Says who?

The problem is that you're imposing your view of what is "natural" and what is "very good" onto God. Why do you say the natural food chain that includes the death of plants and animals is an intrusion and not very good? Why would God think it is an intrusion? See, you're imposing your values onto God. I'm sure God is very pleased with the way He created spiders to spin their webs to catch their prey. Besides, to say there was no death before the Fall is to say God drastically re-ordered all of His creation after the Fall, which, while possible, just doesn't seem plausible. And what about the beasts of the field in Chapter 2? Did they just stand in the field and enjoy the sunshine, ignoring all that nice grass God created for them? And what did they do with their stomachs and intestines before the Fall?

Seems like an unnecessary stretch to say death didn't occur in the animal and plant worlds prior to sin.

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Mason
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA)
New York, NY

"Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool." - Isaiah 1:18