Why God didn't make the body perfect? (creation, suicide, diseases)

[SoyLeche]

My guess would be that a body without imperfections wouldn't accomplish the goals that God has for us as well as an imperfect body would.

[michel]

Originally Posted by pandamonk

But why would we? Or even more importantly, how could we? Cancer is caused by the mutation of cells, so how can we cause that? Maybe our diet, or environment, but that is still not our own fault. We sometimes have no choice where we live or what we eat.

We are the ones who have tampered with our environment; we (for eample) are the ones who have fed Cattle with large doses of antibiotics (to stop them from being sick) and Female hormones (to make them fatter); that is why antibiotics are having less effect on us as time goes by.

The female hormones in animal foodstuffs is partially responsible for the fall in the average male fertility..........

[Willamena]

Originally Posted by Radio Frequency X

But it isn't perfect. And it isn't perfect because it wasn't created by a perfect god. We are a naturally developing organism.

Why do you think it's not perfect, though? Perhaps God's idea of perfection differs from yours/ours.

[pandamonk]

Originally Posted by michel

We are the ones who have tampered with our environment; we (for eample) are the ones who have fed Cattle with large doses of antibiotics (to stop them from being sick) and Female hormones (to make them fatter); that is why antibiotics are having less effect on us as time goes by.

The female hormones in animal foodstuffs is partially responsible for the fall in the average male fertility..........

Cancer was around before we did all that...

[pandamonk]

Originally Posted by Willamena

Why do you think it's not perfect, though? Perhaps God's idea of perfection differs from yours/ours.

But surely perfect means that u cannot concieve of anything better. So if we can conceive of something better and God cannot, what does that say about God?

[Ðanisty]

Perfection is overrated. I like flaws. Flaws make us unique. If I met a "perfect" person, they would not be perfect in my eyes because they had no flaws.

[SoyLeche]

Originally Posted by pandamonk

But surely perfect means that u cannot concieve of anything better. So if we can conceive of something better and God cannot, what does that say about God?

Operative word here is "better". Is it not possible that there is a variable that we cannot observe that makes our current situation "better" than the one you have conceived?

[pandamonk]

Originally Posted by SoyLeche

Operative word here is "better". Is it not possible that there is a variable that we cannot observe that makes our current situation "better" than the one you have conceived?

I suppose that it is.

[Scuba Pete]

Why would God want us to have perfect bodies? Don't you think we are arrogant enough?

[Moriah Hill]

At creation God did make the body perfect, when sin entered into our world via satan. Then we ceased to be perfect. Genesis tells us how all this happned when Jesus returns to earth and takes over our ressuected bodies become perfect again. Thats standard Christaian belief.