I agree, but when I’ve confronted christian hunters about it, they generally say something to the effect, “God put animals here for our use.”Personally I think it’s a bad thing. Hunting when one needs food, or even hunting for sport and using the food is much different than just shooting something in the woods and leaving it to rot. I’m not a fan of sport hunting. I think it’s a shame that we have reduced God’s creation to something as simple as pleasure and bragging rights.
I have to agree, to kill an animal for food is one thing, but if they are not eating what they are shooting, that is a problem to me. Of course if they hunt deer and don’t like venison, maybe they could give it away to those in need? If they posted a small sign on the church board saying they have free venison, I don’t think they will have a problem giving it away. I for one would love some venison to make a nice stew with!Personally I think it’s a bad thing. Hunting when one needs food, or even hunting for sport and using the food is much different than just shooting something in the woods and leaving it to rot. I’m not a fan of sport hunting. I think it’s a shame that we have reduced God’s creation to something as simple as pleasure and bragging rights.
I agree with this too. I know one fellow who gave his deer to the local food bank. He had it slaughtered, wrapped and put into coolers and took it to them.
Indeed, this kind of thing would make me feel a lot better about hunters and hunting. Helping those in need of food would be a noble act.
Doesn’t “intent” matter?
I’m vegan and don’t believe in killing animals for any reason. I still do indeed believe intent has a lot to do with it, but intent is not everything. The moral act is defined by three things. I actually wrote a very detailed blog on eating meat based on the three rules.
LOL… the rocket launcher does manage to kill and cook at the same time
This is just my opinion…
As I said, and as I’m sure most agree, to hunt for food and for survival isn’t wrong. but to hunt and kill and then dispose of the carcass without making use of it is wasteful and wrong. It is those hunters that I dislike (and there are more then you’d think. Sometimes they’ll a trophy from their kill and then discard of the body without making use of it). That, to me, is wrong. It’s wasteful and pointless.
If the meat is used and game laws followed then, no it is not a sin.
It’s usually the American hunters who come up and try to leave carcasses behind… and usually in remote areas where they’re unlikely to get caught.OK - I hunt. I have rifles (Savage 99 in .308 is my fave!). I eat deer meat. And I don’t confess it!
I’ll just list a few points: At one time I was rabidly anti-hunting (I was a vegetarian Franciscan Friar for 6 years!!!), but my beliefs have changed and developed.
Hunting is part of who we are as humans. We have hunted for millenia: and God made us in his image!
Hunting made us human - hunting, cooking and eating meat helped our brains develop.
Hunting is not cruel. Most prey animals die a far crueler natural death by predation or starvation.
Hunting improves the population of the species. Hunting a deer population responsibly keeps it more healthy and more vibrant.
Hunting is the eating of a naturally renewable food resource that does no damage to the environment. Hunting is the most eco friendly food harvesting that can be done.
Hunting means that you are eating the most healthy food around.
Hunting means that you are participating in nature and in the cycle of life, and in the food cycle, not just standing by passively and allowing big business and big government to decide what and how you should eat.
Finally hunting and killing an animal brings you closer to it in a more spiritual way than you can imagine.
BTW it is illegal in Canada anyway to just shoot something and leave it to rot. You have to use the whole carcass.
Everything that we humans rely on for food is living, whether meat, fish, or veggies… (OK eggs and milk aren’t “living”)