I’m not against eating meat, I oppose the cruel treatment of animals

Question: I have read your article on Animal Rights and the Bible and it was enlightening.  I am a Vegan and animal rights activist.  I am not against people eating meat, I wish they wouldn’t, but that is their choice.  What I and all activists are opposed to here is the cruel and inhumane treatment of…

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Why are animals put to death when it is the person who sins?

Question: God condemns bestiality in Leviticus 18:23, but why does He command that the animal be put to death in Exodus 22:19. Answer: Unlike animals, man is given a spirit in the likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27). In part, this gives man the ability to operate contrary to instinct. We have the ability to choose…

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Why do animals have feelings if they are just food?

Question: I have some questions that I desperately need to be answered regarding some of the statements in “Did Jesus Eat Meat?” These questions are not sarcastic or rhetorical, I’m simply seeking answers. If God meant for man to eat animals, then why did he give them nerves that allow them to feel pain when…

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Since man was given dominion, does that justify dogfighting?

Question: With all of the recent events taking place with football player Michael Vick, there are people who are using Genesis 1:26, specifically the word “dominion,” to justify dogfighting. What is your thinking on this? Answer: “And the Lord said, “Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over…

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Isn’t the raising of animals disrespectful of the animal’s life?

Question: Essentially everything that is edible can be food, but how we make that selection is what makes the difference.  I noticed that most people who defend indiscriminate meat-eating look at all life and automatically revert to the thought process of “how can it benefit me”.  There is a huge flaw in this type of…

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What does God say about respect for life and His creation?

Question: I just read your article, “Did Jesus Eat Meat?”, and I have a question that I know I could find an answer to, but an educated perspective will be even better, in addition to my own research. What does God and the Bible say about respect for life and His creation? Answer: When God…

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Was it right to put our old dog to sleep?

Question: My wife of 5 months (we have dated for 8 years) had a dog 17 years old. One year ago it had lost the use of its back leg, so it had to be helped outside with each step. About 3 weeks ago it had a stroke and wasn’t able to walk at all,…

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God wouldn’t allow His creation to kill each other

Question: Jesus might have eaten fish, but by no means did he or God say ”Let us kill everything that walks.” If he said that we could eat meat, then why on earth would killing a human be murder? We are all equal. That’s what the Lord says. Therefore, none of us should eat animals!…

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Man and Beast

by Bryan Matthew Dockens In view of modern “animal rights” activism, it is appropriate to consider the proper relationship of man to beast. Animals Are Inferior to Man On the sixth day God created the animals and declared His creation “good” (Genesis 1:25), but that same day “God created man in His own image” (Genesis…

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Notes on Animal Rights

Kindness Necessary Exodus 23:5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it. Exodus 23:12 Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest,…

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Is it okay to wear animal skin or furs?

Question: Is it okay to wear animal skin or furs? Answer: Before sending Adam and Eve out of the garden because of their sin, God made them proper clothing to replace their inadequate clothing made from fig leaves. “Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them” (Genesis 3:21).…

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I’m disappointed you didn’t answer my question about animals.

I find it very interesting that you choose to ignore passages from the Bible that do not condone the inhumane treatment of animals. You still haven’t answered my question. I suppose you will not answer it and continue to divert the subject to something it’s not about. Unfortunately, I see I already know the answer.…

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Don’t you feel any compassion for the suffering animals?

Question: Thank you for your reply. I do appreciate it; however, you have not answered my question: do you feel any mercy or compassion for those animals’ suffering? How do you think it would feel to have been killed with a bow and arrow? Also, I note your extreme defensiveness and hostility toward me in…

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Don’t you feel sorry for the animals?

Question: I just finished reading your self-justifications for killing helpless innocent animals. Let me ask you this and please be honest with your answer – Don’t you feel any sadness, compassion or do you ever imagine the physical pain/suffering the animal is feeling? Do you really believe that animals were put on this earth to…

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I’m offended that you defend eating meat

Question: I would just like to say that I am a Christian and a vegetarian.  I was kind of offended by your defending of eating meat.  You made it sound like anyone who doesn’t eat meat is ridiculous.  And your implication that vegetarianism is a departure from Christianity is very wrong and offensive.  I also don’t think…

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Evidence that meat is acceptable food offends a reader

Question: It is very strange for you to promote the most horrible farm animals’ suffering by support meat/dairy/egg consumption in our society of factory farms and meatpacking plants where terrified, trembling animals are on one side and cut up meat comes out from another side! Your messages are the reason why so many people want…

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Can we love and care for animals?

Question: My husband tells my daughter and I it is wrong for us to love and take care of our animals. He claims the Bible says to take care of persons, not animals. Is this right? I know we are to take care of people for they are our brothers and sisters in Christ, but…

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Animal Rights and the Bible

by Darryl G. Treat (With special thanks to Jeff Hamilton and Dana Treat) Is it morally wrong to hunt, kill and eat animals?  Do you or someone you know believe that it is?  Some animal rights activists have even made the claim that Jesus was a vegetarian, and in order to show respect for God’s…

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