-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/11/07 04:40, Joe Hart wrote: > Celejar wrote: >> On Thu, 10 May 2007 11:40:01 +0200 >> Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> [snip] >>>>> I am playing the Devil's advocate here. So I might as well fulfill my >>>>> role. So, you're saying God was merciful on Isaac because a lamb was >>>>> sacrificed instead. Fine. So God demanded cruelty to an animal, which >>>>> is also against our modern laws. >>>> Cruelty? Where does that come from? >>>> >>>> Or are you a vegan? >>> No, but I don't think it is right to kill an animal for any purpose than >>> to eat it, or perhaps to end it's suffering. But, that's where we can >> What possible logical / moral justification do you have for that >> distinction? If one believes that there's some purpose to animal >> sacrifice, and the Bible clearly does, than how on earth can you >> conclude that that purpose is any less of a legitimate one than >> nourishment? > > Well, just try it. Go out and sacrifice a few dogs or cats and watch > the Humane Society step in. Do it in front of the police headquarter > building to save a bit of time. Oh wait. We don't eat dogs and cats > (well in some places they do) go sacrifice a little lamb. Make sure you > steal it from Mary. ;) > > To me, animal sacrifice is immoral. To the law it is too. That is my > logical justification.
There's not a whole lot of difference between a person killing a lamb on an alter, then hanging it on a hook to "dress" it than what a slaughterhouse or farmer does with a lamb. - From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 4. To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGRGnYS9HxQb37XmcRAqiNAKCATZ+/gZjS7xWH6Qz6Enn0SLyHywCeJnhB ZGA9NnIwuJBvKZt8d7HfAF8= =kTp5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]