How did the Creation change after the Fall?

Published: 17 November 201 !"#$%10&

Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH

Scanning electron micrograph of the bacterium,

Yersinia pestis,

responsible for

the bubonic plague.

Daci !. asks, "#lease coul you e$plain scientifically ho% rapi post fall restructuring of creation occurre to incorporate things like immune systems, change biological structures to transfer to carni&orous iets, &iruses an bacteria an host parasitic biological structures intro uce at the macro an micro le&el.' Dominic Statham replies( Dear Daci , )hanks for your *uestion. +ur un erstan ing is that immune systems e$iste prior to the ,all an that these became a apte to eal %ith some of the &irulent germs %hich arose after sin entere the %orl . In ee , our immune systems ha&e clearly been esigne to be able to a apt. Some bacteria an &iruses are &ery beneficial an appear to ha&e been create by -o in the beginning. ,or e$ample, bacteria are essential for ecomposing organic matter, enabling ol plant material to be recycle . )hey also help us igest our foo . .iruses can increase plants/ tolerance to heat an rought,0 estroy cancer cells1 an help keep soil fertile. 2ust as bees carry pollen from flo%er to flo%er, &iruses can transfer genes bet%een bacteria, enabling them to perform their many useful functions. Harmful &ersions of these bacteria an &iruses are probably egenerate 3mutate 4 forms of originally bene&olent esigns.

Some bacteria and viruses are very beneficial and appear to have been created by God in the beginning.
capable of li&ing %ithout meat. 3See for e$ample the lion that %oul n/t eat

)here are e$amples of animals kno%n to ay for being carni&orous but are *uite

meatan the bir of prey that/s not4. In some cases, though, animals may not be

able to sur&i&e to ay %ithout meat, but this %oul be ue to egeneration from their originally perfect state. Animals egenerate through a number of mechanisms, the most ob&ious being genetic mutations. Strange as it may seem at first sight, another %ay animals lose their ability to a apt is natural selection. See here. As you point out, though, some animals ha&e change marke ly ue to the ,all. Some ha&e become highly a apte to hunting an meat eating an others ha&e sophisticate efence5attack structures. )his cannot be e$plaine entirely

scientifically, as it arose, at least in part, supernaturally, ue to -o /s 6u gement upon sin 3-enesis 74. 8hapter 9 of the Creation Answers Book has some helpful comments on all this. :ou can rea it online here.

'eferences and notes

0. 1. Roosink, M.2., ;eneficial microbes for agriculture, )he Samuel Roberts Noble ,oun ation, +ctober 1<<=> noble.org5ag5research5microbes. Return to te$t. !im, M., ;iological &ie% of &iruses( creation &s e&olution, J. Creation, 20374(01?07, 1<<9> creation.com5images5p fs5t6561<@7561<@7@01?07.p f. Return to te$t.

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