[beancounter13]

I think the fundamentalists are missing the point that God made man in His own image --namely immortal. Man brought death upon himself. It is a pretty big leap to assume that all species were immortal before the fall of man.

Also, I do not follow "theory of evolution with it's millenia of death" part of your argument. Could you elaborate?

[RobRoy]

>>I think the fundamentalists are missing the point that God made man in His own image --namely immortal.<<

That is not how others name it, nor is it what the bible says. It is conjecture. Others say it means "with a spirit". And the tree that brought death was the tree of "knowledge of good and evil". And God said the man will "be like US".

Just something for some to ponder here.

[Valpal1]

Evolution requires millenia of death because it needs huge numbers of generations for random mutations to beget species. Which means lots of critters had to breed and die for really looong periods of time.

Is it a big leap to assume that all species were immortal before the fall? Creation was "good" so why should it be assumed that it's "nature was red in tooth and claw" like our current environment? The "God saw that it was good" is what they hang the belief in no death on.