Josh Tetrick challenges the reader to look at their ethical biases
when calling some animals "pets" and others "food". Tetrick refers to
the outrage most people feel in our culture when they learn, for
example, that in Changchun, a city in northeastern China, dogs are part
of the menu. He asks: "Why save dogs, but eat other animals?" Scientific
evidence has shown that pigs are smarter than dogs and lead social lives
of a complexity previously observed only in primates. Therefore, why are
so many people capable of allowing and supporting the torture and
killing of some animals and not others?
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Dog: The Other White Meat
Sadly, I think this is a prime example of cognitive dissonance and
hardness of hearts. The abuse and exploitation that God's farmed animals
endure is indefensible, unethical and callous; certainly not in
accordance of Jesus' teachings of compassion, mercy and love. When we
align our spiritual values and beliefs with our food choices, it becomes
evident that none of God's animals should end up in our plates.
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