Eh, I think you have overly romanticized animals. Like how certain generations of American writers overly romanticized Native Americans as "noble savages."
Animals also rip children to pieces and devour them, maul people, play with their food. Shrikes impale their prey on thorns. Elephants will destroy human villages if they perceive their territory being infringed upon. Some predators will eviscerate their prey to weaken them and make them bleed to death. Nature can be exceedingly cruel.
Which is why I liken animals to biological machines. Their driving imperatives are survival and procreation.
But in general, animals are not evil. Fallen, yes, but C.S. Lewis mentioned that animals have limited capacity for good or evil while humans have a much greater capacity for good... but also a much greater capacity for evil. The Bible does talk about evil beasts as a judgment on the wicked, but I'm not entirely sure what that means. Perhaps animals demonically possessed or purposely twisted/diseased, etc.
Animals also rip children to pieces and devour them, maul people, play with their food. Shrikes impale their prey on thorns. Elephants will destroy human villages if they perceive their territory being infringed upon. Some predators will eviscerate their prey to weaken them and make them bleed to death. Nature can be exceedingly cruel.
Which is why I liken animals to biological machines. Their driving imperatives are survival and procreation.
But in general, animals are not evil. Fallen, yes, but C.S. Lewis mentioned that animals have limited capacity for good or evil while humans have a much greater capacity for good... but also a much greater capacity for evil. The Bible does talk about evil beasts as a judgment on the wicked, but I'm not entirely sure what that means. Perhaps animals demonically possessed or purposely twisted/diseased, etc.
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