Contradiction with Genesis 9:3
While Genesis 1:30 grants every green herb for food to living creatures, Genesis 9:3 expands permissible food to include every moving thing that lives, suggesting a diet that includes animals.
Genesis 9:3: Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Contradiction with Romans 14:2
This verse acknowledges that some people may choose a diet without herbs, contrasting with Genesis 1:30, which emphasizes a herbivore diet for all creatures.
Romans 14:2: For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Contradiction with Acts 10:13-15
This passage, where Peter is told to eat all kinds of animals and not call them unclean, contradicts the plant-based provision of Genesis 1:30.
Acts 10:13-15: And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
Contradiction with 1 Timothy 4:3-4
These verses state that every creature of God is good for food if received with thanksgiving, opposing the exclusive herbivore diet mentioned in Genesis 1:30.
1 Timothy 4:3-4: Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Paradox #1
Genesis 1:30 might be seen as inconsistent with later biblical passages where animals are depicted as eating meat or where humans are permitted to eat meat. Initially, this verse suggests that all creatures were given plants to eat, implying a peaceful, vegetarian state. However, later texts, such as those following the Great Flood, indicate that eating meat is permissible, which could be viewed as a change or development in God's instructions.
Paradox #2
Some people see a contradiction in the idea that all animals were given plants to eat, while observing that many animals, such as lions or hawks, are natural meat-eaters. They question how these animals could survive on plants alone.
Paradox #3
The potential contradiction in that verse is the implication that all animals were herbivorous, meaning they only ate plants. Today, we know that many animals are carnivorous or omnivorous, needing meat to survive. This doesn't align with the idea that all animals originally only consumed plants.
Paradox #4
The contradiction or inconsistency might relate to the idea of whether all animals were meant to be peaceful and vegetarian from the start, as the verse suggests. This can conflict with the natural world we observe, where many animals are carnivores. It raises questions about the nature of creation and whether it was intended to be different from how it appears now.