Abstract
A vast number of conservative theologians accept animal death before Adam's Fall. No significant doctrines are impacted, they say, if animals have been killing each other for millions of years. Many pastors and theologians today believe that the earth is millions or billions of years old. But based on my reading and interactions, it is clear that most of them have never really considered the theological implications of allowing animal death, disease, predation, and extinction prior to Adam's sin in the Garden of Eden.