Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. – Genesis 1:24, 25 NKJV

I’ve never been big fan of the notion that God created the universe and everything in it, then created man and forgot about the rest. Sure, humans are the ones created in the image of God. But don’t forget that whether creation took 7 days or 7 million years, the animals were here before us.

I don’t pretend to speak for God, but there is one thing I’ve learned in my years as a Christian: God is all about relationships.

So I also don’t subscribe to the notion that God created the world and all living things to be at the whim of man to use, abuse, and otherwise waste. While He created the world, and all of the things that creep and fly and swim, and then gave man dominion over them, I believe it was not for man to treat like a vending machine of resources. I think God wanted man to enter into a relationship with His creation. [Read more...]