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The command in Genesis 1 is a collective mandate for mankind as a whole, not a personal obligation on every individual — applying it to each person individually leads to absurd conclusions (e.g., condemning infertile people).

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 15) 00:03:03 – 00:03:33

Interpretive principle applied to Genesis 1:28.

Mike distinguishes a broad species-level mission statement from an individual obligation, arguing that infertility demonstrates the command cannot be universally individual.

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