Almost all debates with Christians, especially on ethics, eventual end in “his ways are higher” or “He’s beyond our comprehension” or “it’s like an ant trying to understand a human” when gods injustice is pointed out. The debates over at that point. If they’ve already admitted they don’t know then why are they trying to explain it?
I recently noticed a string of things in Genesis that seem to be a vestige of animism.
Gen 2:18-20 Adam is introduced to the animals and god assumes they could be potential partners.
Gen 3:1 The serpent is more crafty than any other implying other animals can be as if not more intelligent than humans? The serpent can also talk to humans and we’re not given any reason to think other animals can’t talk either. In fact Adam meeting and naming the other animals could imply that he’s talking to them too.
Gen 6:7 god is going to destroy the animals along with the humans.
Gen 6:13 god is going to destroy not humans, but “all flesh” for having corrupted the earth.
Gen 6:17 “to destroy all flesh that has the breath of life” this includes animals.
Gen 7:15 in the ark are “all flesh with the breath of life” implying that the animals are included in the flesh that corrupted the earth from 6:13.
Gen 9:2 we get a distinction of humans from the other creatures. This seems like a rescinding of the speech and intelligence that other animals had before?
Gen 9:10, 11, 12, 15, 16, and 17 Over and over god makes a covenant not only with humans but also with the animals, also referring to both at the same time as “flesh” tying back to the 6:13 and the cause of corruption.
The way I’m starting to picture this is that god created all creatures and humans who can talk with each and all have the same abilities to choose good and evil like the serpent and Adam and Eve did. It wasn’t just humans who were fucking up and brought the flood upon the earth, but animals were also turning to evil and violence. The pairs of animals god brings to Noah are, like Noah, the righteous remnant of their own species.
Am I way out in left field?