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chuckt:

--- Quote ---Matt, you are right. Animals serve man in the same way we are to serve God. :)
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tell that to my cats.. :-* :P :D

mari_et_pere:

--- Quote ---Matt, you are right. Animals serve man in the same way we are to serve God.



tell that to my cats..   
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Chuck LOL!  ;D I had the same thought about our two dogs. Actually one is my wife's, one is her mom's. They need to step it up if they want to serve me.  ;D :D

Matt

Shmeggly:
I agree, animals were put here to serve us and be useful.  Having said that, I heartily endorse the kind treatment of animals (even the ones we eat!)....this being said so I also won't have blood etc. thrown on my house, or death threats!

I eat meat, would wear fur, have ridden horses etc.  We have pets and they are like part of the family (not completely like a child mind you  ;))

This is one thing I object to: In our last church, our little children were told (by their sunday school teachers) on more than a few occasions that their pets were NOT going to heaven, and the pets that had just died would NOT be going to heaven....my daughter was telling her teacher that she talked to her dead rabbit and it made her feel better....she was told that the rabbit was dead and couldn't hear her and wasn't in heaven....
Oh my God!!!  (I did let the pastor hear about this in strong terms)  It was shortly after that we left the church.  When making sure your correct doctrine (though not clear biblically) was more important than a child's feelings....so....

My take on it?  If it isn't clear about animals, why not err on the side of caution?  Specially when dealing with young children.  I believe they have a future....and I believe they don't suffer like a human does, because they don't have the mental faculties to understand.  They are dumb animals, here for our benefit.  To be treated humanely, but not coddled like PETA would have it. 

I probably went off topic a bit, but I guess I was thinking about their future too....hope I didn't offend anyone either  :)  It can be a touchy subject....

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