Should Christians Hunt?

[Breetai]

With the posts he was writing I doubt seriously he had much of a life

Who knows why people spend time on the internet? Everyone has their reasons.

Well, let's stop flaming the guy anyway. There's no point to it.

 

[RThibeault]

Who knows why people spend time on the internet? Everyone has their reasons.

Well, let's stop flaming the guy anyway. There's no point to it.

I agree. Let us focus on the topic in question. What's for dinner?

 

[Breetai]

I agree. Let us focus on the topic in question. What's for dinner?

Tuna salad.

 

[wildthing]

Speaking about not having much of a life....why do you think I'm here...

Tuna sounds good I have some smoked salmon and some trout....

 

[The_Horses_Boy]

Speaking about not have much of a life....why do you think I'm here...

Tuna sounds good I have some smoked salmon and some trout....

Oooo smoked salmon... so good!!!

And tuna salad - my veggie delight lol

 

[intricatic]

i dont agree with hunting full stop

society has moved on from something so primitive.

before u hunted for survival. i completly disagree with it as a sport

I hunt for survival from fast food and hormone-injected foods sold at grocery stores, as well as preservatives.

You want bad for your health? Take a look at the chemicals most consumer products have in them.

 

[RThibeault]

I think Romans 14 sums up my attitude fully.

Now accept the one who is weak in the faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgement on his opinions. One man has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only. Let not him who eats regard with contempt him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him...

And he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who does eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God...

For if because of food your brother is hurt,you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with food him for whom Christ died....

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteouness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

 

[wildthing]

Remember "Lu" is from the UK. The place where things that are fun is against the law and that they are subjects of their government while we are citizens with the right to own arms.

 

[Breetai]

Remember "Lu" is from the UK. The place where things that are fun is against the law and that they are subjects of there government while we are citizens with the right to own arms.

I took that into account.

It's also extremely difficult to get arms in Japan as well.

I have a couple of rifles in Canada. I don't like how guns are so restricted either, and need to be registered. It's just a silly money grab, as far as I'm concerned. Oh well, that's an entirely different discussion! Let's just say that I agree with the Mr. Ted Nugent a lot in this issue.

 

[intricatic]

Remember "Lu" is from the UK. The place where things that are fun is against the law and that they are subjects of there government while we are citizens with the right to own arms.

Ahhh, the joys of government subjugation.

 

[FluffyBadger]

Excuse me Breetai,what is that thing in your Avatar? Is that available for hunting?

 

[wildthing]

I certainly hope that Breetai's dog is avialable to go hunting with. I could use a good hunting partner to share the hunting camp with.

 

[bunnysfriend]

i havent read this whole thread but i thought i would add my views anyhoo. i dont have a problem with hunting, aslong as it is only for the purpose of eating what you kill. infact if i had it my way hunting would be the only way humans could eat meat as it would mean we ate less of it and there would be no more cruel intensive farming. Humans are greedy, we dont need to eat as much meat as we do, it should be a luxury like it was in the old days. professionals also say meat is not particulary good for you anyway!
As for hunting for sport, i think it is wrong wrong wrong! how a person can take pleasure out of killing a beautiful animal is beyond me. if you enjoy being outside and being in nature that is great, but why the need to kill what you go to watch? it is very sad. i think that people wil kill for fun and enjoy death are sick and wrong, especially those who cut off their victims heads and hang them on the wall as trophies. that animal no longer has its beauty while it was alive. i just dont get this attitude, "look me man, me kill inferior animal!" it is pathetic, a way of making yourselves feel superiour and masculine.

 

[Breetai]

Excuse me Breetai,what is that thing in your Avatar? Is that available for hunting?

Are you available for hunting? How fast can you run?

 

[Breetai]

i havent read this whole thread but i thought i would add my views anyhoo. i dont have a problem with hunting, aslong as it is only for the purpose of eating what you kill. infact if i had it my way hunting would be the only way humans could eat meat as it would mean we ate less of it and there would be no more cruel intensive farming. Humans are greedy, we dont need to eat as much meat as we do, it should be a luxury like it was in the old days. professionals also say meat is not particulary good for you anyway!
As for hunting for sport, i think it is wrong wrong wrong! how a person can take pleasure out of killing a beautiful animal is beyond me. if you enjoy being outside and being in nature that is great, but why the need to kill what you go to watch? it is very sad. i think that people wil kill for fun and enjoy death are sick and wrong, especially those who cut off their victims heads and hang them on the wall as trophies. that animal no longer has its beauty while it was alive. i just dont get this attitude, "look me man, me kill inferior animal!" it is pathetic, a way of making yourselves feel superiour and masculine.

The feminist forum is over there ---------->

 

[bunnysfriend]

its got nothing to do with feminism! its got to do with taking pleasure out of killing and death.

 

[Blackmarch]

I used to hunt but have since quit, i have thought long and hard on this issue.
When you kill something no matter what it is be it a human or a fruit fly you are TAKING AWAY all it HAS and all that it will EVER have...

We as christians have a choice, the majority of us do not need to hunt for food but hunt for the pleasure of the sport, I have heard many hunters say in defense say " I like being outdoors " OK! yet you need to hunt? a.k.a. KILL, why not hike, camp, or better yet outdoor/wildlife photography.

I also hear a number of Hunters say that it is a means of continuing on a tradition... to which i say, Slave traders held certain parts of their business as "traditions" yet they were WRONG...

The majority of us dont need to hunt for our food there is enough violence and death and killings committed on a daily basis in the worlds slaughterhouses.,,,,,,

I wil leave you with a few quotes to think about:

Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies... that which to us
is merely an evening's meal, but to them is life itself.
-- T. Casey Brenna


We are all God's creatures--that we pray to God for mercy and justice while we
continue to eat the flesh of animals that are slaughtered on our account is not
consistent.
-- Isaac Bashevis Singer


We pray on Sundays that we may have light
To guide our footsteps on the path we tread;
We are sick of war, we don't want to fight,
And yet we gorge ourselves upon the dead.
-- George Bernard Shaw

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man, we call him a vandal. When
he wantonly destroys one of the works of God, we call him a sportsman.
-- Joseph Wood Krutch

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he
eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his
appetite. And to act so is immoral.
-- Leo Tolstoy


And when I think of the suffering of the creatures in our factory farms,
laboratories, puppy mills, or of any animal neglected or mistreated by man, for me there is no more powerful question than to ask: "What would the Good Shepherd
think of this?"
-- Matthew Scully

Only if it's for food.

 

[jgarden]

Hunting for the sake of hunting has a tinge of the "sadistic." Having power over other life forms is a responsibility, not a blank check to destroy for entertainment.

 

[wildthing]

Here is a few little facts for your nonsport hunters.

My state ranks second in car deer accidents.

In the United States there are bout 1.5 million vehichicle-deer collisions per year. This cost about 1.1 billion dollars in vehicle damage. Of these 150 lives were lost, someone father, mother, brother and sister (my girl friend) in all 10,000 injuries.

The econmpics of having a sport hunting is great. 3.3 billion dollars per year were poured in to the state economy. People who live in the Northern part of Michigan could support their families.

Un controlled deer population has cost a friend, who is a framer of 750 acres $26,000 per year in damges to his farm land.

Sport hunting is a good thing.

 

[bunnysfriend]

what does more harm to the planet, cars or deer? if humans shared the planet with the animals properly, and were more considereate, less greedy, we would not have this problem. farmers can protect their land from deer without kiling them. people should drive less. deer populations can be controlled without killing for fun.