on Divine Meat … (10/10/2017)

“The Bible has historically been used to justify rape, incest, infanticide, murder, war, racism, sexism, homophobia, and many other acts of violence, oppression and persecution.  Does a Biblical precedent make any of those actions less immoral?  Of course not. Instead of citing what Jesus was said to have eaten in Biblical times, it would be more relevant to ask, What would Jesus do TODAY — if he lived in the age of industrialized agriculture where billions of animals are bred through artificial insemination, treated like mere commodities and processed like worthless pieces of meat, not from necessity, but merely to satisfy the lusts of our tastebuds or to pad the linings of our pockets?  Would he praise humankind for respecting his Father’s creations? Or would he instead insist that we live vegan; that when given a clear choice between mercy and cruelty, every good Christian is actually compelled to choose compassion over violence?” ~ via Karen Davis, Ph.D