I
have always loved animals... they're so tasty! Seriously, I
love animals. Animals have a soul, which many people do not realize.
Of course, animals do NOT have a spirit, which us humans DO have. The
soul is composed of 3 elements: a MIND to think, a Heart to feel emotions,
and a WILL to decide. Animals, just as humans, posses these
characteristics. Animals can become sad, and depressed, if mistreated.
Likewise, animals are happy and content when we respect them as creatures of
God's divine handiwork and omnipotence. Animals do not have a sin-nature, as humans
do. We have a moral compass, i.e., a conscience about sin, that
animals do not have.
I don't like mean people and can't think of
anything more cruel and heartless, than to deliberately hurt an animal.
God gave us pets to love and comfort us. No one should ever hurt or be
mean to an animal for sport or recreation. Such people are
spiritual sick, and need to find the love of God.
PETA is Ridiculous on Animal Rights!
I am against PETA (People for the Ethical treatment of Animals) elevating animal rights to the status of human rights, to where they say we shouldn't even eat animals or use them for clothing...
"People who support animal rights believe that animals are not ours to use for food, clothing, entertainment, experimentation, or any other purpose and that animals deserve consideration of their best interests..."
Now that's crazy folks. The Word of God
plainly states in Genesis 9:3... "Every moving thing that liveth shall
be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things."
It was God who killed the first animals to make "coats of skins" for
Adam and Eve to wear... "Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God
make coats of skins, and clothed them." Biblically,
it is perfectly acceptable to kill animals for food and clothing. As
to how they are killed, that is a different story altogether. I
believe animals should be killed as painlessly and quickly as possible.
If that means a crossbow or a hunting rifle, then so be it.
Biblically, animals have no right to life if humans need them for food and
clothing. Of course, I do believe that greedy poachers, who don't care
if they wipe out an endangered species, should be arrested and brought to
trial. We must respect what God has given to us.
Fairness to Animals and Humane Treatment
Proverb 12:10 states... "A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." This Scripture refers specifically to animals which are made to perform work. It's ok to use animals to plow fields or perform work, but not in an abusive fashion. I was recently watching the History Channel, and they said that horses have been known to jump off cliffs, to commit suicide, if torturously worked to the point of misery. This is brutality, and such horse owners should be held liable for cruelty to animals. The Bible teaches FAIRNESS to animals in 1st Timothy 5:18... "For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward." If an animal performs work, it should be rewarded for his labor, and well treated. This is Biblical.
In Luke 12:6 we learn that animals are very important to God, and He keeps track of every one of them... "Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?" God sees every abused animal, and no tyrant will go unpunished.
I couldn't believe how cows
are abused in the milk business. Please read,
GOT PUS? Cows are
injected with Monsanto's Bovine-Growth-Hormone (BGH), which causes
the cows to produce 10 times their normal milk output, and PUS! To
counter the near-emergency medical state of the cows, the animals are pumped
full of antibiotics to kill all the pus. Yummy! This is animal
abuse!
Fairness to Humans and Humane Treatment
Again, the Bible does not prohibit meat or clothing from animals. Animal right's activists have gone way overboard, even demanding that people be charged with first-degree murder for killing animals. Americans especially, have gone insane with animal care. It is not uncommon nowadays for wealthy people to leave their entire estate to the their pet. Pet massage parlor's are popping up all over America. While 18,000 children starve to death EVERY DAY, Americans continue to spoil their animals. This year, total pet-related sales in the United States are projected to be $31 billion. An estimated $5 billion worth of holiday season gifts were offered – not to the poor – but to the roving family pets.
Environmental laws and animal
rights must NEVER come before human life and necessity. At the same
time, we need to respect God's creation and be sensible in our consumption
of the earth's resources. If we deforest a jungle, we should plant
another one. If we raise milk cattle, we should do so appropriately.
Biblically, God said that every living thing would reproduce "after his
kind" (Genesis 1:11,12). For modern scientists to
tamper with the DNA of living organisms, combing them, and producing
mutant species is dangerous.
Scientists have already produced
spider-goats, silk moth potatoes,
glow-in-the-dark pigs, cows with human organs, etc. Mankind cannot
play God without consequences!
PETA Does Good
to Expose Animal Abuse
I've included the following
information below from
PETA, because I think it's something that people need to be aware of;
HOWEVER, I don't endorse PETA because of their unbiblical view of animal
rights. The Bible allows us to KILL animals for human consumption and
clothing. I DO however think that PETA is sincere in exposing the
abuse of animals in the greedy livestock industry, and some of the things in
this video are very
disturbing. The average American eats 20-times more red meat than
necessary, which explains the abnormally high rate of diabetes,
heart-attacks, and other diet related health problems in the United States.
I am not a vegetarian, nor do I believe that the Bible encourages anyone to
be; HOWEVER, there is certainly nothing wrong with reducing the amount of
red meat which we eat, or in becoming a vegetarian for better health.
By the way, fresh farm raised meats are available from organic grocery
stores, where the animals were raised in a healthy and natural environment.
Of course, such meats cost considerably more. You decide.
Cruelty to Animals: Mechanized Madness
The green pastures and idyllic barnyard scenes of years past are now distant memories. On today's factory farms, animals are crammed by the thousands into filthy windowless sheds, wire cages, gestation crates, and other confinement systems. These animals will never raise their families, root in the soil, build nests, or do anything that is natural to them. They won't even feel the sun on their backs or breathe fresh air until the day they are loaded onto trucks bound for slaughter.Animals on today's factory farms have no legal protection from cruelty that would be illegal if it were inflicted on dogs or cats: neglect, mutilation, genetic manipulation, and drug regimens that cause chronic pain and crippling, transport through all weather extremes, and gruesome and violent slaughter. Yet farmed animals are no less intelligent or capable of feeling pain than are the dogs and cats we cherish as companions.
The factory farming system of modern agriculture strives to maximize output while minimizing costs. Cows, calves, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other animals are kept in small cages, in jam-packed sheds, or on filthy feedlots, often with so little space that they can't even turn around or lie down comfortably. They are deprived of exercise so that all their bodies' energy goes toward producing flesh, eggs, or milk for human consumption. The giant corporations that run most factory farms have found that they can make more money by cramming animals into tiny spaces, even though many of the animals get sick and some die. Industry journal National Hog Farmer explains, "Crowding Pigs Pays," and egg-industry expert Bernard Rollins writes that "chickens are cheap; cages are expensive."
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They are fed drugs to fatten them faster and to keep them alive in conditions that would otherwise kill them, and they are genetically altered to grow faster or to produce much more milk or eggs than they would naturally. Many animals become crippled under their own weight and die within inches of water and food.
While the suffering of all animals on factory farms is similar, each type of farmed animal faces different types of cruelty.
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God Cares about Animals
There is a wonderful Scripture in the Old Testament, the last verse of the Book of Jonah, where God expresses His concern for the animals in Nineveh . . .
“And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?” (Jonah 4:11).
In Jonah chapter 4, Jonah is upset with God for sparing judgment upon Nineveh. The people of Nineveh, the capital city of Assyria, repented of their evil ways and God decided not to destroy them. But Jonah wanted them destroyed, no doubt for all that he had been through in the belly of the whale. God saw that the Ninevites were sincere in their repentance, although they were ignorant concerning the truth. The Bible doesn't say they were saved, It simply says they repented of their “evil way” in Jonah 3:10. Nevertheless God had mercy upon them and spared them.
In Jonah 4:11 God informs Jonah that the people are ignorant of the truth, not knowing their right hand from their left, and also that their is MUCH CATTLE in Nineveh. That is a remarkable statement from God. If God were to destroy the people, then who would care for the animals?
Although the Scriptures plainly teach that mankind has dominion over all the animals on earth, the Bible also shows us that God cares about life in general, and does regard the life of each animal. Jesus said that God knows the whereabouts and condition of EVERY ANIMAL ON EARTH, teaching that not even a sparrow can fall from the sky without God allowing it to happen . . . “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father” (Matthew 10:29). This makes it difficult to understand why God allows animal abuse at all, or human abuse, but we know that sin always brings suffering, even for the innocent at times. We must always remember that it was Eve's rationalizing that caused her to eat of the forbidden tree, which influenced Adam to follow in sin, which plunged the human race into darkness and sin. Genesis 3:6 tells us that IN HER OWN MIND, Eve had fabricated 3 good excuses why she felt justified in disobeying God: 1) It was good for food, 2) The tree was pleasing to the eyes, 3) It was a desirable tree to make one wise. Oh, foolish Eve, she was her own worst enemy. People make the same horrible mistake today, looking for lame reasons to justify disobeying God, and the world continues in suffering, misery and darkness without Jesus Christ.
