discussion at UK blog continues, peeking at animal cruelty
The animal welfare discussion at Jason Clark's blog continues today with an excellent post by my friend Karen Prior. Karen hails from the dept. of English and Modern Languages at Libert University, and I mentioned her excellent article Animals and Evangelicals in a previous post.
In her current piece, Peeking at Animal Cruelty, Karen reflects on her youth on a family farm and her affectionate interactions with the animals they raised for food. She also juxtaposes some thoughts on animal welfare with her experience as an active pro-life advocate. Here's an excerpt:
In answering both of these categorically distinct but not unrelated calls, I have experienced similar responses from the church and the larger community. Many prefer the comforts of the status quo and blissful ignorance over change—whether small or radical. On the other hand, it is easy for those who have heard the call to “come and help” the animals—or for that matter, the environment, the impoverished, the unsaved, or the unborn—to turn passion into pride and urgency into arrogance. I remember and understand the outrage that passersby would express when they saw our graphic anti-abortion signs outside the clinics: just as they did not want to face the truth about the violence of the abortion procedure, I too want to close my eyes to the torture and cruelty done to animals in the name of cheap meat.
July 23, 2008
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