And?Okay, so if I get this right, dinosaurs became mean because of man's sinful ways.
Uh, didn't they precede us by 100 plus million years or so?
Okay, so if I get this right, dinosaurs became mean because of man's sinful ways.
Uh, didn't they precede us by 100 plus million years or so?
you shouldn't be ashamed of your faith because of others' interpretation of it.
Sorry, but this is so anthropocentric, it is laughable. Carnivory is a way of life for the species that top just about every food chain or food web. Humans are omnivorous, which means carnivory is part of the way we obtain nourishment. Morally wrong? Please. The comic is a classic example of people who can find their butts with both hands when it comes to science, trying to scientificize* scriptures. It just doesn't work. Science and religion are two different creatures. They do not belong in the same room. Each is of value to humans, but in totally different ways, and there is no logical reason to try to blend them into one. It just reflects insecurity on the part of those who are trying to do the blending. Why can't people realize that?Heh. That comic raises more questions than it answers. (Great link, though.)
-Is being a carnivore morally wrong? (Is the author of this comic saying that T Rex was originally an herbivore? or maybe just a 'nice' carnivore?)
I suspect what the comic was trying to say was that after the Fall, some of the animal kingdom became a personal threat to man, whereas earlier it was not. That, I think, is supportable in scripture (eg. the serpent in the Garden).
Sorry, but this is so anthropocentric, it is laughable. Carnivory is a way of life for the species that top just about every food chain or food web. Humans are omnivorous, which means carnivory is part of the way we obtain nourishment. Morally wrong? Please. The comic is a classic example of people who can find their butts with both hands when it comes to science, trying to scientificize* scriptures. It just doesn't work. Science and religion are two different creatures. They do not belong in the same room. Each is of value to humans, but in totally different ways, and there is no logical reason to try to blend them into one. It just reflects insecurity on the part of those who are trying to do the blending. Why can't people realize that?
*Their attempts are just as laughable as this made-up word.
NF, you missed my point. I'm agreeing that there's nothing morally wrong about being carnivorous. It seems that in the Garden, man and beast were originally herbivores (Gen. 1:29):
29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
The first account in Genesis of death is when God clothed Adam and Eve in animal skins. Obviously that doesn't prove that they became instant carnivores, but by the account of Noah, it's obvious they were. But the eating of animals wasn't morally wrong. It was just a result of the advent of death into the world. If it were morally wrong, God would not have instructed man to eat them. The account in Genesis 9:1-3:
1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
YAH BUT IF HE CLOTHED THEM IN ANIMAL SKINS WHO KILLED THE ANIMALS? OR DID ADAM OR EVE CAUSE NOW THEY WERE FILLED WITH SIN? I SUPPOSE IT IS RIGHT AND JUST TO SLAUGHTER THE INNOCENT ANIMALS CAUSE A WHAT ADAM AND EVE KINDA MESSED UP RIGHT? I MEAN I AM THIS COW JUST WANDERIN AROUND AND MINDIN MY OWN BUSINESS AND GOD OR ADAM OR EVE COMES UP TO ME-I AM ALL INNOCENT SO I JUST STAND THERE AND SAY HI WHAT'S UP KIDDO? THEN THEY CLUB ME OVER THE HAYD AND RIP OFF MY SKIN AND SAY THERE COW WE NEED YOUR SKIN CAUSE ADAM AND EVE MESSED UP-OR SORRY COW EVE MESSED ME UP-OR SORRY COW THAT ADAM MESSED THINGS UP CAUSE HE ACTUALLY LISTENED TO ME-SO AS USUAL IN THESE RATHER STRESSFUL SITUATIONS THE INNOCENT JUST GET THEIR SKINS RIPPED OFF.