{"id":13604,"date":"2014-10-16T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reasons.org\/publications\/scientists-uncover-a-good-purpose-for-long-lasting-pain-in-animals\/"},"modified":"2014-10-16T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T14:54:00","slug":"scientists-uncover-a-good-purpose-for-long-lasting-pain-in-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reasons.org\/creation\/life\/scientists-uncover-a-good-purpose-for-long-lasting-pain-in-animals","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Uncover a Good Purpose for Long-Lasting Pain in Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"post-norm\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"big-pquote\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1 border-wrap\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1 the-quote\">\n<p>Who trusted God was love indeed<br \/>\nAnd love Creation\u2019s final law<br \/>\nTho\u2019 Nature, red in tooth and claw<br \/>\nWith ravine, shriek\u2019d against his creed<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014 Alfred, Lord Tennyson,<em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/In_Memoriam_A.H.H.#Nature.2C_red_in_tooth_and_claw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&nbsp;In Memoriam A.H.H.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"post-norm\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2\">\n<p>If God exists\u2014and if He is all-powerful, -knowing, and -good\u2014why is there so much pain and suffering in the world?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps nothing epitomizes the problem of pain and suffering more than the cruelty observed in nature. When asked about the elegant designs that characterize biological systems,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Devil%27s_Chaplain\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Darwin retorted<\/a>, \u201cWhat a book a devil\u2019s chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low and horridly cruel work of nature!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This enigma keeps many skeptics and seekers from the Christian faith and even troubles some believers. Yet, researchers from the US have recently uncovered&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/abstract\/S0960-9822%2814%2900335-2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an important function for long-lasting pain in animals<\/a>, signifying that the suffering these creatures experience can have a purpose.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>In animals (and humans), injury can lead to long-lasting discomfort, whereby repeated exposure to pain-producing stimuli causes an increasingly amplified response well after the injury has healed. (This phenomenon is called&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nociceptor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nociceptive sensitization<\/a>.) Biomedical researchers have long regarded nociceptive sensitization as maladaptive because, in humans, anxiety is associated with it. For a skeptic, the amplified response to pain in animals seems senseless, exacerbating the problem of pain and suffering. But is it so senseless after all?<\/p>\n<p>A collaborative team of researchers (from the University of Texas, George Mason University, and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA) recently studied nociceptive sensitization in squid and concluded that heightened sensitivity to pain helps these creatures avoid predation. Squid are an ideal laboratory model because they undertake a well-defined sequence of defensive behaviors when threatened by a predator.<\/p>\n<p>When threatened, previously injured squid (that had fully recovered from their injury) reacted sooner than squid that had not been injured. However, the previously injured squid displayed a slower response to predatory threats when the scientists used anesthetic to block pain immediately after injury and, thus, prevent nociceptive sensitization from developing.<\/p>\n<p>Because nociceptive sensitization is widespread, it likely serves a similar benefit among other animals, as well. These results indicate that pain (and the concomitant suffering) plays an important role in enhancing animals\u2019 survivability following an injury and recovery. This insight (and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reasons.org\/articles\/of-weevils-and-wasps-gods-good-purpose-in-animal-death\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">others<\/a>) indicates that the pain and suffering in the natural realm is not necessarily incompatible with God\u2019s existence and His goodness. It can serve a good purpose.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<h5>Endnotes<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Robyn J. Crook et al., \u201cNociceptive Sensitization Reduces Predation Risk,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Current Biology<\/em>&nbsp;24 (May 19, 2014): 1121\u201325.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research reveals long-lasting pain in animals serves to enhance survival by reducing predation risk, offering insight into the purpose of suffering in nature consistent with God&#8217;s goodness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":579,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_person_authors":[],"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":"","_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_scheduled":false},"categories":[63990,63997],"tags":[70504,70667,67678],"discipline":[64079],"reading-level":[64149],"class_list":["post-13604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-is-god-good","tag-predator-prey-relationships","tag-predation","tag-pain-and-suffering","discipline-biology","reading-level-advanced-deep-dive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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