Creation, Corruption, and Cholera by Frank Sherwin, M.A. The
creation model continues to take shape as contributions from
various scientific fields are analyzed from a more rewarding
non-Darwinian perspective. Creation scientists suggest the
pathogenic bacteria and parasites of today were in fact
beneficial or at least neutral in the pre-fallen world. Consider
the sometimes harmful, but otherwise beneficial bacteria in our
large intestine known as E. coli. This complex organism (see
Back to Genesis No. 146) helps to produce vitamins and even
prevent disease. There is also a thread-like worm called
Strongyloides stercoralis that has both a free-living stage and
parasitic stage. In other words, the worm does fine in the
environment removed from man, but it can also infect people with
devastating results. It is suggested that parasite infection and
disease-causing bacteria were the result of the Fall and
universal curse. The bacterium Vibrio cholera causes the human
intestinal disease cholera. The infection is d