by Cowboy Bob Sorensen
One aspect of the extreme environmentalist movement is to give "rights" to animals, even going so far as to call them non-human persons. Naturally, vegans also saddle up to ride for this brand, which is primarily based on evolutionary thinking. Professing Christians are also joining in. Christians and creationists need to think logically, and not fall for emotional manipulation tactics, nor get their values from worldly thinking.
Be wary of word games, because not only do extremists use loaded, emotion-provoking terminology, but they redefine words. It is interesting that just before I wrote this, I saw a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode called "Lonely Among Us". Commander Riker told someone, "We no longer enslave animals for food purposes". Enslave? A slave is a person, not an animal. We are also told that killing animals is "murder". When trophy hunter Melissa Bachman showed off her kills, she was castigated for murdering animals, and ironically, some people wanted her to be murdered!
Then there's the word person. The idea of a non-human person is ridiculous. It amazes me that some people wanted legal rights for an orangutan, and took the case to court. Also, some want rights for chimpanzees. I guess the next time we send one up in a rocket, we need to have the critter sign off on it to make the whole thing legal.
There are people who use emotional manipulation and lack of thinking by going to the extreme, "You don't care that animals are tortured!" Did anyone say that? Sorry, not interested in defending something I, or we, did not say, and do not believe. We were created by God, in his image. Animals were created as well, so we do not share an evolutionary lineage. For that matter, we should be able to kill all we want to be consistent with evolutionary views, you savvy? But knowledgeable Christians do not act that way, because God made us stewards of his creation, and we are not to abuse it. These facts are found in Genesis, but liberal theology does not recognize it as legitimate or even important.
Some owlhoots at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, a part of the Southern Baptist Convention, put up a video with a Roman Catholic comparing animal rights with the pro-life position, and was scornful that pro-lifers were not involved in animal rights. (That's just as sideways as the tinhorns that claim my political views negate everything I write and post about creation science). It's called being focused, and not chasing rabbit trails. Do enough of that, and you lose sight of your calling, old son.
This article was inspired by a discussion on The Dividing Line by Dr. James White. Since I prefer to avoid embedding longer videos here, I'll link to the appropriate part, which takes about 24 minutes of the 1 hr. 41 min. episode. While the whole thing is interesting, I know y'all are busy, so this link should take you to the 54 min. 34 sec. mark. Please give it a look. If you want the MP3, Sermon Audio has it at this link. Interesting that what he says parallels several things that I have said, but he has quite a bit more to say on the subject that I should let you hear him cover.
One aspect of the extreme environmentalist movement is to give "rights" to animals, even going so far as to call them non-human persons. Naturally, vegans also saddle up to ride for this brand, which is primarily based on evolutionary thinking. Professing Christians are also joining in. Christians and creationists need to think logically, and not fall for emotional manipulation tactics, nor get their values from worldly thinking.
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Then there's the word person. The idea of a non-human person is ridiculous. It amazes me that some people wanted legal rights for an orangutan, and took the case to court. Also, some want rights for chimpanzees. I guess the next time we send one up in a rocket, we need to have the critter sign off on it to make the whole thing legal.
There are people who use emotional manipulation and lack of thinking by going to the extreme, "You don't care that animals are tortured!" Did anyone say that? Sorry, not interested in defending something I, or we, did not say, and do not believe. We were created by God, in his image. Animals were created as well, so we do not share an evolutionary lineage. For that matter, we should be able to kill all we want to be consistent with evolutionary views, you savvy? But knowledgeable Christians do not act that way, because God made us stewards of his creation, and we are not to abuse it. These facts are found in Genesis, but liberal theology does not recognize it as legitimate or even important.
Some owlhoots at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, a part of the Southern Baptist Convention, put up a video with a Roman Catholic comparing animal rights with the pro-life position, and was scornful that pro-lifers were not involved in animal rights. (That's just as sideways as the tinhorns that claim my political views negate everything I write and post about creation science). It's called being focused, and not chasing rabbit trails. Do enough of that, and you lose sight of your calling, old son.
This article was inspired by a discussion on The Dividing Line by Dr. James White. Since I prefer to avoid embedding longer videos here, I'll link to the appropriate part, which takes about 24 minutes of the 1 hr. 41 min. episode. While the whole thing is interesting, I know y'all are busy, so this link should take you to the 54 min. 34 sec. mark. Please give it a look. If you want the MP3, Sermon Audio has it at this link. Interesting that what he says parallels several things that I have said, but he has quite a bit more to say on the subject that I should let you hear him cover.