The Dominion of Love: Animal Rights According to the BibleLantern Books, 2002 - 208 sider Many commentators and users of the Bible have, over the centuries and up to the present day, used the Bible to argue that animals have no rights, that they were put on this earth for our use, and that we have no obligations to them. In his cogent, honest, and fully researched and referenced work, The Dominion of Love, Norm Phelps attempts to encourage all who revere the Bible as holy scripture to open their hearts to the suffering that we inflict upon our nonhuman neighbors. He shows that the right of animals not to be imprisoned, harmed, and killed for our benefit flows naturally from the Bible's message of love and compassion and argues that this is the message of the Bible's most important passages dealing with our relationship to animals. He further responds to the defenses of animal exploitation that are often made based on the Bible. Beautifully written, The Dominion of Love is an essential addition to a growing body of literature that argues for a compassionate and non-exploitative reading of Holy Scripture. |
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... told Noah to eat meat . He demanded animal sacrifice . Jesus ate fish . Saint Paul said vege- tarians have ' weak faith . ' " And on and on . I believe that to blame God for our own cruelty is blasphemy , and it is chilling to see how ...
... told Peter he could kill and eat every kind of animal . There is certainly no shortage of such passages in the Bible . In Appendix 1 , for example , I have catalogued thirty places where the Bible says that God commanded or approved of ...
... told his officers to " kill every male among the little ones , and kill every woman who has known man intimately . But all the girls who have not known man intimately , spare for yourselves . " ( Numbers 31 : 17-18 ) The Midianites were ...
... told that God specifically authorized slavery . " As for your male and female slaves whom you may have — you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you ... You may even bequeath them to your sons after ...
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The Prime Directives | 33 |
The Image and Likeness of God | 45 |
All Gods Children Go to Heaven | 57 |
The Suffering of the Living | 67 |
Your Hands Are Covered with Blood | 74 |
What Did Jesus Eat? | 125 |
The Sparrow and the Lamb | 137 |
The Gospel of Mercy | 149 |
Does God Care about Oxen? | 155 |
Eat Anything You Want | 169 |
The Dominion of Love | 176 |
Biblical Verses Relating to Human Treatment of Animals | 180 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 193 |
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