11 July 2006

Were we created for Mosquitoes to feast upon?

A certain nobleman held a feast of thanksgiving. The banquet was attended by more than a thousand people. When some geese and fish were presented to him, he looked up at the sky, sighed, thanked God and said, "Heaven is very kind to us. It provides us with grains and creates birds and fish for us to eat." All the guests murmured and nodded in agreement with the lord. However, one of the sons of a guest, a child of twelve, stood up and said, "I disagree with that. The myriad of things of heaven and earth differ only in shape and form. No one kind is nobler than another, and no one group was created for the benefit of another. Every living thing eats what it can get hold of. We humans eat fish and birds, mosquitoes suck our blood, and tigers eat our flesh. If we were to say that birds and fish were created for us to eat, then we would have to admit that we humans were created for the mosquitoes and tigers to feast upon."

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