PETA Supports Pope Benedict XVI

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PWEETA supports him too.

People Who Enjoy Eating Tasty Animals.
 
Well I can honestly say this is the first and probably only thing PETA and I agree on.
 
They say that “they believe animals, like people,have a sacred right to life and need to be protected from violence.”

So we should be seeing lots of PETA people at pro-life functions right?
 
I quite love my pets, but PETA is waaaay out in the noosphere. Dennis Miller once said something about “people who would step over a fellow human being lying in a pool of their own _________ in order to spit on someone wearing a fur coat!” I’ve never seen anything that makes me think he was wrong about this.
 
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geezerbob:
Who cares?
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I do.
 
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Scott_Lafrance
PWEETA supports him too.
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I care geez’o, so why don’t you?

And Laff, I’m interested in reading on what our current Pope had to say (when he was still a Cardinal) about the proper treatment of animals. So why aren’t you?

If you had read what they had to say by clicking on contemplative’s link (which by your tone - I’m clearly guessing that you didn’t) - you would have seen that PETA was happily quoting a statement made by Ben. XVI about 3 years ago.

So geez’o and Laff, here is part of that statement listed below.

Then Cardinal Ratzinger said:
“[W]e can see that they are given into our care, that we cannot just do whatever we want with them. Animals, too, are God’s creatures, and even if they do not have the same direct relation to God that man has, they are still creatures of His will, creatures we must respect as companions in creation and as important elements in the creation.”
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Don’t you care geez’o, about what it is that God respects?

The soon to be pope then went on to say:

“… a sort of industrial use of creatures, so that geese are fed in such a way as to produce as large a liver as possible, or hens live so packed together that they become just caricatures of birds, this degrading of living creatures to a commodity seems to me in fact to contradict the relationship of mutuality that comes across in the Bible.”

Are you in disagreement with the above statement Laff?
As a Catholic who tries to honor all of God’s creation every day, I most respectfully ask for your support in our efforts to reduce the suffering of animals used for food. Would you please encourage people to consider the suffering of animals by lending a supportive word to our efforts?

Yours in Christ, Bruce Friedrich
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Are you FOR the suffering of animals, geez’o and Laff?
As St. Francis said, “All creatures are created from the same paternal heartbeat of God. Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop here is not enough. We have a higher mission—to be of service to them wherever they require it.”
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Are you opposed to the words/teachings of St. Francis, geez’o and Laff?

There, maybe you learned something today …
 
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contemplative:
People of the Ethical Treatment of Animals supports Pope Benedict XVI

goveg.com/feat/PopeBenedictXVI/popeletter.pdf

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Thanks for the link. It’s nice to see that at least they aren’t attacking the Pope. It’s also nice to know that there are still some folks around who aren’t so rotted by selfishness that they can still spare a thought for animals.

Personally I can’t stand arrogant carnivores.

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Hi All:

Here’s a prayer some of the folks on this thread might ponder, and learn. It might help them when they come to be judged:

BLESSED SAINT FRANCIS, I pray that you inspire man with love and compassion for the animal creation, for animals are God’s creatures that by their mere existence serve to bless and glorify Him, and men owe them kindness.

:amen:
 
wisdom 3:5:
They say that “they believe animals, like people,have a sacred right to life and need to be protected from violence.”

So we should be seeing lots of PETA people at pro-life functions right?
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Sure. Just as we can count on seeing lots of pro-lifers turning up at PETA functions.
 
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romano:
Thanks for the link. It’s nice to see that at least they aren’t attacking the Pope. It’s also nice to know that there are still some folks around who aren’t so rotted by selfishness that they can still spare a thought for animals.

Personally I can’t stand arrogant carnivores.

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I am 99.99% sure that Benedict XVI is not a vegetarian. I’ve heard that he likes hearty German food – presumably that would include meat.
 
To all you anti-omnivore, please get over your self-righeousness. Jesus Christ celebrated the Passover meal with the Apostles, so it is assumed that he ate lamb. It is also well known that he ate fish. There is nothing Scriptural supporting Veganism being more morally righteous than omnivorism. I agree that we are required to be good stewards of the resources God has bestowed on us, this includes our “animal friends”.
 
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To all you anti-omnivore, please get over your self-righeousness.
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Easy there Laff, It would seem that you might have a few issues of your own to get over my friend.
Jesus Christ celebrated the Passover meal with the Apostles, so it is assumed that he ate lamb.
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True.
It is also well known that he ate fish.
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Once again, True.
There is nothing Scriptural supporting Veganism being more morally righteous than omnivorism.
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Your on a roll there Laff … good work!
I agree that we are required to be good stewards of the resources God has bestowed on us, this includes our “animal friends”.
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Yes, but I havn’t read anywhere on this thread where anybody has stated that they don’t actually eat meat (myself included). But what we (and PETA, and then Card. Ratzinger) ARE SAYING is this: That torturing an animal to death before we use it for our consumption IS NOT A MORALLY CHRISTIAN ACT.

That I believe, is the point of this thread.
 
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FiremanFrank:
Easy there Laff, It would seem that you might have a few issues of your own to get over my friend.
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more than a few. Ask anyone
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FiremanFrank:
Yes, but I havn’t read anywhere on this thread where anybody has stated that they don’t actually eat meat (myself included). But what we (and PETA, and then Card. Ratzinger) ARE SAYING is this: That torturing an animal to death before we use it for our consumption IS NOT A MORALLY CHRISTIAN ACT.

That I believe, is the point of this thread.
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I agree, but I haven’t seen anyone here condoning or encouraging the torture of animals. Some of us eat meat, and don’t appreciate it when Vegans accuse us of being unChristian and that we are responsible for the torture of said animals.
 
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FiremanFrank:
Yes, but I havn’t read anywhere on this thread where anybody has stated that they don’t actually eat meat (myself included). But what we (and PETA, and then Card. Ratzinger) ARE SAYING is this: That torturing an animal to death before we use it for our consumption IS NOT A MORALLY CHRISTIAN ACT.

That I believe, is the point of this thread.
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Yes, but PETA would take it further than either the Holy Father or (I think) you, Frank, in that they also say that animals cannot be raised for their fur. I don’t think anyone advocates cruelty to animals, but to say that we cannot wear their skins seems to go against a long human/Judeo-Christian tradition, which allowed it. Should they be treated humanely before they are harvested, for whatever legitimate reason? To be sure! I don’t eat veal because it creeps me out, foiegras for the same reason.
 
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JKirkLVNV:
To be sure! I don’t eat veal because it creeps me out,
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There is some humanely raised veal available, but it’s generally hard to find outside of the very largest cities, and is more costly.

I share the same reservations with you about veal and foie gras.
 
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romano:
Thanks for the link. It’s nice to see that at least they aren’t attacking the Pope. It’s also nice to know that there are still some folks around who aren’t so rotted by selfishness that they can still spare a thought for animals.

Personally I can’t stand arrogant carnivores.

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I agree. I’m very pleased to see our Holy Father has progressive and compassionate thinking on this important matter. I agree with him regarding the treatment of animals by the factory farm mentality.

Yes, PETA has some people who are over the edge regarding animal rights. But that does not detract from their core message, which I support. The United States is particularly uncaring regarding the treatment of livestock.
 
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WhiteDove:
I agree. I’m very pleased to see our Holy Father has progressive and compassionate thinking on this important matter. I agree with him regarding the treatment of animals by the factory farm mentality.

Yes, PETA has some people who are over the edge regarding animal rights. But that does not detract from their core message, which I support. The United States is particularly uncaring regarding the treatment of livestock.
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Unfortunately, the downfall of PETA is that they place a higher premium on the lives of animals than they do human life. THAT is a mortal sin.
 
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