Why would the good God create animals that devour each other? Some of them are frighteningly vicious. Nothing has been revealed explaining this. Naturalists have posited their own speculation: food chains, survival of the fittest, tooth and claw, Nazi theories of master race, etc. How about if I spin my own speculation?
I think God created the angels before he created the physical universe. Then when God created the physical universe according to my speculation, fully one-third of the angels had already rebelled against God. It would not surprise me if God created animals as predatory as they are to show those rebellious angels, and to show me in my own rebellion, that nobody can provide for themselves if they insist on being separated from God. I, for example, cannot create anything from nothing like God did. They only way I can provide for myself is, like a predatory beast, take what God gave to others.
On the other hand, I would speculate that God could easily have created animals very different, where “Wolves and sheep will live together in peace, and leopards will lie down with young goats. Calves and lion cubs will feed together, and little children will take care of them. Cows and bears will eat together, and their calves and cubs will lie down in peace. Lions will eat straw as cattle do. Even a baby will not be harmed if it plays near a poisonous snake.”
That way, we all would live in peace and harmony, and God provides everything we need. I hope my character would not make me appear predatory if I were there with them.
Maurice A. Williams
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