Theists. Why did God devise the food chain?

Question

If God is this merciful father, creator of all things on Earth can you explain why he would devise such a sadistic, painful and cruel method of survival that involves one species hunting and killing another? Surely if this was devised and invented by a human we would think of them as being a sadistic psychotic maniac without a loving bone in their body, wouldn't we?

Answer 1

Precisely.....an omnipotent God could easily devise a way for all creatures on earth to have access to food without inflicting horrible dying death syndrome on other creatures.

You'll probably get answers like "Animals don't have souls so they don't feel pain".

And those people have probably never actually dealt with animals on any real involved level before.

Answer 2

ok your funny guy

its called the cycle of life

so if that bothers you, you do not eat any meat right?

Answer 3

It wasn't that way until humans rebelled against the Creator and the "very good" creation was ruined by sin.

Genesis 1:29  And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.  30  Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food"; and it was so.

When God does His work of re-creation it will go back to the way that it was.

Isaiah 11:6  "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them.  7  The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.  8  The nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper's den.  9  They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD As the waters cover the sea.

Answer 4

The same reason he invented the final 4 and the BCS standings. He is a huge fan of competition. I'm sure he laughs his *** off if an under dog like a snake is able to knock off the heavily favored human. He is a sports fan.

Answer 5

So you could eat

Why then do you ignore Him?

Answer 6

Makes you realize that you can't live on this earth alone without God. But your needs and support is fair for eternal life.