The Society teaches that if Adam and Eve had not sinned, they would still be here today as perfect humans. How do they justify that every other living thing dies? Did lower animal life sin as well? Had they not sinned, were they to supposed to live in a world where humnas lived forever but every other creature had a finite life span?
Living forever
by donny 3 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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jwfacts
Great question. If death is due to sin, why do animals die? Also, why do animals kill each other, commit adultery etc if these actions are wrong?
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BluesBrother
When I was a dub, I would have said that the difference is that animals are of a lower order, they were not made in Gods image , they were never promised everlasting life..Adam would have been used to seeing animals dying so he knew the difference...
(that is when I was a dub) dont blame me for the holes in the argument...
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heathen
it was the cutting off from the tree of life that actually was the main factor in our short life spans .Genesis clearly says if they continued to eat from it the could live indefinitely .The WTBTS does twist that around and pretends it doesn't actually know what's meant by the tree of life . Obviously it's impossible for animals to sin they don't have a soul .