Did God Create Animals to Be Eaten as Food? Part 01

It's 7:37 PM on Saturday as I begin to write this entry and I am committed to turning my computer off by 8 PM as part of my new pre-sleep regimen, so I will need to keep this brief. I've fallen behind in my Saturday evening reading plan for In Pursuit of Wisdom but maybe I can still finish this book by the end of 2025. That's kind of my goal, but I don't want to be too rigid about it. Tonight, for example, I used my reading time to explore with Google Gemini whether Catholic and other Christian theologians believe animal predation was designed by God or a consequence of the Fall (https://share.google/aimode/kz7DvGWlBVhuR9B2P). This is an important question for Christian Earth Science, and I am asking it now in good measure because it's the subject of Craig Wescoe's upcoming class in the Vegan Christian Discipleship School. In addition to Craig's excellent study guide, here are three links I am processing in preparation for Tuesday's class: 

• Is Animal Suffering Part of God’s Good Creation? Common Question | BioLogos 
• Predation problem | Wikipedia
• How did nature get the way it is if predation wasn’t God’s design? | Swords to Plowshares

Video at Top: Friday Night Live #1: How did nature get the way it is if predation wasn't God's design?