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Is killing animals for no reason wrong?
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Gen 9:3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you.Just as gave you the green plants,I now give you everything. God allows us to kill animals for food.to kill them for any other reason is to disrespect what God created.
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If anyone is interested in where the story of the talking Donkey and his master Baalam it is in numbers 22 starting with the first verse.
It was a talking Donkey not Mule like I had said before.
It was a talking Donkey not Mule like I had said before.
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Pro 12:10
"A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. "
"A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. "
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Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
DOMINION, n. [L. See Dominant.]
1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling.
The dominion of the Most High is an everlasting dominion. Daniel 4.
2. Power to direct, control, use and dispose of at pleasure; right of possession and use without being accountable; as the private dominion of individuals.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
DOMINION, n. [L. See Dominant.]
1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling.
The dominion of the Most High is an everlasting dominion. Daniel 4.
2. Power to direct, control, use and dispose of at pleasure; right of possession and use without being accountable; as the private dominion of individuals.
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I think it is wrong to hurt or kill animals for no reason, but if I knew of a person committing these acts I would be slightly more concerned about that person, and his mental state - than I would be about the animal itself. Such acts must be born out of sickness, and probably lead to further sickness of the mind and heart. Sin is often sin because it damages the person comitting it.
I worry about a person who would do such things. I worry about the animals too, and I worry about what it does to the delicate balance of our ecosystem. But I can't help wondering about the person especially.
I actually stress out over this question. I really detest insects, and spiders. What I've finally concluded is that if they are in or on my house -- I kill them. (I feel guilty about the harmless ones though, especially crickets and spiders. But I can't handle them being in the house.)
If they are in nature (their house) I will leave them alone. So I don't kill bugs on the sidewalk or at the park. Now, there was one time that hornets established a nest in our backyard and I sprayed them. But they were invading my space. I would not spray a nest of hornets -- say, at the State Park. This will be the first year I've had a real garden, so we'll see if I can manage without poisons, etc. I hope to. I will slap mosquitos, but my first line of defense is to wear bug repellent. It makes me sad when a bee stings and then dies afterwards. It would have been best for everyone if the bee had been avoided in the first place.
I'm not sure what it says about me, that I wrestle with this question at all.
Was it John who said that he can tell if a person is going to heaven or not by the way they treat their animals? Hmmm. I really don't like my husband's dog. I don't hurt him, but I really feel no affection for him, and mostly he has learned to stay out of my way because I tend to shout at him. He is like a big baby, who drools a lot, and he really makes a lot of work for me, and I don't have the energy for him. Does my disdain for this animal put my soul at risk?
Sorry for the long ramblings...... Oh, will my old beloved cat be in heaven when I get there? I'm not sure I want to go if she won't be.
I worry about a person who would do such things. I worry about the animals too, and I worry about what it does to the delicate balance of our ecosystem. But I can't help wondering about the person especially.
I actually stress out over this question. I really detest insects, and spiders. What I've finally concluded is that if they are in or on my house -- I kill them. (I feel guilty about the harmless ones though, especially crickets and spiders. But I can't handle them being in the house.)
If they are in nature (their house) I will leave them alone. So I don't kill bugs on the sidewalk or at the park. Now, there was one time that hornets established a nest in our backyard and I sprayed them. But they were invading my space. I would not spray a nest of hornets -- say, at the State Park. This will be the first year I've had a real garden, so we'll see if I can manage without poisons, etc. I hope to. I will slap mosquitos, but my first line of defense is to wear bug repellent. It makes me sad when a bee stings and then dies afterwards. It would have been best for everyone if the bee had been avoided in the first place.
I'm not sure what it says about me, that I wrestle with this question at all.
Was it John who said that he can tell if a person is going to heaven or not by the way they treat their animals? Hmmm. I really don't like my husband's dog. I don't hurt him, but I really feel no affection for him, and mostly he has learned to stay out of my way because I tend to shout at him. He is like a big baby, who drools a lot, and he really makes a lot of work for me, and I don't have the energy for him. Does my disdain for this animal put my soul at risk?
Sorry for the long ramblings...... Oh, will my old beloved cat be in heaven when I get there? I'm not sure I want to go if she won't be.
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