[TXnMA]

"Further, if you believe that before the Fall, there was no sin and thus no death in the world, animals without a growth inhibiting factor (like fish and reptiles)would continue growing as long as they were alive."

Now, there is a genuine dumb@$$ statement! If there were "no death in the world", what caused them to become no longer alive?

Plus, where in Scripture does it say anything about human sin affecting the lifespan of (other) animals?

Besides, without death, there can be no continued life.

• Overcrowding would soon bring life to a standstill.

• What did carnivores and scavengers eat?

• What fertilized the undying plants?

Face it: you are neither equipped scripturally or scientifically for this discussion. Bow out and leave it to the believers who are -- and stop being an embarassment to all intelligent believers.

[whipitgood]

Spoken like a real Texan! Sure glad I left there when I did.

[whipitgood]

Spoken like a true Texan! Sure glad I left there when I did.

[MarDav]

“Plus, where in Scripture does it say anything about human sin affecting the lifespan of (other) animals?”

These verses speak to your question about the Bible’s teaching on the subject of sin and death:

Rom. 5:12 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned...”

Rom 8:22 “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. “

1Jn 2:17 “And the world passeth away...”