In reply to kurt vonnegut
Relax… I never said man can or should abuse animals…In Genesis God put man over all animals, fish and fowl. Dominion in this case would mean responsibility, stewardship or caretaking over God's creation.
kurt vonnegut said:88Warrior said:
As a believer I doubt God worried too much over one dinosaur eating another as it was man that was created in his image a not T-Rex etc.... He also gave man dominion over the animals and plants…Again..from this believer's perspective…As far as how old earth and the rest of the universe I have no idea…mystery to me…
How did we go from billions of events of animal suffering over hundreds of billions of years to 'one dinosaur eating another'? If we accept that animals feel pain, can suffer, and can grieve (some of them), then to what purpose do you attribute animal suffering over 'old' Earth time periods?
What does it mean that we have dominion over animals? Does it mean that their pain and suffering has no value as they have zero inherent value?
Relax… I never said man can or should abuse animals…In Genesis God put man over all animals, fish and fowl. Dominion in this case would mean responsibility, stewardship or caretaking over God's creation.