Dennis Prager Show - Open Lines: Why did God invent the Mosquito
Aired: 2020-01-04
Duration: 01:54


=== Mosquitoes and Blood Sucking (01:53) ===

[00:00:00]  All right, Scott, you're on the spot.
[00:00:02]  Go ahead.
[00:00:03]  Okay, all right, yeah.
[00:00:04]  And I've studied mosquitoes for about 30 years.
[00:00:08]  Are you an entomologist?
[00:00:10]  In Genesis chapter 3, starting in verse 17, the Lord is describing the changes that will come over the earth because of Adam and Eve choosing to let evil in.
[00:00:24]  And one of the things it says is that thorns will grow up.
[00:00:29]  You know, and so basically, you know, there are biological changes that have happened.
[00:00:36]  And so probably the mosquito did not originally suck blood.
[00:00:41]  And in fact, we know of 40 different species of mosquitoes that don't have to suck blood in order to lay eggs.
[00:00:49]  Right.
[00:00:49]  So how does that answer why is there a mosquito?
[00:00:54]  My guess is that the mosquito originally did not actually suck blood.
[00:00:59]  So it didn't originally live on blood or...
[00:01:02]  Right, but did after the expulsion from Eden did?
[00:01:08]  Right, right, yeah.
[00:01:09]  Alright, so that's a theological belief answer, and I respect it, but it really just moves the question up one more.
[00:01:19]  So, you see, if everything is a result, and everything might be a result to a believer, of the...
[00:01:28]  Original sin, if you will.
[00:01:31]  But then there's no questions to be explained.
[00:01:38]  If everything has that one explanation, then there are no questions.
[00:01:42]  And maybe for some there aren't.
[00:01:45]  I'm a believer, but I have questions.
[00:01:47]  Okay, I thank you for your call.
[00:01:50]  Let's go to Long Beach, California, and Oscar.