"....message of pure evil.." stu?
and on what basis do you ascertain and pronounce something as evil?
...on your own subjective morality, I presume.
and to shimrod too, charging that the genesis dominion mandate is a license for selfishness, carelessness and destruction. adam was put into the garden to tend it,- which I suppose makes him some kind of conservationist! there are a number of other texts which teach care of animals and even trees.
that of course wont fit with your preconceived ideas of biblical teaching.
what you do seem to understand, is that if you grant the greater and more distinct properties of humanity, it might lead to implications of his being made in Gods image.
that will never do, will it?.