Immune system & disease question

[jeffnevins]

Just looking for any info on-

1) Did God create diseases (harmful microbes)?

2) If not, why did Adam & Eve have immune sytems? Or did immune systems develop later?

I'm genuinely hoping to know as a Christian using my mind. Am also prepared to accept "humans don't know". Thanks.

[oakleaf]

Just looking for any info on-

1) Did God create diseases (harmful microbes)?

2) If not, why did Adam & Eve have immune sytems? Or did immune systems develop later?

I'm genuinely hoping to know as a Christian using my mind. Am also prepared to accept "humans don't know". Thanks.

when ya find out and let me will ya...since i dont have an immune system anymore......oak

[Ddavid from NC]

Yes, He created all things. But sin created the dysfunction in all things. With sin came the possibility of disease and violence. God created large mammals who were in perfect harmony with animals that after sin became predators...etc Disease is the result of sin. So, I guess immunity either existed prior to sin. Or was the result of God's mercy to some degree when man now had to live in a disease prone environment. IMO

[patricia1]

Whoa there.. David ...are you saying all disease is a result of sin? or are you saying due to the sin nature disease occurred?

i believe they all had a sophisticated immune system , just as adams brain was greater in I.Q than ours.

I do believe that certain past lifestyles such as drugging can cause beaten down immune systems. Dura mater dysfunctions and so on.

I have histiocytosis which was diagnosed in 2003. It is a rare disorder. They know very little about it. I have been save and loving Jesus for 30 yrs. You think I have unconfessed sin in my life?

[Ddavid from NC]

The presence of sin in the world.

[mikeinsarasota]

So God punishes man for the sins of others? He punishes us just because others have messed up? Doesn't sound very loving to me.

[Guest Biblicist]

God created all things, and it was good.

Sin entered into the world and twisted those good things for bad. I believe that illness is a result of original sin. Not a person's personal sins...

John 9

1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. 4 As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

6 Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes. 7 "Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

But the sin which entered the world with Satan. Whenever Jesus healed the sick though, he often forgave sins. Which I believe connects the two.

[Guest Biblicist]

[murray007]

Just looking for any info on-

1) Did God create diseases (harmful microbes)?

2) If not, why did Adam & Eve have immune sytems? Or did immune systems develop later?

I'm genuinely hoping to know as a Christian using my mind. Am also prepared to accept "humans don't know". Thanks.

I don't know how these came to be, but yes by the 7th day everything had been done and was completed. Personally i believe that after this, the only thing(s) added to the world were the individuals of the species that were just created. From this point on, things died out or became extinct. I have heard (I can't verify accuracy though) that the human body was designed to continually regererate and scientists don't know why we age.

If this is correct, the only answer I can offer you is Jesus words in Jn 10:10 'The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.' I understand this to mean that Satan is destroying the natural order of interaction between all these microbes and such with our bodies, or even killing our 'imune' system to weaken us and bring about death.

But, then why do christians die the same as everyone else? I don't have an answer for that, other than God has perfect bodies waiting for us when we meet Him.

[Guest _-_Infinite Inferno_-_]

The immune system evolved. Adam & Eve.. eh no.

By regeneration, do you mean the ability to regenerate new cells/tissues? If so, then yes animals have that capacity.