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So, the other night at work a locust got in about twenty minutes before we were going to close. Another guy on his way out told me," Hey, be sure to kill that if you get the chance." I thought, “Well, rather than just kill it, I’ll give it the chance to leave.” Now, I know that some of the saints are known for telling animals what to do, and they do it. I’m no saint, and know that they didn’t do those things of there own accord, but I thought that I’ll atleast give it a shot. I opened the door and said, “Okay, you heard him. If I get the chance I’ve gotta kill ya, so here’s your shot. Out you go.” Well, nothing happened. Couldn’t kill it either. But, I did feel kind of guilty and really silly. I thought, “What were you thinking? Did you just want to see a trick, or something?” Like Herod when he asked Jesus to perform a miracle, just for amusement. That’s kind of how I felt. Anyone else ever done this, and would this be considered a sin?
 
Great question. What about Gideon?

By the way, good on you for giving the locust the opportunity. People might say it is crazy to pay attention to a solitary insect and it won’t make any difference, but it would sure make a difference for that locust.

Stuart
 
I don’t know if locusts are animals so much as they are elements of a plague.:hmmm:

Unless you were testing God, it doesn’t sound like a sin. Even if you were, it doesn’t sound like you gave it enough thought to be anything more than venial.
 
just capture the insect with a bowl,glass or whatever and take it outside
 
Animals are here for us. If an insect is in my environment and the benefit does not outweigh the negative, then it is ok to kill it. If I saw a praying mantid I would go out of my way to protect the insect.
 
Rebecca

Do you feel any contradiction between the Vatican’s acceptance of evolution by natural selection as the explanation for the diversity of species on the planet, and what you said about animals being here for us? I appreciate there is scripture in support of your claim, but it must be pretty obvious that when we die our bodies are there for the animals which decompose it, and there is no particular purpose for humans evident in the existence of guinea worms, a human parasite that causes unbelievable suffering.

Sorry, I wasn’t wanting to put you off your meal, of course!

Stuart
 
Saburo said:
I don’t know if locusts are animals so much as they are elements of a plague.:hmmm:

Unless you were testing God, it doesn’t sound like a sin. Even if you were, it doesn’t sound like you gave it enough thought to be anything more than venial.
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I like the ‘element of plague’ conceipt. I think I am going to oppen a thread about something I have been wondering about for a long time.
 
I like what I heard about islam and the sharia - that the bee has its its own sharia that’s to say its “own path”. its path includes its squashability no doubt.

Christianity has never given it much thought that I know of. There seems to be a mouse around again at my place again. I 'd like it to vacate “no questions asked” but finding it in a trap tomorrow won’t worry me too much. It’ll get a kids type prayer.
 
newmo said:
I like what I heard about islam and the sharia - that the bee has its its own sharia that’s to say its “own path”. its path includes its squashability no doubt.
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Does the submission of the pollinators warn us of the impending islamisation of the state?!

I saw a bee flying in the direction of Mecca just the other day…

Stuart
 
Being charitable to nature is practice for when it matters with people 👍
 
I had to laugh when I read this- we almost got into an argument at work today because someone killed a beetle. It was a common beetle- not a cockroach, housefly or mosquito that might spread disease, not a bee, wasp or venomous spider that could hurt someone or even kill someone with an allergy. No, it was just a beetle on the wall & it wasn’t hurting anyone. If someone was actually afraid of the little guy, I would have been happy to help him outside. But no, they had to smoosh his guts all over the wall. Why?!
 
I had looked past this thread several times, but finally got around to reading it. I’ve often wondered if we could “talk to animals” the way some of the saints did…like St. Martin De Porres.

We recently had some birds nesting in our chimney. One of the fledglings, having just learned to fly, fell into the main fireplace area which happened to be full of cobwebs at the time. He had spider webbing tangled up in his feet to a point where he could not fly enough to get back up to the chimney. I opened the fireplace doors and started to reach in, and could tell he was about to go nuts. I looked at the bird, and just like I was talking to anyone else, I said, “I can help you, but you have to let me.”

The bird remained motionless as I pulled the webbing from his feet and when I was done I shut the doors back and he flew up.

I’m not saying that this isn’t just some coincidence…but it’s a fun story regardless. 😉
 
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