I do not have a Bible in front of me so I do not know the exact scripture. But it is right after God removes Adam and Eve from the garden. It says "God made clothes of animal skins for them". What? Does god kill animals? Did someone just drop their concept into the Bible? Would this indicate the Bible is not 100% inspired by god? Why would god kill animals or admit it if he did? They had been dancing with fig leaves. What does god have against figs. Or was the fig leaf story just that they camoflaging themselves to hide from god?
2007-12-12 03:56:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
someone just dropped their concept into the Bible - This happened all the time ,just compare one version to another. There is a great book about this but I can't think of the name or author.
2007-12-12 04:08:31 · answer #1 · answered by hfrankmann 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The scripture you are referencing is Gen 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
I am not sure why it would surprise you that God kills animals but at any rate the verse doesn't specify how He acquired the skins. They could have come from animals that recently died of natural causes. As to whether that says the Bible is or is not 100% inspired by God I would say that has no bearing on that fact.
Some scholars say that the animals had to be sacrificed to pay for the sins of disobedience but that is speculation.
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2007-12-12 12:11:00 · answer #2 · answered by The man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the scripture in genesis that your talking about is after they had sinned, they were living in a paradise, a perfect arrangement, but since they had sinned god banished them to the harsh environment, so fig leaves weren't going to cut it first of all, second if you actually read the whole bible you'll see there are many occurrences where animals are killed for god and for the sake of human, god had his son killed as payment for our sins, its not because he is heartless or cruel its because he cares about the welfare of humans. God made animals, so why shouldnt he be aloud to kill them? animals die every day, every time you bite into a macdonalds hamburger your killing an animal, think about it! its not someone elses idea, its what happened!
2007-12-12 12:06:16 · answer #3 · answered by strawberry pasionfruitopia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It shows that sin brought death into the world. It doesn't 'indicate' anything. Adam and Eve were like little kids are nowadays, un-selfconscious. But they knew they did wrong, they lost their innocence. And God made the animals so is there like some law above God that He violated ?
2007-12-12 13:47:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasnt until they ate the forbidden fruit did they feel shame, therefore covering their bodies. Apparently, everything in nature was put here by god for man to use for food and shelter.
If you ask me, everything in Nature serves its purpose and are linked together to ensure the circle of life continues. The only thing that throws this out of balance are humans. Sometimes I think god created earth for the animals and we humans were delivered here to earth by aliens to piss god off.
2007-12-12 12:41:24 · answer #5 · answered by Doughboys 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you reading this text as etiological myth, or as history? As etiological (creation) myth, it makes a good deal of sense.
2007-12-12 11:58:58 · answer #6 · answered by snowbaal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinion of this is that it is in the wrong category - try R&S or Mythology
2007-12-12 13:54:02 · answer #7 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋