Creation Moment 10/31/2026 - Bloodsuckers and Creation

"Long before the 1819 publication of The Vampyre by John Polidori, and before Bram Stoker popularized vampires with the novel Dracula in 1897, humans have been spinning tales of creatures that drink blood. Some tales were of mythological beings, some perhaps based on real people who engaged in cannibalism and blood drinking, and many are based on real animals or embellishments of real animals. Mythological creatures such as pishachas, ghouls, estries, kappas, and striges are just a few examples out of many hundreds. Even as recently as 1995, new blood-drinking creatures have been reported and entered into the pages of cryptozoology, such as the chupacabra.

Real-life creatures such as vampire bats, leeches, ticks, lampreys,

bedbugs, and mosquitoes not only exist and are constant pests and threats to humans, livestock, and aquaculture; but they are also feared because of the threat of disease, such as rabies, Lyme disease, malaria, and other bacterial and virulent agents. In addition to the physical threats though, there is also the psychological fear that they induce.

But the fact is that God created all things, including all animals, good. God gave all creatures vegetation to eat, and there was no death and bloodshed. In Genesis 1:31, at the end of day six, God looked over the entirety of creation and pronounced it “very good.” In God’s original creation, all of the above creatures were not blood-feeders but instead ate plants, water plants, and possibly pollen or nectar, as indeed vampire finches sometimes still do. Due to mankind’s rebellion and sin, this idyllic condition did not last, as all of creation was placed under the curse. 

Sometime after the Fall, these animals became omnivorous, carnivorous, parasitic, and/or insectivorous and then gradually started incorporating blood into their diet opportunistically and, in some cases, became obligate sanguinivores. It is therefore illogical to look at this fallen world’s creatures and try to make a judgment on God’s character, as so many atheists and agnostics have done. The truly spooky thing about these bloodsuckers is that mankind is responsible for their being here." AIG