Posted on 02/16/2006 1:57:01 AM PST by Westlander
GERMANTOWN, Md. -- Some members of a Maryland church are dismayed that hunters were allowed to shoot some of the deer that roamed the property.
On Monday, hunters used shotguns to kill deer that were stripping vegetation from the Dayspring Church's 206-acre property in Germantown.
Dayspring is part of the nondenominational Christian Church of the Saviour, whose 10 congregations are known for their commitment to the environment and opposition to war.
One member objected that culling the deer was an act of violence on holy ground.
But Dayspring's pastor, the Rev. Jim Hall, said officials estimate the number of deer in the area at about 200 per acre -- so many that the habitat for other animals was being damaged.
During the hunt, church administrator Andrea Burgard said she and two other employees held a silent prayer for the deer, because the animals were "part of our church community."
I assume Rev. Jim is going to have one bodacious barbeque when this is all done.
Please give us a good blackberry harvest that we may make a righteous blackberry sage reduction sauce to cover the tenderloins thou hast graciously sent our way....
Amen.
Oh, and thanks very much for beer.
L
But starvation of deer is a blessed event.
Deer Hunt On Church Grounds Shocks Parishioners
Adds new meaning to "Dinner on the Ground"
Martin Luther would have concurred on the beer
Oh they were feeding just fine. But the raccoons and squirrels and birds might have had a bone to pick with them.
Morons...
L
But starvation of deer is a blessed event.
Sure, they're just fasting.
Whats the thing about split hoof again? Leviticus 11:2 & 11:3 i think?
p%$$#@s.
More pertinent to Christians, however, is Acts 10:9-16 which has its obvious meaning and its implied meaning, which Peter followed in vv. 22-48.
Whether Peter kept kosher out of habit after that is not said.
yep, thanks
I seem to recall a story in the first book of the Bible. Something about a vegetarian, angry that God approved of the meat-eater, murdering the meat-eater.
Blessed Barbequed Bambi
200 per acre? That's impossible!
Somebody has to be feeding these critters to get them up to 200 per acre. You could probably hunt them with a spoon.
Leviticus? Try Genesis. Man has had dominion over the animals from the git go.
yea, just trying to remember the split hoof thing. :)
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