ok looks like auto redirect won't work on 2 blogs at once :(
so here is the link to the new page http://thechristianvegan.veganweb.net/

Hi everyone
Just a note to let you know we are moving to
http://thechristianvegan.veganweb.net

this will happen in the next day or two.

you will most likely need to update your feed at that time.
 I will be combining two of my blogs into one:
http://thechristianvegan.blogspot.com and http://genesis129farmanimalsanctuary.blogspot.com

both sites will have an auto redirect in place. when you come here you should be redirected automatically.

Thanks for your support
God Bless
Laura

10 Medical reasons to go vegan

By Laura Farrell RN

Longevity- Vegans live longer, why? We will see as we examine each disease process on this list.  Catherine Hagel -114 year old  VEGETARIAN, despite her advanced age, she took no medications.  Loreen Dinwiddie 108 year old Vegan, Missi Devi 105 year old and many more.

Osteoporosis- This is unbelievable, but true. Milk contributes to osteoporosis, in fact, in my opinion causes it. How? the mechanism is quite simple and has been known by the scientific community and the government for more than 100 years. I am a Registered Nurse, and was never taught this. Your doctor may not even know this, its simple but unless you stop and think about it, you miss it. The mechanism by which dairy causes osteoporosis is as follows: You drink your milk, your blood chemistry becomes acidic from the animal protein (this will never happen with plant proteins). Human beings normally have a neutral body and blood pH, once the body becomes acidic, the body must compensate, but how? Simple, the body releases calcium phosphate from the skeletal system which neutralizes the pH, great, except, that the calcium is not reabsorbed, it is excreted in the urine. The more dairy you consume the more bone mass you will loose. Why isn't anyone telling you this? Money or perhaps ignorance. Ask your doctor to do his/her own research on this issue. Remember that doc is just a human being and only knows what they've been taught.

Cancer-In the most comprehensive study of human nutrition ever conducted, “What protein consistently and strongly promoted cancer? Casein, which makes up 87% of cow’s milk protein, promoted all stages of the cancer process. What type of protein did not promote cancer, even at high levels of intake? The safe proteins were from plants, including wheat and soy. As this picture came into view, it began to challenge and then to shatter some of my most cherished assumptions.”

— Dr. T. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study.  Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide, with an estimated 400,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Its incidence and mortality have been associated with milk or dairy product consumption in international and interregional correlational studies. As a result, case-control and cohort studies have further investigated this association and are described in this review. Of twelve case-control studies, six found significant associations, as did five of eleven cohort studies, with relative risk of prostate cancer among those with the most frequent dairy product consumption rangng between 1.3 and 2.5, with evidence of a dose-response relationship. Mechanisms that may explain this association include the deleterious effect of high-calcium foods on vitamin D balance, the tendency of frequent dairy intake to increase serum insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) concentrations, and the effect of dairy products on testosterone concentration or activity. http://www.pcrm.org/  It is also interesting to note than cancer can only survive in an acidic environment.

Obesity- Dairy is loaded with growth hormones. Dairy is designed to grow a small calf into a giant animal in 6 months time. It is not designed for human consumption. No other animal on the planet consumes mammary secreations after weening except humans. Why? well because no animal, including humans are meant to consume it after weening. "The most powerful growth hormone in a cow's body is identical in structure (70 amino acids in the same sequence) to the most powerful growth hormone in the human body." Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com

Cardiovascular Disease- Unhealthy fats and bad cholesterol, there is no way to get these things in your body except by consuming animal products. There is no source of good cholesterol other than your own body. You produce all the good cholesterol you will ever need. No true omnivore or carnivore ever clogs an artery, ever!

Brain Damage- Many cases thought to be Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia can be linked to the consumption of animal products. Remember mad cow disease? It is a fatal neurodegenerative disease in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. BSE has a long incubation period, about 30 months to 8 years (wiki Wiki article ). The Prion when consumed lodges itself in the neurological system, just like rabies, where it can lay dormant for many years. It is 100% fatal.  It can manifest symptoms 5-10 years after that dollar menu burger. Why would anyone risk feeding that to their children? Simple, lack of knowledge. Symptoms of mad cow frequently mimic dementia. Mad cow can only be confirmed with an autopsy, just like rabies. In my medical opinion, every person who dies with dementia in the US should be tested for the human form of the disease, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.

Autoimmune disorders- Animal protein is now being linked to many autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis. According to Dr. Colin Campbell, top USDA nutrition scientist  in his collection of decades of nutritional research called "The China Study," undigested or partially-digested animal-based proteins (especially dairy) can leak out from an individual's slightly permeable intestinal wall (which many people do have) and into the blood stream, fueling the formation and growth of malignancies; and causing arthritis and autoimmune flareups. Another term or phrase for this "leakage" of protein is "foreign protein in the bloodstream." Plant-based proteins do not have this adverse effect (malignancies, arthritis, and autoimmune responses) and are never seen as foreign protein in the bloodstream. In addition to malignancies and arthritis, foreign protein in the blood is also responsible for many cases of autoimmune diseases such as lupus, diabetes, arteritis, pernicious anemia, MS, myasthenia gravis, Graves', Hashimoto disease, Croans Disease, kidney-related autoimmune disorders, and others.

Diabetes- Diabetes is an autoimmune type disease but deserves its own section. Contributing factors to diabetes in adults, are of course obesity, diet, lifestyle, genetics. What about childhood diabetes? One word, DAIRY. Why dairy? When a child consumes dairy products, the body reacts to the animal protein as a foreign invader, we are not designed to consume animal protein at all, we are herbivorous, the immune system kicks into high gear, so far no problem, but what happens when that immune system has dealt with all those invaders? It looks for more, and where does it find similar proteins? In the pancreas. The immune system then attacks the child's pancreas causing irreparable damage. Why aren't mothers taught about these risks? Money, big AG and politics.

Hyperlipidemia- In other words, high cholesterol. As stated earlier, the only way for you to get high cholesterol is to consume it in the form of animal products. All those pills the doctor is prescribing for you, at a cost of hundreds of dollars a month, can be tossed in the trash after a short period of time on a vegan diet. Why isn't the doctor telling you this? Pharmaceuticals are Big Money. Nobody makes money if you heal yourself through your diet.

Hypertension- HTN can have genetic or ethnic components, in other words, you may have little to no control over HTN; however, this is most often not the case.  Most HTN is related to lifestyle ie diet, smoking, obesity. Lifestyle unlike ethnicity and genetics, can be changed. Heart Disease, cardiovascular disease, coronary artery diseases can be avoided. No human being should ever have to undergo coronary bi-pass, why, because no human should be consuming animal fat and cholesterol. We are not designed to process these foods. Our intestinal tracts are herbivorous, very long, designed for digesting plant based foods.

Strokes- Linked directly to CVD, CAD, HTN, obesity and hyperlipidemia, all of which can be avoided, and for those already suffering from these diseases, the good news is that many times, they can be reversed.

In conclusion, let me say nutrition is not very big in medical school, we teach doctors and nurses how to treat the symptoms of diseases more so than the diseases themselves. We push pharmaceuticals. I went vegan when I saw the conditions 98% of farmed animals are kept in, from there, I became expose to many truths which are in conflict with my medical training. I have begun to question the ethics of what I do for a living. I as most people in medicine, began this career to help people, the sad truth is that many times we do more harm than good. The medications cause more side effects which then require more meds to combat those. It is a viscous cycle which can be alleviated with a proper and correct diet.

Michael Gilmour: Christian Ethical Vegetarianism: A Modest Proposal

Michael Gilmour: Christian Ethical Vegetarianism: A Modest Proposal: "Do Christians have moral obligations to animate creation? Many say no, citing the mandate to "have dominion" over all living things (Genesis 1:28) as reason enough to dismiss notions of animal welfare as a religious obligation. This verse is unambiguous, they argue, demonstrating that animals are a gift from God, available for human consumption whether as food, labor, entertainment or use in scientific research.

But is the language of Genesis so devoid of ambiguity? Some readers may happily embrace the instruction to "have dominion" but overlook the charge "Be fruitful and multiply" in the first half of the verse, perhaps using birth control without any qualm. "

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Warning to Vegetarians: Many Prescription Drugs Secretly Made with Animal Parts - International Business Times

Warning to Vegetarians: Many Prescription Drugs Secretly Made with Animal Parts - International Business Times: "Meat in Medicine and Vitamins
World wide production of gelatin exceeds 300,000 tons per year. Vegetarians and vegans are usually very careful shoppers, trying to avoid all meat products and chemicals on a regular basis, but millions of consumers do not know about gelatin and where it comes from, and that's the way the food industry likes it. Vegan or not, everyone who takes vitamins and supplements is likely eating infected animal parts when they swallow gelatin capsules."

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Cruelty Behind Cheese: Cattle Burned for Maker of Cabot

Cruelty Behind Cheese: Cattle Burned for Maker of Cabot: "In late 2011 and early 2012, PETA conducted an undercover investigation at Adirondack Farms, LLC, a dairy factory farm that takes 180,000 pounds of milk—intended for their calves—from approximately 1,800 cows every day in Clinton County, New York. Adirondack Farms sends that milk to Massachusetts-based Agri-Mark, Inc., the self-proclaimed "largest supplier of farm fresh milk in New England." Agri-Mark makes Cabot and McCadam cheeses and had $900 million in 2011 sales.

During the course of the investigation, PETA's investigator found that workers routinely jabbed and struck cows with a pole and cane—on the face, udder, and hindquarters—when leading them into a room to be milked. When PETA's investigator brought these abuses to the attention of a farm manager, the manager admitted that the workers "get carried away with" striking cows.
"

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I just called the Governor of Iowa please do the same!
They are trying to enact an ag-gag law
and it is close to passing!


Iowa’s “ag-gag” bill has passed Iowa’s House 


and Senate and is awaiting signature by 


Governor Terry Branstad. 

(515) 281-5211

Take Action Now! Call Iowa's governor 

Terry Branstad today at (515) 281-5211

 and urge him to veto the ag-gag bill.

MFA link

Flesh Eating is it Okay with God?

This is an exceprt from an email I was sending a Christian friend who still consumes the flesh of animals. Some of it I gleaned from other web sites, I haven't sent it to her yet because I know she will be offended by it, I would love some insight from anyone who reads this :) thanks:

Genesis 1:29-31 29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall be food for you; 30and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it was so. 31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning -- the sixth day.

I think in writing this email, i have discovered that Yeshua is a vegeterian, wow thats awesome :)

look at this next scripture:

Isaiah 7:14-15

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁴ Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.^[a] 15 Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.

We also find in Isaiah (7.14-15): "Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good." The first verse is often quoted by Christians for proof that Jesus was the savior, but the next verse shows that he will be a vegetarian to know the difference between right and wrong.

Leviticus 3:17 

The Torah prohibits consumption of blood. Lev. 7:26-27; Lev. 17:10-14. This is the only dietary law that has a reason specified in Torah: we do not eat blood because the life of the animal (literally, the soul of the animal) is contained in the blood. This applies only to the blood of birds and mammals, not to fish blood. Thus, it is necessary to remove all blood from the flesh of kosher animals. 

An egg that contains a blood spot may not be eaten. 

Leviticus 7:22-27

New International Version (NIV)

Eating Fat and Blood Forbidden

 ²² The LORD said to Moses, ²³ “Say to the Israelites: ‘Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats. ²⁴ The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it. ²⁵ Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be^[a] presented to the LORD must be cut off from their people. ²⁶And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal. ²⁷ Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.’”

Acts 15:29 

You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell

Leviticus 7:22-27   Blood and Fat, forbidden to be eaten

Fat Forbidden

22 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 23 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'You shall not eat any fat, of ox or sheep or goat. 24 And the fat of an animal that dies naturally, and the fat of what is torn by wild animals, may be used in any other way; but you shall by no means eat it. 25 For whoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, the person who eats it shall be cut off from his people.

Blood Forbidden

26 Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast. 27 Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.' "    NKJV

Y      However the “BLOOD was forbidden for food” at the time flesh was allowed to be eaten when Noah came out of the Ark, with the explanation of the fact that “in the blood is the life.”  [Genesis 9:3-4]

Y      This is consistent with the forbidding of blood in the law and passed on to the Gentile Church. “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.” 

[Leviticus 17:11] also [Genesis 9:3-4, Leviticus 3:17, 7:26-27, 17:10-14, 19:26, Deuteronomy 12:16, 23-25, 26-27, 15:23, Acts 15:20, 29, 21:25, Hebrews 9:22]

Y      Blood restriction still applies to the Church of the Gentiles. [see Acts 15:20, 29, 21:25]

Isai

"To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? Saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of goats. When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear, for your hands are full of blood." 

(Isaiah1.11,15)ah 66:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck; he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers pig's blood; he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol. These have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations;

Deuteronomy 12:23 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

The Bible has many quotations within it that can be used for both supporting meat-eating as well as against it, so people can argue either way while using quotes from the Bible. Thus, it is basically a rather inconclusive text for deciding such issues. However, those verses that support a vegetarian lifestyle are often ignored or are unknown, so we will review a few of these as can be seen from the following: "But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it." (Genesis 9.4-5) 


Certainly we can see in this verse that no one was meant to live by eating the flesh and blood of others. If one did so, then he would have to pay with his own blood, as it says, "your blood of your lives will I require." This is merely a reference to the law of reciprocity for every animal who suffers because of you, you will also similarly suffer: "at the hand of every beast will I require it."

In Romans (14.20-21) the verses are: "For meat destroy not the word of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak." The word for meat here is broma, which again is a general word that meansfoods, and the word for flesh is kreas, which does mean flesh. Therefore, this verse is another that is not necessarily supportive of eating meat, but makes it clear that flesh eating is unacceptable.

In fact, the Bible compares the killing of cows to murdering a man: "He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man." (Isaiah 66.3)

There are a few verses, however, which I am sure some students of the Bible will reach for that seem to support the eating of flesh. But in every case, this is due to inaccurate translations as we shall see.

For example, in John (4.8) it states: "For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat." The word meat was taken from the Greek word trophe, which actually meansnourishment. This is exactly the same case in Acts (9.19): "And when he had received meat, he was strengthened." When translated accurately it means that by receiving nourishment, he felt stronger.

In Luke (8.55) we find, "And her spirit came again and she arose straightaway: and he (Jesus) commanded to give her meat." The word meat in this case was translated from the Greek word phago, which translated correctly simply means to eat.

In I Corinthians (8.8) it states: "But meat commendeth us not to God, for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither if we eat not, are we the worse." The word for meat here isbroma, which actually means food. Therefore, this verse signifies that eating or not eating food has little to do with our relationship to God and not, as some people think, that eating meat holds no wrong.

In Romans (14.20-21) the verses are: "For meat destroy not the word of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak." The word for meat here is broma, which again is a general word that meansfoods, and the word for flesh is kreas, which does mean flesh. Therefore, this verse is another that is not necessarily supportive of eating meat, but makes it clear that flesh eating is unacceptable.

If the Bible explains that eating meat is wrong, then what is the proper thing to eat? Genesis (1.29) clearly states: "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." This makes it quite obvious that the recommended food for human beings is herbs, seeds, grains, and fruits.

We also find in Isaiah (7.14-15): "Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good."

This is often overlooked by the Christians, Muslims, and others. If these verses were actually understood and the meaning fully realized and practically applied by the Christians and others, I am sure it would bring beneficial reactions the world over in their spiritual development. After all, one of the ten commandments specifically says thou shalt not kill. It does not say merely thou shalt not murder, which would imply only humans, but it says "Thou shalt not kill," meaning any living being. This does not mean to say that meat-eaters cannot be Christians, but it does set a higher standard that many ignore.

meat eaters have very short intestines to pass fat quickly. humans have very long intestines designed for digesting plant matter.

God did not redesign us after the flood, we are the same as Adam and Eve.

that's enough :) take it or leave it :) it wont determine your eternal destiny. I just feel we should not pick and choose which bits of the bible we will or wont follow based on our own lusts and desires.  God tell us not to consume blood because the soul is in the blood, the life-force. I believe we reap what we sow, when we consume death and disease, we reap death and disease.

i can direct you to many pages which have the actual Greek an Hebrew texts if you want. where the word for food is replaced by meat in translation. i have no doubt the bible is the word of God my doubts are as to the validity and motives of those who translated it and continue to translate it to this day. we know the NIV is loaded with missing texts yet we still read it.  Don't think for a second I don't believe God, I do, what I don't believe is men with their ulterior motives of lust and greed.. 

I want you to know from a spiritual perspective, i swear this is the Gods Honest Truth : the day i went vegan I felt spiritually cleaner. I felt a huge darkness leave me, I cant do it justice in words. It was as if i had been committing a huge sin i was unaware of, and then it was gone. I want you to hear me on this. I am not a liar about this. I am telling you as my friend and sister in Christ, that this is the Truth. I don't want you to feel attacked or offended, or to think I feel spiritually superior to you, I don't. I am simply telling you what happened to me that day, was miraculous. It was Right, I felt it to my very soul. I sound kinda crazy I know, but it was like the day I got saved. A huge light illuminated my consciousness and my spirit. Its like when you get saved you realize all people, of all colors are Gods children, and racism has no place left to abide in you. This is the same, in that, you realize, all animals are the same, human, cow, chicken, pig, dog, they all have souls and they are all here for Gods Glory and they are all here to worship Him. Specisism has to go. All discrimination is evil at its core.

When i look into the eyes of a chicken, i see a soul. i see a living breathing life that will be snuffed out to fulfill someone elses lust for flesh. What if we were the chickens and they had the power to enslave, torture, rape, mutilate, kill, and eat us? I bet your stand on eating flesh would change. and that's what compassion is, its putting yourself in the victims shoes and seeing it from their perspective.  God never intended us to eat flesh, just as he never intended us to divorce. You can say aw well who cares and toss your hands in the air, but someone does care His name is Jehovah, Yeshua.

Doesn't the bible teach us to stand up for the weak? the helpless? the victims?

Doesn't the bible teach us Love and Peace? How do we as murderers obtain that?

Have you, as a Christian, really prayed about this and really sought Gods answer on this issue?  If not, then you don't have a leg to stand on in respect to the entire issue of murdering Gods creatures ...........“He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck; he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers pig's blood; he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol. These have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations;................

I suppose the reason i am so hyper about it is because just like the day i was saved, an epiphany was revealed to me, and now I want to share it with everyone, so just like when I was saved, I hit so much resistance from those who don't believe and dont want to hear the truth. for me its like the same struggle all over again. I am a fanatic, a nut, a zealot, crazy. 


"If they hated me, they will hate you also for no servant is greater than his master" "rejoice when they say all sorts of evil against you for my sake, for great is your reward in heaven" Those are the words which give me solace in my struggle, to expose and teach the truth.

How is this (mom and baby)


Different from this? (mom and baby)

Do they Love, Think, Feel, suffer? Do they want someone to kill and eat their offspring?

What if the world was run by wolves and people were their livestock?

Would that mean human mothers didnt love and care for their babies

because some wolf said it was so?

Or that it would be ok to take the infants at birth and kill them 

so the wolves could drink our breast milk?

 Jesus is Love and Compassion.

Yeshua went about doing good.

I'm sure if Jesus ate cheese, He didn't torture animals to do it,

He didn't tear babies from their mothers to do it.

And He didn't twist scripture to satisfy the lust of the flesh.

Please again don't take this as a personal attack. It isnt!

Its just like when you got saved, and nobody would listen. 

Its just like that for me.  People are so resistant to change even if

 its the truth of God :(

"God is coming to destroy those who are destroying the earth" 

I'm surprised it doesn't say hes coming to destroy those leading the saved astray, 

or those killing humans, or those committing abortions,

or those molesting kids, or those stealing, 

or those worshiping idols, but nope,

it says those who are destroying the earth.

Who are they? 

Meat eaters. 

Those who consume and consume 

without a thought or care 

of what they are doing.

Examples:

a single hog excretes up to 17.5 pounds of manure and urine each day. Put 1,000 hogs together, and that’s six million pounds of waste each year. On a factory farm containing 35,000 hogs, over four million pounds of waste are produced each week, and over 200 million pounds each year. ⁱ Whereas on a sustainable farm animal waste can be a tool, in factory-farm amounts it becomes a major pollutant.

Factory farms emit harmful gases and particles such as methane and hydrogen sulfide, which can contribute to global warming and harm the health of those living or working nearby. Air pollution results from the overuse of machinery, the mismanagement of manure, and the irresponsible feeding practices that characterize industrial farming.

Chemical fertilizers and pesticides have turned agriculture into a leading source of water pollution in the United States. Runoff from factory farms kills fish, degrades aquatic habitats and threatens drinking water supplies. Additionally, factory farms use tremendous amounts of water, which cuts into our precious supplies of water that are not contaminated.

• In the United States, approximately 40 percent of all chemical fertilizers used eventually break down into ammonia and are released into the atmosphere.^xvi
• The EPA reports that the waste generated by animal agriculture has polluted over 35,000 miles of river in 22 states.^xvii
• Researchers from the Department of Economics at the University of Essex put the annual cost of environmental damage caused by industrial farming in the United States at $34.7 billion. ^xviii

Inevitably, intensive animal agriculture depletes valuable natural resources. Instead of being eaten by people, the vast majority of grain harvested in the U.S. is fed to farm animals. This wasteful and inefficient practice has forced agribusiness to exploit vast stretches of land. Forests, wetlands, and other natural ecosystems and wildlife habitats have been decimated and turned into crop and grazing land. Scarce fossil fuels, groundwater, and topsoil resources which took millenium to develop are now disappearing.

Meanwhile, the quantity of waste produced by farm animals in the U.S. is more than 130 times greater than that produced by humans. Agricultural runoff has killed millions of fish, and is the main reason why 60% of America's rivers and streams are "impaired". In states with concentrated animal agriculture, the waterways have become rife with pfiesteria bacteria. In addition to killing fish, pfiesteria causes open sores, nausea, memory loss, fatigue and disorientation in humans. Even groundwater, which takes thousands of years to restore, is being contaminated. For example, the aquifer under the San Bernadino Dairy Preserve in southern California contains more nitrates and other pollutants than water coming from sewage treatment plants.

“A single dairy cow produces about 120 pounds of wet manure per day, which is equivalent to the waste produced by 20–40 people. That means California’s 1.4 million dairy cows produce as much waste as 28–56 million people.”

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Notes from Underground, Fall 2001

Cant really call yourself a humanitarian either :(

65% of all grain produced is used to feed livestock,

while human beings starve to death.

Below is a bumper sticker i made :)

so take all as you please, none of it is an attack on you, if you feel defensive ask yourself why.

No need to feel defensive if your not doing anything wrong.

I guess my goal is to educate and to break through the walls, 

the layers of brainwashing that

we as Americans have been exposed to for years and years.

Your father was right on this issue, prophetic even.

That dollar menu item that makes your mouth and gut so happy, 

is at the expense of human lives, and come as a result of the torture 

of other sentient living beings, it depletes and contaminates

environmental resources and it is a crime against creation. 

all dollar menu beef is 3-5 year old dairy cattle who have been kept perpetually 

pregnant through use of "The rape rack"

their offspring are taken away the day they are born. 

They are literally milked to death and

while pregnant go to slaughter at 5 yrs old because 

they are physically depleted (a pro-lifer should have a problem with that)

while their natural life span is 25 yrs.  

The aborted babies are used to make suede, lovely. 

When if given a chance a cow would never abandon her babies.

But hey Mr. Wolf says "they are less than us, not as important; 

therefore, we are justified in causing them to suffer to obtain our ends."

(sounds like something a Nazi would say)

We as humans have a responsibility given to us by God

to care for creation, not to participate in its destruction.

Do Animals Go to Heaven?

lifewithdogs.tv

This is one of those fun type posts.  
Do Animals Go to Heaven?


I personally believe they do. I believe they are sinless. I believe a soul consists of : a mind, a will and emotions, animals have all of these. Lets not forget that human beings are animals as well.  We know from scripture, they are in heaven already, we also glean from scripture that animals will be in the new heaven and earth.


I would love some comments and feedback on this topic :)
I know its not earth shattering and it makes no difference in so far as our salvation, but being an animal lover, and having suffered the loss of animal friends in the past, I look forward to seeing them again. I believe the Bible supports this assertion.

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Christian scholars Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, Dr. Andrew Linzey, St. Francis of Assisi, Dr. Albert Schweitzer the Jack Van Impe Ministries, the late Pope John Paul 11 and many others, support the belief that animals have souls and a place in Heaven.


Sin came on this earth through man, not through animals. The animals are but innocent by-standers.  Rom 5:12: Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned NIV


Genesis 1:30: “To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which is a living soul, every green plant is given for food.”


Genesis 9: 9-10 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you-the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you-every living creature on earth.” (NIV)


Job 12:7-10 
“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. Speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea tell you. Every one of these knows that the hand of the Lord has done this. The life of every creature and the breath of all people are in God’s hand.” (NCV)


Isa 65:25 5 The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD. NIV

Ecclesiastes 3:18-21: “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.  Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath (literally “spirit“); humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”


According to Revelation, they are already there:

Revelation 5:8-13

King James Version (KJV)

 8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.

 9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

 10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

 11And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

 12Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

 13And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

God loves animals, and they do have value in his eyes, in my opinion, if they didn't they would not have been used for sacrifices. In order for something to be a sacrifice, it must be something of great value.  “A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel” (Proverbs 12.10 KJV bible)

Revelation 19:14
And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.

Most importantly in the end is that: "... with God, all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26, NIV)

Humane Rodent Control

                                                                                           From PETA

photo by: optimara.com

Mice. Oh so cute. If only they didn't leave their little evidence everywhere. Last year, a little mouse got into my apartment. I heard some chewing in the walls at night for quite a while but couldn't figure out exactly where it was coming from. I went out of town for a weekend, and when I came home I saw little pieces of cat food on the kitchen floor. This was very curious, considering that I do not have a cat.

What had happened was that this little mouse had chewed through the wall in my pantry while I was gone and went straight for the emergency bag of cat food I keep on hand for when I find strays. I quickly cleaned up the little mess that he had made, and I searched for the point of entry. I found his little escape route and I plugged up the hole with some steel wool. I then proceeded to clean my whole kitchen with peppermint-scented soap and essential peppermint oil (mice are not fans of peppermint!).

Thinking that I had dealt with this issue, I went to sleep right after baking some vegan apple-raisin muffins—leaving the muffins out on the counter to cool. I woke up in the morning, ready to have a muffin for breakfast, and—all the muffin tops had been eaten! This was so cute and so frustrating all at the same time-all I could think of were his tiny little hands holding the crumbs and chewing incessantly on the treasure that he had discovered as I slept.

If you build it, they will come, and things can get a bit exasperating if you don’t solve the problem completely. Over the next couple of days, I did a thorough check of my whole apartment and found two more holes that he was using to go in and out. I sealed those up, and things have been mouse-free ever since.

Cruel methods are never necessary. Original Article here.

You can always use a humane trap and release the mice into the wild :) 

                                                           Another Tip:

Spread some used cat litter under your house :)