Posted on 09/11/2006 8:19:17 AM PDT by pabianice
>>I feel especially blessed that I'm not a member of whatever church you attend.
Sure must be a cold, heartless one. <<
When it comes to animals, you may be correct to some degree. Animal welfare has NEVER been the issue of any sermon I have ever heard at any church I have attended. Assuming you are familiar with the Bible, why is that do you suppose?
Your post points out that people got attached to animals in biblical times. They still do. Heck, I do as well. But intellectually, I know what they are - animals. Their motives are different than the motives of humans. They are automatons - living machines that present a shadow of the spirit within humans. They are not humans.
>>I don't know if I am more saddened by the actions of these boys or by the posters on these threads who appear to be lacking the most basic human emotion of compassion.<<
One can have a great deal of compassion for humans and none for animals, once one uses ones intellect. I know of not one instance where Jesus shed a tear over the suffering of an animal. I suspect He knew whether they feel pain.
We will have to agree to disagree regarding our views on this subject. I'm just glad that most people do care about the welfare of animals. Otherwise, this world would be a miserable place. When a person lacks compassion for the defenseless and the weak, something is seriously wrong. Serial killers and rapists often start out torturing and killing small animals. It's a control thing and it's also a sickness.
I firmly believe people should treat animals with compassion. I think people should keep their lawns trimmed as well. I just don't think it is the gov's business. It is not why the government was created. It is scope creep.
Absolutely right! It's proven people who show cruelty to animals move on to humans. They've got to do some serious jail time. Can you imagine what kind of sick individual it takes to follow through with this, the fact that neither of them came to their senses to stop the other one and the fact that they bragged about it, holding tours of the tortured dead puppy. UNBELIEVABLE!!! IT MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH!!!!!!
These people are irredeemable.
Arrest everyone in America. America is to blame too.
The correllation between this act and serial killing is this very high.
Think of it as a retroactive abortion of a diseased fetus.
There is a clearly understood profile of serial killers. These guys have hit two of the three indicators.
Some serial killers display one or more of what are known as the "MacDonald triad" of warning signs in childhood. These are:
* Fire starting, invariably just for the thrill of destroying things.
* Cruelty to animals (related to "zoosadism"). Many children may be cruel to animals, such as pulling the legs off spiders, but future serial killers often kill larger animals, like dogs and cats, and frequently for their solitary enjoyment rather than to impress peers.
* Bedwetting beyond the age when children normally grow out of such behavior.
Put them in jail, now. And keep them there.
Strip'em, cover 'em with hamburger meat and put them in a cage with the hybrid off-spring of 40 dobermans and pit bulls that normally guard junkyards and haven't eaten in five days.
These animals should be set on fire.
At the very least, they should be thrown into prison where copies of news reports are given to the other inmates.
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