Comment by lynx97
2 months ago
Modern society? I am not sure. Genesis 1,28 "... Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
Christianity is responsible for a huge part of the human superiority complex.
Yes but at the time Genesis was written, humanity didn't have the means to destroy life at scale. And in the New Testament, "killing the fattened calf" (Luke 15,23) is an incredibly rare event, something one does only when something remarkable happens.
Also, in the Middle Ages in Europe (granted, a very small window in place and time) animal life was much more respected than today.