Oh, I'm sorry. Have I introduced you to this nice couple over here? World, meet Wilmer Fernandez (34)and his wife Aixa Rodriguez (32). They live in Tampa, Florida with several children plus FIVE starving and abused dogs. The news reported that three of the dogs were tied up in the backyard with a leash that was too short to give them any room to exercise their muscles while two of the five dogs, boxer and dachshund, hadn't seen a veterinarian at all. One of the five was near death. A dog named Casper , according to the officers, was so sick that they could not tell what breed he was. All dogs were found to be hungry and thirsty. If on November 30, an investigator didn't coincidentally see an emaciated dog in the backyard of 12315 Cambridge Ave ., where Fernandez and Rodriguez live, these dogs would have died a very cruel death. When questioned, the couple argued that they did not have the money to properly care for the dogs. Well, yeah, how could they afford vet care when
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This reporter did a nice story on Tara and Bella, the elephant-dog friendship at the Elephant Sanctuary.
I've had people point to the bible for their justification of meat-eating (I guess I'm not the Christian they are since I'm unsure of where this passage exists!) While I respect people's choices, it is morally reprehensible the conditions animals are raised, transported and slaughtered in so the masses can have the cheapest milk, meat and eggs at every single meal (while people throw 25 percent of their food in the garbage). Where is the respect for life and those who give their lives for a meal?
I actually used the Bible, particularly Christ's life, to push for a no meat lifestyle. I will continue to ask people for a citation in any gospel where Christ was portrayed as eating meat. Considering that there were ample opportunities to portray Christ as a meat-eater yet there are none convinces me that Christ must have been a vegetarian.
People will interpret the Bible in many different ways, like I do, and usually towards their very own agenda.
But, frankly, who could take seriously a book that includes a talking snake, a virgin who gives birth, and a God who threatens you with punishment if you don't do what pleases him?
I am not a believer at all. I just go along and use religion against the religious!