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   jennyrocks Teacher
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   Think of it in two ways: natural selection, and the laws of supply and demand. In natural selection, it is the fittest of the fit that survive and flourish. When there are no natural predators, a species is free to reproduce without the population control of a natural enemy. Look at the deer problem that plagues the Midwest or the rabbit problem that desecrated the wild bush in Australia. The laws of supply and demand also play a part in the plagues. Food keep a species alive. The locusts involved in the plague had, at their disposal all the food that they could consume. It wasn't until they began to starve to death that the population began to decline and regulate. Any plague is never honestly a supernatural event because they can all be linked back to some scientific reasoning.

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   Posted by jennyrocks on Monday December 8, 2008 at 4:47 PM
   
   

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   enotechris Teacher
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   I assume you're referring to the 10 Biblical Plagues found in the Book of Exodus.  If so, see the links below for explanation.  If you consider the  Bible as recorded history, its stories within their contexts make sense -- but we must understand the culture of several thousand years ago to understand the context. Certainly a series of disasters bzck then could not be explained any other way than through an Act of God -- but we know a little better now.  Current theory suggests a volcanic eruption could have triggered the sequence of events as the Bible described.  Happy reading!

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   http://www.fortunecity.com/emachines/e11/86/plague.html

   http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22944611...

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   Posted by enotechris on Monday December 8, 2008 at 5:00 PM