This website tour will give you an overview of our position in light of the scientific evidence that
humans need animal foods, particularly animal fats, for optimum health.
Not exact matches
That soldiers of all the armies kept fighting in the horrible trenches, often with a vigor that post-moderns find incomprehensible and more than a little distressing, says something about the
human animal that
needs discussion.
Animals need hospitals too - mainly to treat injuries caused by
humans.
Professor Derr seems unaware that to further their cause,
animal advocates
need not minimize the differences between
humans and
animals.
The Bible also tells us that the wolf will lie down with the lamb (Isaiah 11:6), meaning that once the curse of sin is removed, the
animals» behavior will change and we
humans will no longer
need them for food and clothing.
It is something from which
animals are exempt, except those who have the misfortune to be harnessed to
human enterprise, and it is something unknown to a creature of mere
needs.
The
human animal feels the
need to ask «why?»
ian... not sure which part you wanted me to reply on, but I will take issue with yr point about homosexuality being a threat to
human existence.I'm no expert on the subject, but I think we cd safely assume that the phenomena has been with us since our ancestors came out of the trees... we're now over six billion and growing at an alarming rate.Not sure where you might find the data on this supposed threat to going forth and multiplying.BTW, I have read that homosexual behaviour is observable in the
animal kingdom, but I wd
need to do some work to reference a credible study.
The obvious difference is that
humans have no
need to consume
animal products to survive (and it's becoming more and more clear that it's much healthier to not consume
animal products).
As I stated in my original article, prior to conducting experiments with
human cells, ANT - OAR techniques would
need to be rigorously tested in
animal models to establish a procedure that guarantees with reasonable certainty that an embryo is not generated.
The difference between the
need of an
animal and a
human being for shelter has to be kept in view.
Animals can not verbalize their
needs or wants, but,
humans can communicate what they
need or want.
It
needs to be stated first that
human beings are highly complex psycho - physical organisms with literally thousands of energy events interacting with each other and with and under the dominance of an «organizing center of experience» (the brain), also present in
animals with central nervous systems.
I am NOT saying that we
need to worship the earth, treat
animals as more important than
humans, or pray to the sun and trees.
If someone believes in the creation story to the extent that they reject scientific inquiry, they're not well - equipped to conduct the research and do the work
needed in the future to benefit and improve the condition of and ensure the survival of the earth and its
human and
animal populations.
its like when my city made a law saying all
animals need to be on a leash, and i called the cops on every
human, squirrel, and bird i seen.
(We will not even count the space
needed for the
humans, breathing space for all of the
animals, and space
needed for the structure of the «ark» itself.)
Perhaps it is our inability to face the prospect of our own death, our own intimate participation in the ways of nature, that causes us to be uncomfortable with killing
animals to meet
human needs.
We
needed a perfect savior, a
human sacrifice, like us, because all the blood of
animals that was spilled under the Old Covenant through Moses did nothing even though God told them to do it and implied that it actually would do something.
In seeking to develop a theology of nature, process theologians are supportive of endeavors to appropriate other images from the tradition, such as St. Francis» compassionate love for the poor and treatment of
animals as sisters and brothers, the Orthodox view of the church as inclusive of all of creation, and the use of the elements of bread and wine in the Eucharist, products of the interworkings between God, the non-
human natural world, and
human labor, that speak, to contemporary
needs.
This theological anthropology flourished in the nineteenth century partially because of the
need to distinguish
human beings from
animals, a
need created by evolutionary theories.
Dependent Rational
Animals: Why
Human Beings
Need the Virtues by Alasdair MacIntyre, Open Court.
The increasing use of in - vitro - fertilisation techniques, and the emergence of new possibilities involving
human cloning, mixing of
human and
animal genetic elements, and the use of embryonic stem cells for research, among other things, brought the
need for further teaching.
Just as physics generalizes variables of movement so that they can apply not only to a
human hunter and his fleeing prey, but also to stars, planets, atoms, and photons, so psychics
needs to generalize such ideas as feeling, perceiving, remembering, anticipating, intending, liking and disliking, so that they can apply not only to
animals, but even to the real individual constituents of the vegetable and mineral portions of nature.
«Talking snakes», 500 yr old men and one of them called «Noah» with an ark who somehow magically saved all the
animals (LOL), «Adam and Eve» in the «Garden of Eden» even though all the proof shows that the
human species began in S. East Africa., a planet and universe that was supposedly created in 6 days 6 thousand years ago... thanks, but I have all the proof I
need to NOT believe in your twisted book of fairy tales.
An example of this Christian schizophrenia is the embarrassment caused to the World Council of Churches by a report of one of its consultations on the
need for a non-anthropocentric ethic, and in particular the
need for Christian concern for oppressed
animals, especially those used for
human purposes.
This stratum of
animal being — private bodily
need, privately satisfied and enjoyed — is an ineradicable part of
human being.
Funny I never thought of Jesus as having a hercules style body... Just average build... He did work as a capenter and the carpenters I know have good muscle tone... by are not body builder status, Hercules built to excess... They are just like a average farmer, strong and even in muscle tone... Jesus's whole life was about being humble and coming from the low end of the society... he was born with the
animals in a very humble place... I do not see him as a super strong
human... but then being the son of God, he would have had super powers if he wanted them... he just did not
need them...
Therefore, Christians are permitted to not only eat
animals, they may trap them provided the techniques employed properly balance the
human need for efficiency with God's demand for us to respect His
animal creation.
What is
needed is a biocentric ethic that recognizes in every
animal as well as
humans, both ends and means.
I bring the conversation up because it came to mind last week when I was reading about a Christian ethicist so passionately committed to defending the (unmistakably) exceptional nature of
human beings that he thinks it necessary to forbid his children any sentimental solicitude for the suffering of beasts, and to disabuse them of the least trace of the dangerous fantasy or pathetic fallacy that
animals experience anything analogous to
human emotions, motives, or
needs; they can not really, he insists, know anxiety, grief, regret, or disappointment, and so we should never allow them to divert our sympathies or ethical longings from their proper object.
[28] Furthermore, even conceding the view that pre-fallen
humans were exclusively vegetarian, the question regarding their
need to protect the garden from
animals seeking to partake of the garden's produce remains.
... And this is what you
need to know: *** You are a
human, you are not an
animal.
What is
needed is a new ethics which recognizes in every
animal, including
humans, both ends and means.
The cautious drafters bend over backwards to affirm that «we have no wish or desire to place this issue on a pedestal» and the statement closes by saying, «We
need to work for the protection and preservation of all the kinds of
animals God has created, while prioritizing
human needs.»
I sometimes wonder how there could be livestock before people when «livestock» are domesticated wild
animals, and you
need humans to domesticate wild
animals, BUT THE BIBLE IS STILL PERFECT AND INFALLIBLE!!
(We will not even count the space
needed for the
humans, breathing space for all of the
animals, or for the internal structure of the «Ark» itself.)
We do not treat prisoners as
humans needing support to turn their lives around, but we treat them as
animals who are different from us, and they become the invisible people.
Because
humans are selfish
animals who
need to influence others in order to survive and thrive.
Wikipedia defines a complete (or whole) protein as «a source of protein that contains an adequate proportion of all nine of the essential amino acids necessary for the dietary
needs of
humans or other
animals.
And no wonder: frankly, there's no
need for
humans to partake in the consumption of
animal milks, and indeed, people in many cultures not only don't eat it, but can't tolerate it.
As
human beings we are programmed to think that we
need animal protein to survive and while I won't get into that very long debate on my blog, I will say that there are plenty of people out there to prove that this is not the case.
Students explore how
humans» feelings and
needs are similar to those of other living beings, describe how
animals confined to factory farms and transported to slaughterhouses might feel and debate whether
humans can justify eating other
animals.
Although meat «technically» contains all the protein we
need,
human bodies do not absorb these proteins as well as carnivorous
animals, so we
need to find other, more bioavailable sources of protein.
Whatever, we
need to understand that
human beings are definitely not monogamous
animals instead of allowing silly religious ideas to continue to propagate.
Classic NCB mantras include «pain is caused by fear» and «
animals need privacy to birth successfully; so do
humans.»
I guarantee you that NCB folks would just dismiss that story because cows have been bred to suit
human needs for milk and meat, and the original wild
animals in the paleolithic era would have had no trouble birthing their calves
If it's okay for
animals to leave their young to their own devices in order to meet their
needs,
human parents
need to be told this is ok too (within reason - I would never advocate leaving a baby or child on its own at home, for example).
So physicians began to become involved and tried to make infant feeding scientific, by studying the ingredients of
human milk and trying to adapt
animal milk to the
needs of infants.
Parents may benefit from knowing that every
animal evolved with a developmental niche or «nest» for its young, and that the developmental niche for
human infants has evolved to provide the care
needed by the world's most fragile, immature mammal at birth.