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When you broach the subject of dysteleology or "bad" design, you enter the realm of placing unwarranted assumptions about the designer and how he/it should design. And you also cross over into theology - the character of the designer and destiny of biological systems. So, theologically, there are bad things in the world because it's a fallen creation. We feel the bite of sin. The death rate is one for one, we're all going to make it. ;)
Scientifically, the thermodynamic second law predicts this as it states that systems break down and deteriorate, the universe is running out of useful energy. Bad things happen, biologically. Additionally, every engineer allows for checks and balances in systems. If there weren't extinction, there would be overpopulation. If there weren't physical limitations, the predator/prey relationship would be comprimised and the prey would go extinct causing the predator to go extinct, etc...