Is hunting animals a sin?

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A trophy is a momento of a noteworthy achievement. In days of old a buck with large antlers could only be found far from civilization and it took patience to pass up many smaller bucks.

To have a large set of antlers meant that the hunter had to spend a fair amount of time in the woods, suffering the elements, and surviving by woodcraft. To come home with a big buck was indeed a noteworthy achievement, and the antlers were the trophy.

Today there are so many ways to get a Boone&Crocket buck that it can be more of a momento of your financial prowess more than your ability as a woodsman. There are wealthy people who are paying big bucks for large antlers (pun intended). But the stories behind them are nothing more than they bought a large piece of land, had a game manager bait and feed a deer herd, they came out, drank hot coffee in a heated blind, popped a nice big one, and drank martinis the rest of the day. I’m not sure whether I pity these people if they honestly thought they were putting their woodcraft to the test, or whether I despise this as a fraud akin to having a jeweler forge a Superbowl Ring so you can show off to your buddies and make up lies about your football days.

That being said, there is nothing wrong with seeking a true trophy. In fact, had this message board existed in the late 1800’s, early 1900’s it would be the meat hunters that were look at with disdain. Trophy hunting is all about letting the animal have the better odds.
 
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People who hunt for trophy animals to stuff and/or mount are doing so for decorative and aesthetic purposes. They would like to have a stuffed bear, say, in their den. It may not be to our taste, but how is it morally different than having a leather sofa, or a fur-trimmed jacket? I submit that it is not.
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As long as the meat is being eaten and the pelt is being used for a neccessity such as a coat or furninture, then I have no problem with it. But if it being done to sate Sinful Vanity, then it’s another matter.
 
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JoeyWarren:
As long as the meat is being eaten and the pelt is being used for a neccessity such as a coat or furninture, then I have no problem with it. But if it being done to sate Sinful Vanity, then it’s another matter.
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Was the practice of the Church to adorn various prelatical robes and other ornaments with fur also “done to sate Sinful Vanity?” If not, why not? Or are you saying that the Church commanded its members to commit sins?
 
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Was the practice of the Church to adorn various prelatical robes and other ornaments with fur also “done to sate Sinful Vanity?” If not, why not? Or are you saying that the Church commanded its members to commit sins?
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But if it being done to sate Sinful Vanity, then it’s another matter. Was it done to sate Sinful Vanity? No. So my statement does not apply. So what is your point?
 
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JoeyWarren:
I know several people that hunt SOLELY for a TROPHY…they take the head and leave the meat or even worse they take the whole body and have it stuffed. When the intent is SOLELY for a TROPHY then it is wrong with respect to the Original Intent of God after the FALL. God slew the first creature for clothing at a minimum.
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Who do you hang out with? I’m an avid hunter and I’ve never, ever met such a person. But, I’m sure you turned them in as I believe it is a crime in every state that allows deer hunting (at least it is in mine). As a conservationist, I’ve turned in poachers and pheasant hunters who have wantonly gone over their limit. Among the hunters I know, it is the rule and not the exception for them to turn rogue hunters into the authorities.
 
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JoeyWarren:
But if it being done to sate Sinful Vanity, then it’s another matter. Was it done to sate Sinful Vanity? No. So my statement does not apply. So what is your point?
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Why is the Church using fur for ornamentation not being done for sinful vanity, while buying a fur-trimmed coat (or having a stuffed bear) is being done for sinful vanity?

Who is the judge of whether a particular identical act (killing an animal for its fur/hide for aesthetic purposes) is an act of sinful vanity or not? You?
 
I find it more sinful to purchase and eat meat from a grocery store (ie. animals that have been neglected, abused in factory farms) than to shoot and eat one deer that can feed me for the entire winter. I buy from a butcher that I know gets his meat from farms where the animals are treated humanly until there deaths. To me, the question is, shoot one deer humanly, or participate in the digusting practice of factory farming…I choose hunting.

And please…don’t argue that these animals were bred to be eaten. No creature on this earth deserves to be kept in a cage too small for them to stand, in the dark and fed carcasses of other animals. THAT is evil.
 
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I find it more sinful to purchase and eat meat from a grocery store (ie. animals that have been neglected, abused in factory farms) than to shoot and eat one deer that can feed me for the entire winter. I buy from a butcher that I know gets his meat from farms where the animals are treated humanly until there deaths. To me, the question is, shoot one deer humanly, or participate in the digusting practice of factory farming…I choose hunting.

And please…don’t argue that these animals were bred to be eaten. No creature on this earth deserves to be kept in a cage too small for them to stand, in the dark and fed carcasses of other animals. THAT is evil.
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Yes it is. No complaint from me on that.
 
I do not support hunting for fun. To watch something suffer needlessly, even if it was just an animal, or even a plant, then that is inhuman. God gave us animals to feed on, use in clothing, help us with work. I don’t think hunting is a sin unless you do it for fun.
 
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I do not support hunting for fun. To watch something suffer needlessly, even if it was just an animal, or even a plant, then that is inhuman. God gave us animals to feed on, use in clothing, help us with work. I don’t think hunting is a sin unless you do it for fun.
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I’ve seen people post on old threads before. I thought you were being rude. Did not know it was against the rules. I apologize on my part.
 
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I’ve seen people post on old threads before. I thought you were being rude. Did not know it was against the rules. I apologize on my part.
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Its ok . Was just trying to let you know as a moderator may just close the thread.We are asked not to revive old threads but to start our own if the subject is of interest.
 
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