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Religion
& Spirituality
see also God & Animals
Gabriele
Foundation
Edited by Damjan Likar, Society for the Rights and the Liberation of Animals,
Slovenia — September 2006
Farmers
are learning to live in peace also with animals and
they don’t raise them to make profit, to slaughter
and eat them. There is no killing of living beings,
not even microorganisms in the ground by use of chemistry,
manure or liquid manure to grow as much crops as possible...
Kosher
Vegetarians
Stacey Dresner, Jewish Ledger, essay — November
2005
Some have chosen not to eat meat or animal
products due to health reasons, others because of
their commitment to animal rights. But some Jewish
or kosher vegetarians also do it for another reason — they
say the Torah tells them to...
The
Unforbidden Fruit
David Briggs, Cleveland Plain Dealer, feature — October
2005
For the Cleveland-based international
Christian Vegetarian Association, one place to start
is in the beginning, in the first chapter of Genesis.
There God is said to speak of an ideal world where
grains and fruits are plentiful, and humans are to
care for — rather
than eat — animals...
More
than Meats the Eye
Laura Spinney, The Guardian, feature — 2005
You may scoff at the idea of an emotional
cow, but the latest research suggests animals might
have feelings just like ours...
Animal
Totems
Deborah Adams, Bella Online, essay — July 2005
The life animal totem is with us throughout
our life. You may only have one life totem or more
and they are usually a spiritual reflection of our
inner nature...
Influencing
Christians to Be Vegan:
It Must Become a Duty of Animal Activists
Julie
Eyrich, essay — 2002
No
matter what your religious orientation is or if you are an agnostic,
or an atheist,
as activists need to outreach to the Christian community about veganism
and how it applies to their religion...
Shooting
Ourselves in the Foot:
The Sanitizing of Violence In Our Society
J.R. Hyland, essay — 2000
This
means animals can be tortured and tormented
in ways so satanic and perverted that just the
knowledge of what is taking place is sometimes
unbearable. And
the legalization of such depravity derives much
of its justification from Christian scholarship...
Vegetarianism
and Zen Practice
Sensei Sevan Ross, Chicago Zen Center, essays
If
this history is correct, then where does the association between
Buddhism and vegetarianism arise, and why did it and does it
persist? And perhaps most importantly, what argument can be
made for vegetarianism in Buddhist practice?...
Obligation
Edgar A. Guest, poem
They
cannot ask for kindness / Or for mercy plead, / Yet
cruel is our blindness / Which
does not see their need...
Intimate
Nature:
The Bond Between Women and Animals
Linda Hogan, essay
For
most peoples, including early indigenous Europeans, it
was not a singular god who created the world; the whole
of creation was shaped by the animals. Turtle. Frog.
Panther. Coyote. Dolphin. Fox...
Rav
Moshe Cordovero on Compassion for Animals
Jewish Veg, essay
Even
the smallest living thing should be exceedingly worthy
in God's eyes; he should consider it and exert himself
for its benefit...
Toward
Living in Peace
Andrew Linzey, essay
Quite
practically the task required of us is to recognise
God’s own rights in creation, rights for animals
to be themselves as God intends: to live; to be free;
and to live without suffering, distress and injury...
Returning
to the Sacred Way
Linda G. Fisher, essay
But
I assure you, in spite of my vegetarian diet and my
avoidance of hides and fur, my Indianness is quite
evident...
I'm
A Believer
Laura Moretti, essay
I
saw God today. And not being a believer in any traditional
God, that says a lot. But I did see God today... I
had joined the director of the Wild Horse Sanctuary
this past weekend on long, seemingly endless and barren
desert highways in Arizona...
No
Apology
Laura Moretti, essay
But
would it matter? Would they care? If they could see
what I have seen, hear what I have heard, feel the
pain I have felt in others, would it change their perspective?
Would there be, at least, an apology for the cruelties
and the unnecessary-ness of it all?...
Bear
Dreaming
Susanne Hare, essay
Many
indigenous peoples across the continent revere the
bear as the guardian, protector, keeper, and spirit
helper of the North American continent...
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