David L. Clough > Quotes

“This gives us an interesting perspective on the late arrival of animals on the fifth day of creation in the narrative of Genesis 1: animals are more needy than other creatures, and can only survive in an environment in which the other organisms they need to consume are already thriving.33 A key part of understanding our commonality with other animals is therefore a humbling recognition of our shared dependence on the availability of other living organisms to provide us with what we need to survive.”
― David L. Clough, On Animals: Systematic Theology: Volume I: Systematic Theology