Although I've been posting a lot about the cruelty to animals and how people like to become vegetarians most people feel that animals don't have rights or that they are supposed to be eaten.
In this article by Diane Dew she looks at animal rights through a biblical perspective. She quotes many scriptures(verses) from the bible to discuss animal rights. She states that God DOES condemn the cruelty to animals and he cares for animals. God expects people to provide animals with food, medical care, and rest however scriptures say that beast(meaning animals) should not be valued over man(all people). God gave man the power over animals for a reason. When it comes to the opposing of the use of animal fur Diane discusses that animal fur was worn and is talked about in the bible. The skins of animals and other parts of animals were used for clothes, shoes, leather for armor, and ivory. When it came to vegetarianism Jesus wasn't one and it is not wrong to eat meat. Jesus ate fish and did multiply them to give to his disciples. God made animals for many reasons and one of them was so that humanity could eat them and survive. In this article Diane also discusses inconsistencies about how our priorities are not right. Laws were made to protect animal before laws were even made for child abuse. She states that people who do not agree with abortions are viewed are extremists but those who don't agree with the killing of animals are viewed as lovers of life. I agree with her and she makes some great points. One of the great points she brings out that really had me thinking was this: "If it is wrong to wear fur or leather because these were once part of a living organism, then neither should we eat vegetables, for the same reason. Further, if there is no differentiation between human and animal life, neither should there be between animals and insects (is it wrong to kill a cockroach?), or plant life ... or viruses? Serious questions arise. Shall man cease all efforts to develop a means of destroying the AIDS virus, also a living organism, and obligate ourselves, rather, to ensuring the virus an environment conducive to its growth, and help it thrive? One can easily see the irrational conclusions that must be drawn from such a crooked line of thought." I think this is so true! If we say animals are equal to people because they are living things then we would have to say all the things she mentioned that are living are equal too but that would just be ridiculous. Proving that animals are not equal to humans. If they were they would be the ones making money and businesses and putting humans in cages.
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