I've heard of a priest claiming that his faith was most severely tested by the
sound of a mosquito in a dark bedroom, in the early hours.
The torment...
I have offered that the simplest disproof of God involves the mosquito - if all
things have a purpose, as they should if created by a God then what is the
purpose of the itch and bump reaction to a mosquito bite? I will allow the
critter her bloody due. I will even accept the right of malarial parasites to
exist as a divine creation. But the itch has no good purpose that I can divine.
It is torment without purpose or reason and a serious flaw in a creative
purpose that must be, by definition, perfect.
:-)
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 02/07/2011, at 5:17 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I'm reminded of a talk I attended given by Dixie Lee Ray
> <http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=601>
> very
> many years ago. She spoke lovingly of all of God's creatures saying
> that all of them great and small had a place and purpose... except
> mosquitoes.
> :-)
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