Originally posted by scottishinnz
Yes, but if an animal eats all the tree's leaves it will die. Life isn't just about big things like people and lions, single cells are alive, so unless you are saying that all these animals were fruitivorous, and that the fruit cells were technically dead, then the cells would have been alive whilst being digested, just as they are nowadays.
So, ...[text shortened]... ry / Adam and Eve, comes down to interpretation of a less than perfect text (again). ho hum.....
I understand life is more than just 'big' animals. I'm simply sharing
about the text as written. I believe unlike in todays world, had not
sin entered into the mix, all would have been done properly. Sin
basically broke the conection not only between man and God but
all of creation. Later in scripture even animals if they killed a human
were to be put to death. I can only imagine that law was not
something necessary before the fall, because all would have behaved
as they should, keeping reality in proper perspective.
Kelly