[GodGunsGuts]

If there was no death before Adam and Eve sinned, then obviously there were no predators before they sinned either.

[SnakeDoctor]

Big IF. We’re talking assumptions on top of assumptions, wrapped inside of assumptions here. I’ve seen little Biblical evidence, aside from more mega-inferences, that animal death is the wages of human sin. Doesn’t make much sense really ... Adam sinned, so Lions eat antelopes? I don’t get it.

As for whether human death preceded sin — of course it didn’t, because the first humans sinned (before they died). The question of whether God created human death after Adam sinned, or whether God predestined human death knowing that Adam would sin is really a chicken-egg argument.

There is also a reasonable chance that the Bible is referring to spiritual death (separation from God), not physical death, in those passages. Maybe, maybe not.

My point is ... honestly, we don’t know. I don’t know. You don’t know. And, ultimately, it really doesn’t matter. So, why worry?

SnakeDoc

[ColdWater]

If there was no death before Adam and Eve sinned, then obviously there were no predators before they sinned either.

Question: How do you know there was no death before Adam and Eve sinned?

[brytlea]

The interesting thing is, we don’t know how long it was before they sinned.