Can god give man the dominion over other animals and the environment?

I think the moment Adam and Eve were kicked out of Eden, man was destined to destroy the earth.It makes me think that G-d had a good creation , the earth and then he added man, big mistake. So yes , I think G-d did give man the earth and we are destroying it bit by bit.

Yeah, it seems that we the way we understand dominion is to exploit Mother Earth the way we want it to be. But my professors in Scriptures told us that the original implication of the term was to emphasize that man is above all else someone who outstands creation. It is an assertion about man's being at the apex of creation, that's why he is there to 'subdue' it. He says that it is a positive statement about our status as 'special' because we were created in the image and likeness of God. However, negative implications of the term would seem to suggest that man can do whatever he wants in creation. Seen in this way, it is totally out of context. We are here to mutually co-exist with creation. That's what Buddhism has long taught, and long practiced. We are not here to exploit everything under our capricious wants and desires. We are here to cultivate the earth - pretty much how Adam and Eve did it when they were pushed out of paradise. I'm sorry if I had to be a little Biblical in my response. It's just that Jewish and Christian religion base themselves heavily on the Scriptures, and sometimes, misreading the true implications of the terms or concpets in the Bible, because we use the lenses of modern perspective in the way we approach it, somehow leads us away from their original intent. This is what happens when we interpret the words 'have dominion over all creation' as to have a power to do whatever you want in creation. Farfetched. There is I believe an increasing need to review through exigesis some of the teachings of the Bible whcih have seemingly led us into a state of confusion.

It's not so much a right as the fact that we are at the top of the food chain. We are smarter than most other animals and have opposible digits that helps to make us excel at using tools. When monkey's figure out how to make tactical nuke's and bio-agents, that may change but until that day comes, might in this case makes right. But of course, I think we are all in agreement that it isn't right. It's more about ignorance and greed and those two thing may lead to the destruction of mankind by our own hands. It's amazing what we've done in the last 100 years. The things we've created that are now ultimately killing us. Hopefully we will have the forsight to change things, and I think we are up to the task if we as a race start thinking about a future beyond our, or our childrens' childrens lives.

The problem comes from the assumption that God exists. If we would start from the fact that there is no God I'm sure we would take better care of the environment as we wouldn't get a 2nd chance.