Virus: ¿qué son y de dónde vienen?

Virus: ¿qué son y de dónde vienen?

Dada la actual pandemia de COVID-19, pensé que podría ser útil tener un blog sobre virus, ¿qué son y de dónde provienen?

Los virus son información codificada que infecta otros sistemas y coopta (acepta) la función original para replicarse.

En los organismos vivos, los virus están hechos de ADN o ARN codificado que secuestran la maquinaria de las células vivas para construir más de sí mismos, generalmente hasta que las células u organismos mueren o los mecanismos de defensa del organismo los eliminan. Los virus a veces se llaman “replicadores” porque toman los recursos de la célula viva y replican más del virus hasta que la célula muere, explota y luego infecta a otras células para hacer lo mismo. Si la respuesta inmune del cuerpo no detiene este proceso, se produce la muerte del huésped, junto con el virus.

En las computadoras, los virus están hechos de información codificada escrita en el idioma del programa que está destinado a infectar. Estos virus se harán cargo de varias operaciones del programa original y redirigirán la función de la computadora para replicar más código de virus para infectar más sistemas o llevar a cabo nuevas directivas contrarias a la programación original.

Una pregunta frecuente sobre los virus es: ¿están vivos los virus que infectan a los organismos vivos? En otras palabras, ¿son los virus mismos organismos vivos? En el mundo científico, esto a menudo se debate sin una conclusión final, y los virus a menudo se describen como “estar al borde de la vida”. Esto se debe a que la cosmovisión evolutiva no tiene explicaciones funcionales sobre los orígenes de los virus y, por lo tanto, no puede decidir si están realmente vivos.

Pero, en la cosmovisión bíblica, Dios creó la vida en la tierra sin enfermedad, defecto o muerte. La vida requiere tres elementos para existir: materia física, energía e información codificada que se encuentra en el material genético de todos los organismos vivos. Dios no solo habría creado la materia física, como los átomos que construyó juntos en proteínas, lípidos, carbohidratos, ADN y ARN; No solo habría proporcionado la energía vivificante (aliento de vida); pero Dios también habría escrito el código, organizando las letras de ADN y ARN en la compleja información codificada que está contenida en nuestros cromosomas y que es necesaria para la vida.

La vida que Dios creó en el Edén fue impecable, sin pecado y sin ningún “código malo” o defectos de ningún tipo. Cuando los codificadores de Microsoft y Apple escriben el código necesario para que sus computadoras funcionen, se escribe sin virus. Así también, Dios escribió el código que gobierna las operaciones de nuestros cuerpos físicos en nuestros genes, y ese código fue escrito sin defectos y sin virus.

Cuando Microsoft y Apple lanzan sus sistemas operativos, los virus no se generan espontáneamente a partir de esos sistemas. Del mismo modo, cuando Dios creó la vida en la tierra, estaba libre de virus y los virus no se generaron espontáneamente a partir de su creación.

Pero las personas maliciosas pueden examinar los sistemas operativos de la computadora y luego optar por hackearlos, escribiendo a propósito un nuevo código diseñado para infectar y alterar la función original del software. Satanás no tiene el poder de crear vida, pero siendo malévolo e inteligente, es capaz de corromper la creación de Dios y, por lo tanto, después de que Adán pecó, Satanás infectó la creación con virus físicos, código diseñado para corromper la salud física de todos los vivos. organismos en la tierra.

Jesus dijo,

El reino de los cielos es como un hombre que sembró buena semilla en su campo. Pero mientras todos dormían, su enemigo vino y sembró malas hierbas entre el trigo, y se fue. Cuando el trigo brotó y formó cabezas, también aparecieron las malas hierbas. Los sirvientes del dueño se le acercaron y le dijeron: “Señor, ¿no sembró buena semilla en su campo? ¿De dónde vinieron entonces las malezas? “Un enemigo hizo esto”, respondió (Mateo 13: 24–28 NIV84).

El apóstol Pablo dijo:

Porque la creación fue sometida a la frustración, no por su propia elección, sino por la voluntad de quien la sometió, con la esperanza de que la creación misma sea liberada de su esclavitud al deterioro y traída a la gloriosa libertad de los hijos de Dios. . Sabemos que toda la creación ha estado gimiendo como en los dolores del parto hasta la actualidad (Romanos 8: 20–23 NIV84).

La Biblia enseña que después de que Adán pecó, Satanás tuvo acceso a este mundo. Ahora podía “piratear” el código genético, tomar fragmentos de ADN y ARN, y manipularlo para construir virus destinados a dañar y corromper la creación de Dios, causando enfermedades, defectos y muerte. Un comentario bíblico lo explica de esta manera:

No se colocó ninguna planta nociva en el gran jardín del Señor, pero después de que Adán y Eva pecaron, surgieron hierbas venenosas. En la parábola del sembrador, se le hizo la pregunta al Maestro: “¿No sembraste buena semilla en tu campo? ¿Cómo, pues, tiene cizaña? El Maestro respondió: “Un enemigo ha hecho esto”. Todas las cizañas son sembradas por el maligno. Cada hierba nociva es de su siembra, y por sus ingeniosos métodos de amalgamación ha corrompido la tierra con cizaña (Manuscrito 65, 1899 [publicado en F. D. Nichol, Elena G. de White y sus críticos], Comentario Bíblico Adventista del Séptimo Día Vol. 1, p. 1086.2).

Los virus no eran parte de la creación original de Dios; Es por eso que nuestro sistema inmunológico lucha para eliminarlos. Nuestros sistemas inmunes funcionan como un software antivirus de computadora, monitoreando constantemente cualquier infección y buscando eliminar cualquier virus cuando se identifica para restaurar nuestra salud, a nuestras operaciones originales.

Los virus también son una metáfora adecuada para el pecado mismo. El pecado es una infección de la mente, un virus del pensamiento, un mal código que se hace cargo del diseño original de nuestras mentes y coopta (acepta) el sistema desde el amor y la confianza hasta el miedo y el egoísmo, que se autopropaga. Si no se detiene, el pecado es fatal en el 100% de los casos.

Dios envió a su Hijo para arreglar esta condición enferma de pecado. Jesús, como humano, fue tentado en todos los sentidos tal como somos, pero fue sin pecado (Hebreos 2:14). Cada uno de nosotros “es tentado cuando, por su propio malvado deseo, es arrastrado y atraído” (Santiago 1:14 NIV84). Pero en la humanidad de Jesús, el diseño original de Dios para la vida, la verdad, el amor y la libertad venció la infección viral de las mentiras, el miedo y el egoísmo. La programación original de Dios fue llevada a cabo por las elecciones de Jesús, quien purgó el virus del pecado de la humanidad que asumió. Así, Jesús destruyó la muerte y sacó a la luz la vida y la inmortalidad (2 Timoteo 1:10).

Cuando confiamos en Jesús y abrimos nuestros corazones a Él, el Espíritu Santo entra en nuestros corazones y escribe la ley de Dios (Su sistema operativo original) en nuestros corazones y mentes:

  • Este es el pacto que haré con la casa de Israel.
  • después de ese tiempo, declara el Señor.
  • Pondré mis leyes en sus mentes
  • y escríbelos en sus corazones (Hebreos 8:10 NIV84).

El código original de Dios para la vida, para el funcionamiento de nuestros corazones y mentes, su ley de diseño del amor, se restaura en nosotros a medida que nos convertimos en participantes de la naturaleza divina (2 Pedro 1: 4). Nuestros personajes se transforman y somos restaurados de corazón y mente para ser uno con Dios. Entonces, para todos los que han experimentado esta restauración del carácter piadoso de Cristo, recibiremos una transformación física cuando regrese. En la segunda venida de Cristo, todo el daño al código de ADN y ARN será eliminado y nosotros, los mortales, vestiremos de inmortalidad, ¡esta corrupción provocará incorrupciones! (1 Corintios 15:42).

Entonces, mientras el mundo lucha con la pandemia de COVID-19, no se desanime; podemos estar seguros de que, gracias a Jesús, Dios sanará y restaurará de cada defecto y enfermedad a todos los que confían en Él.

 


Timothy R. Jennings, M.D (doctor médico), es un psiquiatra certificado, con una maestría en psicofarmacología, orador internacional, miembro distinguido de la Asociación Psiquiátrica de América y de la Asociación Psiquiátrica del Sur (Estados Unidos). Es el presidente y fundador del ministerio “Come and Reason” (Ven y razonemos juntos) y ha servido como presidente de la Asociación Psiquiátrica del Sur y Asociación Psiquiátrica de Tennessee. El Doctor Jennings es el autor de varios libros, incluyendo The God-Shaped Brain (El Cerebro moldeado por Dios), The God-Shaped Heart (El Corazón moldeado por Dios), y The Aging Brain (El Cerebro Envejeciendo).

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