I don't see it as a cruel act that God would bring about the death of plants and animals before Adam sinned. |
It is through Jesus Christ, the Son of God that never sinned, that God is kind, graceful, to His other potential children who do sin. |
As with the incident of the golden calf only a small percentage of the people sinned, yet the entire nation is held accountable. |
Because we sinned and thus committed high treason against the God of creation, we don't even deserve to exist! |
Every week they sinned quite a bit but on a Friday they would go and confess, do whatever they had to do as penance, then go out sinning again. |
Basically if you knew that you had sinned you would wait until a pardoner was in your region selling an indulgence and purchase one. |