I read your post you linked to, and I agree that God clearly loved Adam and Eve. So, let me grant that God clothed them out of love, and not judgement. Fortunately, this does not change my underlying point, that the animal’s death was not a sin. In fact, saying that death entered the world through God’s compassionate is quite a powerful argument against calling death itself sin. Therefore, the existence of death is not exclusive to earth’s fallen state, lest God’s compassion be as well.

- Vance

Thanks for the response. I appreciate the interchange.

The problem with quoting verses like that is it cuts both ways. Surely the way you follow seems right to you. Should I suggest your road’s end is death? Surely not, because suggesting it misses the point. After all (I assume), you are following the scripture as you understand it, and doing so in faith. As am I.

Remember, God looks at the heart.

If you believe I am open to honest dialog, then I would be interested in hearing why, if all physical death is sin, why God can kill and remain without sin. If the answer is that not all physical death is sin, then why would physical death only enter the world through sin? I can go on with the chain of reason myself I suppose, but I am curious if you have an argument that leads to anything besides the fact that God’s ways are higher than ours.