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Monday, March 24, 2008
Can We Improve Our Health by Showing Compassion to God’s Animals?
Welcome to the weekly CVA blog! In it you will find famous quotes, news and commentaries.
1. Tough Penalties for Processing Downer Cows
2. Famous quote – Amenohis IV aka Akhenaton (1353 - 1335 BC), Egyptian pharaoh, revolutionary, "The Heretic King”. Banned animal sacrifice and traditional Egyptian religion and instituted a religion based on compassion and monotheism.
3. Vegetarian Athlete - Prince Fielder
4. Bible verse – Galatians 5:22-23
5. Exploiting Poultry Has A Human Cost
1. Tough Penalties for Processing Downer Cows: Yesterday, a team of senators introduced legislation to impose tougher penalties, including the permanent closure, for companies that process downer cattle. The legislation states fines for first-time offenders, a one-year suspension in operations for second-time offenders, and finally third-time offenders would be shut down permanently. Senator Feinstein said, "Companies responsible for this kind of activity shouldn't just receive a slap on the wrist,"... "The safety of our food supply cannot be taken lightly."
To read the full article please visit Risky cattle use needs tough penalty - US lawmakers
Tougher laws are indeed needed for companies or individuals who cause harm to any creature, human or animal. While the health of consumers is certainly very important, it's still appalling that the issue of animal cruelty is still very much a low priority, or not even in the radar, of legislators.
2. "The butcher relenteth not at the bleating of the lamb; neither is the heart of the cruel moved with distress. But the tears of the compassionate are sweeter than dew-drops, falling from roses on the bosom of spring."
~ Amenohis IV (aka Akhenaton) (1353 - 1335 BC), Egyptian pharaoh, revolutionary, "The Heretic King”. Banned animal sacrifice and traditional Egyptian religion and instituted a religion based on compassion and monotheism.3. Vegetarian Athlete: (Pictured above) Prince Fielder, 6-foot, 260-pound baseball player and the youngest player to hit 50 home runs in a season, is powered by wheatgrass, soy and tofu. Prince, who learned how animals are treated and slaughtered for food, decided to go vegetarian and stop supporting the meat industry and therefore adopted a well-balanced plant-based diet.
To read the full article please visit http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=720531
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law."
We are made in the image of God's love and we know our lifestyle accords with our Faith when we show love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control toward all Creation.
5. Exploiting Poultry Has A Human Cost: Poultry farms make profit at the expense of animals and humans. A recent investigation by the Charlotte Observer revealed that the poultry industry has masked the extend of injury that workers are likely to suffer by not reporting them. The most common being: carpal tunnel syndrome, bringing injured employees back to the factory hours after surgery, failing to record injuries on government safety logs, dismissal of workers' requests to see a doctor, etc.
To read the full article please visit The cruelest cuts: the human cost of bringing poultry to your table
Humanity has to realize that they are consequences for all Creation, including us, when we exploit God's animals. We like to think of ourselves as immune to the wrongs we are causing, but sooner or later, we pay the consequences.
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