Death Before The Fall Of Man

Young-earth creationists have long argued against the occurrence of death before the fall of man. This mistaken doctrine stems from two verses in the Bible. The first is Genesis 1:29-30, which states, "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, where-in there is life, I have given every green herb for meat; and it was so."

Yes, the Bible says that God gave the green plants to all animals to eat. However, nowhere does the Bible say that animals "cannot" eat meat...it only says they were given grass to eat. In other words, they were not prohibited by God from eating meat.

Also, nowhere does the Bible claim that there was no physical death before sin