I'm not trying to tell you you should be veggie, I don't give a shit what YOU eat.
I'm questioning the biblical literalists about the bible's teachings.
First off, you asked about "Christians" and not "biblical literalists", but anyways, my question was from a Christain standpoint: Why did God give us canines if he didn't want us eating meat?
But the idea that we are born carnivores is nonsense.
We and our ancestors clearly are/were omnivores.
in the context of the biblical creation myth, pre fall, there was no death. therefore no meat was eaten,
As a Christian, I would say that the creation myth never actually happened, so your argument fails on that part.
this is all post-"fall" though,
The original, "perfect" creation had no meat, (at least the meat was still attached to the bones and walking around)
isn't that what Christians should be aspiring to? a pre-fall state of perfection?
From a Biblical Literist perspective, I would ask why you think that we should aspire for the pre-fallen state?
-Not only do most mammals (with the exception of rodents, rabbits, and pikas), including herbivores, have canine teeth; the largest canine teeth of any land mammal belong to a true herbivore: the hippopotamus.
If I was a hippo asking my question, then the answer would be: You have those large canines for fighting.
And you gave the reasons for the other herbavore species having their canines.
Now, from an evolutionary perspective: Why do humans have the canines that they do?
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