, wolf or human or fish, our DNA is?"

I have presented other options. Do you still insist on your dichotomy?

 

[justlookinla]

It may be a combination of DNA, reasoning (as applicable to the animal), conditioning, empathy, instruction/learning, or things I have not considered.

Well, we know it's something. DNA would be the reason for constructs like instruction/learning though, wouldn't it?

You presented a dichotomy: "In other words, we're not responsible for our behavior, wolf or human or fish, our DNA is?"

I have presented other options. Do you still insist on your dichotomy?

I simply asked a question. If it's not DNA driven, what would it be?

 

[SkyWriting]

What say you, while you have a coccyx

I propose that you are reading from poor sources.

Have yours removed and get back to us with any improved sitting or balancing. Oh, you need to find some structure
for these ligaments to attach or you faw' down. One of the attached ligaments keeps a nearby orifice closed. Removal = Yuk.

and useless ear wiggling muscles

Communication is good in all forms.
Ears need to attach to something.

and a little muscle for lifting each hair attached to it

Would you like to moisturize your skin 24/7? The hair muscles flex the hair and this pumps oil to the skin surface from a gland near the muscle base. That's why all skin has this muscle, gland, and hair feature, even "hairless" skin.

and a broken vitamin c gene shared with other primates

and guinea pigs and bats. My sister squeals like a guinea pig. That clinches it.

and having had a weak, useless grasping reflex once as an infant,

A handful of newborn reflexes promote bonding with parents and are not valuable for climbing money bars, fist fighting, or arm wrestling.

and having the weird loop in the nerve that goes from the brain to the larynx, taking a detour all the way down to the heart and back up again?

If this is a problem, why can I not find mention of "the problem" when doctors reconstruct the entire nerve?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25430031

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15457354

During early development, when the body is more of a sphere, the nerves are routed, with some crisscrossing. As the body elongates into an oval shape, in order for the nerves to remain functioning some get stretched with the heart and lungs. Surgery could shorten the distance (I don't see that they do) but the interior is pretty well protected and the left and right nerve are balanced and function fine.

Growing a nerve longer is not a problem or a drain on resources or a danger.
The longer routed nerve does connect to a number of other organs along the way though.