Calling it cynical is a cheap way to dismiss it, and my experience of seeing it first hand. Well done. Animals there are predominantly seen food and organic ma

Calling it cynical is a cheap way to dismiss it, and my experience of seeing it first hand. Well done. Animals there are predominantly seen food and organic machinery (and in the case of stray cats/dogs, pests). > Genesis and Leviticus were written by the same primary author (Moses) "Scholars generally agree that it [Book of Leviticus] developed over a long period of time, reaching its present form during the Persian Period, from 538–332 BC. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Leviticus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Leviticus "Tradition credits Moses as the author of Genesis, as well as the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and most of Deuteronomy; however, modern scholars, especially from the 19th century onward, place the books' authorship in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, hundreds of years after Moses is supposed to have lived" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Genesis > does not suggest at all divine permission to _drive entire species to extinction._ I said food, not extinction. You are not arguing in good faith. Let's stop here.