Since the gorilla wasn’t leaving him alone, I would have begged them to shoot the animal without a second thought. Why? Because I value my child’s life more than the gorilla. A gorilla is an animal, not a human being. Although I wouldn’t have wanted the gorilla to die, I would have been forced to make a decision in an possibly life-threatening situation. Human beings are made in the image of God and therefore have more inherent worth than anything else on the planet. That is the crux of the issue right there. As image-bearers of God we are more valuable and more important than animals. We are not animals. God’s word commands that a person who intentionally murders another person must receive the death penalty. He also says the same thing for an animal. However, nothing is written about taking the life of an animal by a human. Why is that? Because we aren’t on the same level of
Since the gorilla wasn’t leaving him alone, I would have begged them to shoot the animal without a second thought. Why? Because I value my child’s life more than the gorilla. A gorilla is an animal, not a human being. Although I wouldn’t have wanted the gorilla to die, I would have been forced to make a decision in an possibly life-threatening situation. Human beings are made in the image of God and therefore have more inherent worth than anything else on the planet. That is the crux of the issue right there. As image-bearers of God we are more valuable and more important than animals. We are not animals. God’s word commands that a person who intentionally murders another person must receive the death penalty. He also says the same thing for an animal. However, nothing is written about taking the life of an animal by a human. Why is that? Because we aren’t on the same level of