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Originally Posted by sotzo 
1. Does God now give meat rather than just plant life for food (as He did in Gen 1) because sin is a reality and so death for the purpose of sustaining man is good?
2. Why does God require animals to give account for taking life as he does man? (see vs. 5 above).
Thanks for any help you can provide!
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1. I've wondered about that one too. The giving of meat for food doesn't happen until after the flood. So what you've mentioned sounds very possible.
2. In either case, whether an animal or another person, the taking of a human life is in reality the murdering of one who is an image bearer of God...a serious action deserving a serious consequence. Sadly the general consensus in today's society is that man is simply a more evolved species essentially no different than any other animal on the planet, when in fact man has been gifted a much more dignified place in the order of creation, particular as the only one of God's creatures made in His image.