Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 That was great! I would suspect that most PETA folks are pro-choice....hmmmm? Guess you haven't left for your meeting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Gretchen, Christian or not doesn't matter - I send kudos to your daughter for a well written and concise letter with excellent meat to it's arguments. I love her characterization that PETA has " moral confusion " - very polite :-) I notice there is a new diet on the market called The Maker's diet - seems to be based on the Bible's Jewish diet - plenty of meat to that too. I have a client who is on it, who used to be vegetarian but got so ill he had to change - and so I suggested a diet for him that is common to Maker's diet and Type O - not hard to do, they have much in common :-) Namaste, Irene > PETA's moral confusion over what constitutes " ethical treatment " of turkeys and others stems from a false equation of man and animals. For the group to attempt to drag churches down with them in their befuddlement and to co-opt Christianity in making their argument for veganism is either ignorant or arrogant, because God (who created all) has never had difficulty distinguishing among his creatures and assigning them their proper roles. > > -Man was created separately from the other animals and given dominion over and responsibility for them (Genesis 1). > > -God gave mankind all animals for food but commanded the animals not to kill humans (Genesis 9:3-6). > > -God later gave the Jews more specific instructions on their diet, including which animals they were to consider unclean but also which were for food (Leviticus 11). > > -Jesus ate meat, including fish (Luke 24:42) and the Passover lamb at the Last Supper (Luke 22; Exodus 12). A person who is vegetarian for moral reasons is attempting to be holier than Jesus, a futile project and foolish for anyone who claims to be His follower. > -- Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom. P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703. http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Irene, I second your opinion. Gretchen, I have to agree your daughter stated the " Christian confusion " very nicely and politely. I know my thinking wasn't as nice. Re: PETA and turkeys > > Gretchen, > Christian or not doesn't matter - I send kudos to your daughter for a > well written and concise letter with excellent meat to it's arguments. > > I love her characterization that PETA has " moral confusion " - very > polite :-) > > I notice there is a new diet on the market called The Maker's diet - > seems to be based on the Bible's Jewish diet - plenty of meat to that > too. I have a client who is on it, who used to be vegetarian but got so > ill he had to change - and so I suggested a diet for him that is common > to Maker's diet and Type O - not hard to do, they have much in common :-) > > Namaste, > Irene > > > PETA's moral confusion over what constitutes " ethical treatment " of turkeys and others stems from a false equation of man and animals. For the group to attempt to drag churches down with them in their befuddlement and to co-opt Christianity in making their argument for veganism is either ignorant or arrogant, because God (who created all) has never had difficulty distinguishing among his creatures and assigning them their proper roles. > > > > -Man was created separately from the other animals and given dominion over and responsibility for them (Genesis 1). > > > > -God gave mankind all animals for food but commanded the animals not to kill humans (Genesis 9:3-6). > > > > -God later gave the Jews more specific instructions on their diet, including which animals they were to consider unclean but also which were for food (Leviticus 11). > > > > -Jesus ate meat, including fish (Luke 24:42) and the Passover lamb at the Last Supper (Luke 22; Exodus 12). A person who is vegetarian for moral reasons is attempting to be holier than Jesus, a futile project and foolish for anyone who claims to be His follower. > > > -- > Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom. > P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703. > http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html > Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 BRAVO! Very well said! Pat PETA and turkeys My daughter the vet student had a letter published in the newspaper about PETA and Thanksgiving turkeys. Following is her explanation of why she wrote the letter to the editor, followed by her letter. I send it along for the benefit of any Christians on this list. And Happy Thanksgiving to all! --Gretchen [now from my daughter] News from the scene: read an article in Tuesday's Enterprise about how PETA asked a Baptist church not to serve turkey at their Thanksgiving potluck dinner. If they agreed to go all veggie, PETA would provide all the Tofurkey they could eat...the pastor said no thanks, they'd continue as always and they didn't think it was a sin to eat meat, but they did believe in treating animals humanely. The rest of the article was a series of quotes from Mr PETA man about how turkeys are all created as individuals by God, just like dogs and cats, and how slaughtering them is an outrage against God. They sent the church a video from the Christian Vegetarian Association or something like that... Yesterday there was a column by Bob Dunning on this subject, defending the Baptist church as good folks and ending with the observation that PETA's quote from St Francis about all creatures coming from the " same paternal heartbeat of God " sounded rather pro-life to him--all things with beating hearts--and if PETA would come out against abortion, he'd forgo his Thanksgiving turkey. [following is my daughter's letter to the editor] Editor: PETA's moral confusion over what constitutes " ethical treatment " of turkeys and others stems from a false equation of man and animals. For the group to attempt to drag churches down with them in their befuddlement and to co-opt Christianity in making their argument for veganism is either ignorant or arrogant, because God (who created all) has never had difficulty distinguishing among his creatures and assigning them their proper roles. -Man was created separately from the other animals and given dominion over and responsibility for them (Genesis 1). -God gave mankind all animals for food but commanded the animals not to kill humans (Genesis 9:3-6). -God later gave the Jews more specific instructions on their diet, including which animals they were to consider unclean but also which were for food (Leviticus 11). -Jesus ate meat, including fish (Luke 24:42) and the Passover lamb at the Last Supper (Luke 22; Exodus 12). A person who is vegetarian for moral reasons is attempting to be holier than Jesus, a futile project and foolish for anyone who claims to be His follower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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