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Originally Posted By: Barak
"If we start with the assumption" we won't get anywhere.

But that's what it says; that we will have dominion and that we should tend.

Man does have dominion, but doesn't always tend.
People should, though ~ regardless of how they feel about the Bible.
Originally Posted By: Barak
.... Even today many believe that killing for the sake of killing is wrong, but killing in self-defense or for survival is acceptable.

I'd agree with that.
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It seems we have become very destructive to our world and ourselves with the passing of time.

Yes, indeed.
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Our efforts may be "too little; too late".

I hope not.


"The secret of success is constancy to purpose" - Benjamin Disraeli.