Dominion, Desire, and the Question We Avoid
Dominion, Desire, and the Question We Avoid I am not trying to build a theory or accuse anyone. I am asking a question: are we truly listening to God, or are we defending human desire while calling it divine permission? Scripture often presents what we take for granted — meat, dominion, sacrifice — in a way that challenges us deeply. In Genesis, humans and animals are formed from the same earth and share the same breath of life. Both are called living beings. Vegetation is given for food to all. Animals are never introduced as food in the creation story. Dominion is given to humanity, but it is immediately defined by restraint: power is to be expressed through care, not destruction. Genesis 2 clarifies this further: humans are placed in the garden “to work it and to keep it,” tending and protecting creation. This is godly dominion — stewardship, not killing. Animals are companions in the created order, not partners for consumption. Later, after violence fills the earth, hum...