Posts Tagged ‘animal rights’
Kill and Eat
by Terry Wane Benton Peter’s Vision Acts 10:9-12 In Acts 10 Peter was told by God in a vision to kill and eat the animals, and there was a wide assortment, some of which God had forbidden to the Jews under the Old covenant. God explained that those unclean animals (off-limits to the Jews before)…
Read MoreWas Jesus a Vegetarian?
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WasJesusAVegetarian.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Genesis 9:1-7 I. Back in 1999, the Omaha World-Herald had a hilarious article on a then new advertising campaign by PETA. [Bill Broadway, “Jesus Used in Latest PETA Ads,” Omaha World-Herald, 17 March 1999] A. They claimed that Jesus was a vegetarian. B. Their “evidence”? 1. A belief that Jesus was an…
Read MoreIs everything in the Bible applicable today?
Question: Would Jesus have advocated the disgusting torture that animals endure throughout their lives in present-day slaughterhouses? While you clearly say eating dead animals is okay by God and the Bible, the Bible also says slavery is fine and selling one’s daughter is okay. So, is absolutely everything in the Bible truly applicable to present-day…
Read MoreThe article on animal rights is pitiable
Question: [This note was left unedited since it offers critique of this website.] I’m shaking my head in pity because I feel such sorrow for the author of this sadly poorly unjust literature. Cognitive rehab is available. I just want to let the author know Killing wildlife as a means of cultural survival ( clothing, food,…
Read MoreYou misused verses in “Did Jesus Eat Meat?”
Question: I was just reading Was Jesus a Vegetarian? Did Jesus Eat Meat? on your website, and I came across this passage: “It is true that in the beginning, mankind only ate vegetables (Genesis 1:29-30). However, this was changed when Noah departed the ark. “Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I…
Read MoreIs it wrong to feed my reptiles live insects?
Question: I was happy to find your answer: “God used bugs to annoy the Egyptians.” This eased my conscience a bit but, my question is this: I am feeding my reptiles and frogs live crickets and meal worms specifically bred as reptile food. Recently when I watch the crickets run and scramble as if they…
Read MoreSustainable Agriculture Opposed
Source: “Amid uproar, college euthanizes farm ox,” Omaha World-Herald, 12 November 2012. “Sustainable agriculture is a way of raising food that is healthy for consumers and animals, does not harm the environment, is humane for workers, respects animals, provides a fair wage to the farmer, and supports and enhances rural communities” [“What Is Sustainable Agriculture?”]. Sounds…
Read MoreJesus is a vegan!
Question: I’M SURE WHEN THE THREE WISE MEN CAME TO THE BIRTH OF JESUS THEY SALUGHTER AND ATE THE ANIMALS IN THE MANGER, JESUS NEVER FED THE NULTITUDES FISH IT WAS A HERB “FISHWEED” JESUS CLEANSED THE TEMPLE WITH A WHIP THEY WERE SELLING HIS CREATION TO EAT, AND HE WILL CLEANSE YOU “OUT” OF…
Read MoreYou can’t claim that men can eat meat because Adam and Eve did not exist!
Question: I am not going to spend the time on pointing out the contradictions and major flaws in your ‘bible-based’ theories about why animals may be hunted,slaughtered and consumed at our peril, for the entire article and your reasoning is so deraged that it would probably be a waste of time. Just for the record:…
Read MoreDo we fail terribly if we consume animals?
Question: When we are in heaven all is perfect. Isaiah 65:25 says, “The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.” In heaven, no one will…
Read MoreI’m 100% with you on what you say about animal rights
Question: I’ve read what you’ve said about animal rights not being biblically correct, and I’m 100% with you on that. Sometimes it’s very hard to hear people go on and on about animal rights. Animals are not people. Jesus mentioned in Matthew how we are worth more than the sparrows. Thank you for writing out all these…
Read MoreJesus would never be a part of a religion that sacrificed animals!
Question: Christ would have not been the person, the all perfect being, to have believed in this cult of animal sacrifices. Also he was a vegetarian. He would not have created innocent sentinent animals for his personal lust of murdering them in an abhoring debauchery way for sacrifice and food. Stop spewing this false teaching.…
Read MoreWhy do you feel the need to promote killing animals when God did not mandate this?
Question: Why do you feel the need to promote killing animals when God did not mandate this? I am a Christian and I don’t feel the need to kill an animal when I have other alternatives. Why do you think choosing compassion over death is wrong? Answer: “And the fear of you and the dread…
Read MoreWhy do you teach about eating meat when there are more important issues in the world?
Question: Hi, The word violence means “extreme force”. Psalm 145:8-10 Jehovah is kind and merciful slow to get angry, full of love. He is good to everyone and his compassion is intertwined with everything he does. All living things shall thank you Lord and your people will bless you. Psalm 11:5-7 He puts the righteous…
Read MoreI appreciate that the article on Jesus eating meat was justified with Scripture
Question: My daughter is a vegetarian and an animal rights activist. Although I knew that Jesus ate meat, I needed the reminder. I appreciate very much your article on “Was Jesus a Vegetarian?” I appreciate how you used the scripture passages to verify each point you made. Thank you for making this information available on…
Read MoreYour article on Jesus eating meat helped me
Question: Hey, just wanted to say how helpful your site’s article about Jesus eating meat was. I had some vegetarians telling me that their choice to not eat meat was rooted in their deep Christian beliefs. Your site helped me show them the truth. Answer: I’m glad you found the material useful.
Read MoreCan’t people use fake fur instead of animal skins?
Question: first of all, people can where fake fur, and do not have to have animals skins. These animals are tortured in fur farms in China. It sound to me that you are just looking for a way to mold God into you world where you can teach your children to get OFF on hunting…
Read MorePeople are really bashing the Bible and Jesus’ teaching in attempting to forbid the eating of meat
Question: I’m a hunter who’s also a Christian and I see no problem with providing food for my family. People are really bashing the Bible and is twisting Jesus’ teachings to their liking. I read the ‘Was Jesus a Vegetarian?’ and I loved it! Answer: Thank you for your kind words. Yes, there are all sorts…
Read MoreIf eating meat is right, then why did Paul say he would never again eat meat?
Question: This may be an old issue, but doesn’t Paul also say that if someone is offended he would ‘never again eat meat’? Also, I wonder how you could write that God would consider killing animals lightly because that is not the impression I get from Isaiah. Answer: I always wonder about people who make…
Read MoreIs it bad to kill bugs?
Question: This is probably going to sound like a very strange question, but is it a sin to kill bugs? Normally I try to save all the bugs that I can, even the spiders and transport them outside so they’ll be nice and safe and happy. My parents laugh at me because I try so…
Read MoreDid God clothe Adam and Eve with feathers?
Question: Hi. The Bible does not specify what God used to clothe Adam and Eve with. Jewish commentary mentions the idea that the Nachash molted and that God used this to cover their nakedness. Answer: “Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them” (Genesis 3:21). The Hebrew word…
Read MoreWhy don’t you quote noted animal rights activists?
Question: Upon reading some of the content on your website (admittedly, not the majority, as it’s quite voluminous), I focused primarily on the animal rights content and the Roman Catholic Church Demonination section. I am curious because, upon doing a search, I couldn’t find any listings for Dr. Albert Schweitzer. His “Reverence for Life” philosophy would seem to be…
Read MoreIf a driver purposely runs over a dog, is that murder?
Question: Honestly, I don’t know how I stumbled onto your web site, but I am glad that I did. I read through the majority of the “Question Answered 2010” and thought your advice was appropriate to the questions. So here is my question: I was sharing a conversation with my teen-aged daughter. I told her…
Read MoreIs it sinful to mistreat animals?
Question: In regards to “What about those farmers who torture their animals?” “There are laws in every state opposing cruelty to animals. I daily read about accounts where they are being enforced. Farmers who mistreat their livestock would not stay in business. Mistreated animals don’t make good breeders or good food.” If we want to…
Read MoreWhat about those farmers who torture their animals?
Question: What about these awful farms that keep calves anemic and torture them just to offer veal on a menu when we already have meat choices. At one point is it torture? Do you feel God would accept the way we farm today? Is there a list of Christian farmers that can be circulated to…
Read MoreWhy can animals be used for food, but not men?
Question: If “Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs” according to your post on PETA’s statement that Jesus did not eat meat – what prevents people from eating each other? I am a vegetarian who eats fish. I am not a follower of…
Read MoreDon’t big companies mistreat animals?
Question: I read your article about the Bible and animal rights, and I see that it is right on. Anyone with biblical knowledge knows it is. My problem is not with the use of animals for food or leather, etc, but with the unbiblical practices of big agriculture, which unduly confines, often beats, and misuses animals.…
Read MoreLet Us Make Man in Our Image: Genesis 1:26-27
by Doy Moyer via Gospel Guide; Nov., 1995; Vol. 27, No. 10. Man, which includes male and female, was created “in the image of God.” This makes man unique among all creation. Man is not just another animal. He is a being specially created after God’s own image. This is why animal life is not…
Read MoreIsn’t the only reason God allowed Noah to eat meat was because it was convenient?
Question: I came across your article when doing research in the bible and trying to find an answer in why is the world so evil. Interestingly man is of course evil as it is evil to animals. No other animal on the planet will use another in the same way. So why can man? I saw…
Read MoreIf God wanted us to eat meat, why did He give animals defenses?
Question: If God wanted us really to eat meat, then why did He make animals with senses? Why give animals some kind of self-defense? If really Noah’s word is true, why don’t you eat the flesh of a tiger every day? Why don’t you yourself go and kill a python or a shark and eat…
Read MoreShame on Christians who think God ordained that they should eat meat
Question: To consume animals that begged for mercy in their own tongue is not conducive to manifesting the fruits of the spirit “as found in Galatians” in fact it is impossible to harm man or beast and still manifest such fruit. Those who are not merciful will be denied mercy themselves Matthew 5 Also, it is…
Read MoreI don’t care about the Bible, but don’t you see the cruelty in killing animals for food?
Question: I am not concerned as to what the Bible says or not about animals, it contradicts itself. However, I am looking at human behavior and their attitude toward meat. We don’t really care where it comes from, as long as it is cheap. We don’t see the torture, abuse, and violation of these creatures…
Read MorePETA exists because people kill animals sinfully
Question: Your story was filled with half-truths. PETA exists, not because people eat animals, but because people kill animals sinfully. Do you think God wanted our meat packaging companies to use a .45 to shoot a cow in the head before hanging them upside down, slicing their necks and letting them bleed to death? You…
Read MoreThe change in food laws was an act of the Roman Catholic church
Question: I was reading your article you had done concerning Animal Rights and the Bible, and upon reading it you stated that the Most High had given Israel food laws, and then stated the Most High changed the food laws in the book of Acts. Sir, that teaching is totally false and because the Roman Catholic…
Read MoreWhat kind of skin did God make for Adam and Eve after their sin?
Question: I found this article interesting and informative, but wished to correct one piece of information. God didn’t kill any animals to clothe Adam and Eve, that Bible quote is referring to Him creating our skin. Because after eating from the forbidden tree, Adam and Eve realized they were naked — so they couldn’t have been clothed…
Read MoreYou can’t prove that Jesus wasn’t a vegetarian!
Question: So many governments have launched numberless campaigns worldwide to make money that in the end will be spent on unlawful ways. You dubbed “hilarious” to kill innocent and helpless animals to the men’s satisfaction and greed. You dubbed “hilarious” to think of Jesus as a vegetarian. Can you prove undoubtedly one cannot live by eating vegetables alone?…
Read MoreThe Bible Does Not Teach Praying to Dead Animals
by Bob Lovelace Various kinds of religions offer congregants and those at large opportunities to participate in “a blessing of animals” ceremony. This often comes in October in celebration of the so-called “saint” of Catholicism – St. Francis of Assisi. Myth has it that he preached to the birds rather than to man as Christ…
Read MoreIs it wrong to raise dogs for fighting?
Question: What is God’s word about raising dogs, such as pit bulls, on chains their whole life and selling them for fighting or fighting them yourself? Answer: In Hebrew society, dogs were a despised animal. They were domesticated for guard duties (Job 30:1). But the problem is that there were no leash laws, dog catchers,…
Read MoreEven if Jesus existed, why did he last eat herbs and fruit?
Question: Wrong on ALL counts. So if he did exist, and some doubt it now, why did he lastly eat herb and fruit , reiterating genesis 1/29–perhaps he really was veggie -YOU don’t know You obviously don’t understand communion then. And god allowed carrion when he spoke to Noah, I am sure. Any fool with a microscope can…
Read MoreSo the Bible says it’s okay to kill animals, eat them, wear their skins, and even abuse them?
Question: i waz reading the “animalz rights and christianity” page ,so the bible is saying that killing all animal’s ,eating them ,wearing there skin ,and even if had abused 1 ,its okay? Answer: Typically I edit people’s poor grammar and spelling so that their question comes across more clearly. However, I decided that this question…
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