If all animal life before The Fall (Geneisis) was vegetarian, what was the purpose of canine teeth?

Question

Only after humans betrayed God was death introduced into the world, along with the consumption of animal flesh, so what was the point of giving some animals completely useless biological stuctures?

HOW DO I KNOW?
29: And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30: And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

--Genesis 1:29, 30

Answer 1

i really doubt that all flesh eating creatures had those teeth in the beginning. as you stated and as i also believe, all creatures ate seeds and fruits.

only after sin was introduced that death came in, and some creatures ate others, then and only then was the other teeth introduced.

as you said, why would he make useless items :)

Answer 2

Yes, the Bible says that God gave the green plants to all animals to eat. However,
nowhere does the Bible say that animals "cannot" eat meat...it only says they were given grass to eat. In other words, they were not prohibited by God from eating meat. Also, nowhere does the Bible claim that there was no physical death before sin…it is inferred from the Genesis text and this verse, Romans 5:12, which states, "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Why many theologians have interpreted this to mean "all" death, including physical death, is unclear, as there is no theological reason for it to infer
physical death, when you consider the context of the passages in Genesis. In Genesis, it is obvious that the passage means spiritual death, not physical. Here's a
simple logical answer...when Adam ate the apple, he entered into spiritual death...he did
not physically die when he bit the apple. We know this because he had children with Eve
after he ate the apple. Adam did not introduce physical death, but spiritual death. In fact, if you read Satan's dialogue with Eve, then you will see the answer plain as day. He told Eve she would not die, but all the while Satan knew that he would be introducing spiritual death to the world. How else was Satan to prevent people from following God...killing them physically did not end their spiritual relationship with God. By introducing spiritual death, Satan knew he could prevent people from worshiping God. Yes there are many contradictions in the Bible that atheists like to use for their cause but your canine teeth argument is not scientifically or theologically one that would stand up.

Answer 3

Gen 9:3 permits it, you're an agnostic, what's your point?
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Ok I just got your message, and see your point. There are also other biological functions in humans and animals that would need some explaining as well. As I sit here, I can think of a couple of explanations, but it requires the desire to believe, in other words faith. Oh, since I mentioned possible answers.....God's foreknowledge or predestination (changes on whether you answer as an infralapsarian or a supralapsarian or a sublapsarian) I don't want to explain, I'm too lazy.

Answer 4

Even the Brazil Nut today has a large hard shell where it houses it's 15 to 20 seeds and the animal that cracks that thing open has huge teeth.
The bible does not say for certain that the animals did not prey on one another.
But the bible makes it clear that the fear of man was instilled into the animals shortly after Adams sin.
If you are thinking of the animal like personality's described in Isaiah, Revelation and else were, those are symbolic, they represent people who have those fierce or mild traits of humans.

Answer 5

God is omniscient. He knew Adam and Eve were going to sin. He created carnivores fully equipped. Not just canine teeth. The carnivores also came with sharp claws and fast legs to catch their dinner. In the garden of Eden, God provided the carnivores with cowpea, swinepea, chickpea and pigeonpea that tasted just like beef, pork, chicken and squab.

Actually God himself likes meat better than vegetables, as you can see he preferred Abel's offering of lamb to Cain's offering of produce.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

No. Animals could have died. Humans were originally made like God and so would live forever. The animals had canine teeth. After we betrayed God, God banished us from Eden and made us eat meat.

Answer 8

I've thought of that, too. Why did mosquitos have the capability to suck your blood? If they weren't allowed to suck blood before the Fall then how did the heartworm exist since the heartworm depends upon the mosquito and its ability to suck blood for its survival? As for the mosquito and the heartworm, I haven't been able to answer that one.

All I can assume to answer your question, since the text does not explain everything, is that God knew that certain animals would need particular features for use after the Fall.

Answer 9

I think this is a really good question... as for the people are saying that canines are for eating "hard" vegetables?... I think it is fairly obvious that carnivorous animals have sharp pointy canines and herbivores have flat, knobby teeth. All you have to do is look around you.... it isn't a coincidince that different animals have different teeth specialized for what they eat. You don't see rabbits with razor sharp teeth for eating "hard" vegetables...BUT you do see them on lions for crushing the throats of their pray...that is what sharp teeth are for- killing prey... lol.... come on people, stop using your head as a hat rack.

Answer 10

Gorillas have huge canine teeth but are vegetarians. We are actually omnivores. Our digestive system is that of a species that eats primarily grains and vegetable matter, supplemented with proteins.
If you compare us to other primates, Chimps eat occasional meat but eat mostly vegetation (Fruits and veggies) and bugs. mmm crunchy....