(January 27, 2010 at 1:27 pm)leo-rcc Wrote:(January 27, 2010 at 12:46 pm)rjh4 Wrote: In answer to your question, though, the whole idea of man being an animal is based on evolutionary (common descent) thinking which I reject. Since I hold to a Christian/Biblical worldview and the Bible indicates that mankind was created to be greater than the animals, then I hold that we are. It is as simple as that.
What is the bibles definition of greater then?
Good question. I guess we all come to the table with our own view of what "greater than" means when it comes to comparing animals with mankind.
Relative to your question, I did not say that the Bible explicitly says that man is greater than the animals. I said the Bible indicates that this is the case. In Gen. 1:28 God give man "dominion over" the animals. When man sinned, God killed an animal to clothe man (Gen 3:21). God gave animals to man as food (Gen 9:3-4). The entire Bible is about God's plan for mankind, not animals. All of this indicates to me that we have authority and control over the animals to a degree and are worth more to God than animals and, therefore, we a "greater than" the animals in authority and worth.