Joel Freedman, chair of the public education committee of Animal
Rights Advocates of Upstate New York, makes a case for Jesus being
vegetarian and spreading his message of compassion and love to all
creatures. Freedman refers to the Bible but also to the Gospel of
the Holy Twelve, what he calls the “original teachings of Jesus.”
Regardless of accepting all or some Christian beliefs, Feedman
emphasizes that if we just follow Jesus’ core teaching of “do unto
others as you would have them do unto you,” the world would be a
more compassionate one.
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There is no doubt that Jesus showed us the path of healing,
restoration and reconciliation. His teachings centered on embracing
the least, the poor, the suffering, the victim and the needed.
Today, billions of God’s creatures every week around the world are
recipient of humanity’s fury due to hardness of heart. When we allow
ourselves to feel and to empathize with the pain and suffering God’s
creatures are experiencing, we realize we don’t want to be part of
the cause anymore. And we also realize that a lifestyle that
includes the exploitation of any other being is inconsistent with
Christ’s teachings.
Joel Freedman, of Canandaigua, chairs the public education
committee of Animal Rights Advocates of Upstate New York.Joel
Freedman, of Canandaigua, chairs the public education committee of
Animal Rights Advocates of Upstate New York.
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