Released from PETA on 23 September
Burlington, Vt. - This morning, PETA dispatched a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of ice cream icon Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace the cow's milk in their products with human breast milk. PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves. PETA points out to Cohen and Greenfield that such a move on their part would lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their babies on factory farms and benefit human health at the same time.
If you donate to animal charities, make sure they don't support these madmen! I don't know whether I should laugh or vomit.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Ahmadinejad and Peace?
The World Council of Churches in partnership with the Episcopal Church are sponsoring an international dialogue between religious leaders and political Leaders. The theme of the dialogue is “Has not one God created us? The significance of religious contributions to peace.” Then here comes the interesting part, one of the guest speakers will be Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad! Here are some quotes from Ahmadinejad;
"they have invented a myth that Jews were massacred."
"anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury."
What a peaceful man! I understand the idea of mending fences and fostering peace but some people by their prior statements exclude themselves from talks on peace
Here is a comment from the Mennonite Central Committee who will also be in attendance "MCC is troubled by reports of increased religious persecution in Iran and the expanding use of the death penalty to punish religious converts."
They are troubled that Iran is expanding the use of the death penalty to punish religious converts, TROUBLED!? As a Christian I will pray for Iran and their president, based on my own interactions in Islamic country's I can tell you that I love my Arab brothers and sisters... but I am more then troubled by the persecution of members of any faith.
There is something fundamentally wrong with the way this dialogue is being executed.
"they have invented a myth that Jews were massacred."
"anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury."
What a peaceful man! I understand the idea of mending fences and fostering peace but some people by their prior statements exclude themselves from talks on peace
Here is a comment from the Mennonite Central Committee who will also be in attendance "MCC is troubled by reports of increased religious persecution in Iran and the expanding use of the death penalty to punish religious converts."
They are troubled that Iran is expanding the use of the death penalty to punish religious converts, TROUBLED!? As a Christian I will pray for Iran and their president, based on my own interactions in Islamic country's I can tell you that I love my Arab brothers and sisters... but I am more then troubled by the persecution of members of any faith.
There is something fundamentally wrong with the way this dialogue is being executed.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Sorry?
I'm all for apologizing when we err, but the Church of England is now apologizing to Darwin!? DailyMail
The tragic part of this is (Pay close attention to the Bold):
Church officials compared the apology to the late Pope John Paul II’s decision to say sorry for the Vatican’s 1633 trial of Galileo, the astronomer who appalled prelates by declaring that the earth revolved around the sun.
The officials said that senior bishops wanted to atone for the vilification their predecessors heaped on Darwin in the 1860s, when he put forward his theory that man was descended from apes.
The Church is also anxious to counter the view that its teaching is incompatible with science. It wants to distance itself from fundamentalist Christians, who believe in the Biblical account of the creation of the world in seven days.
An article to be posted on the Church’s website will say: ‘Charles Darwin, 200 years from your birth [in 1809], the Church of England owes you an apology for misunderstanding you and, by getting our first reaction wrong, encouraging others to misunderstand you still.
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? Here we have a church disregarding God's word and accepting a mans (A man with a theory at that!?) They misunderstood him? His theory suggests that the Bible is false and that is wrong, there is little there to misunderstand.
The tragic part of this is (Pay close attention to the Bold):
Church officials compared the apology to the late Pope John Paul II’s decision to say sorry for the Vatican’s 1633 trial of Galileo, the astronomer who appalled prelates by declaring that the earth revolved around the sun.
The officials said that senior bishops wanted to atone for the vilification their predecessors heaped on Darwin in the 1860s, when he put forward his theory that man was descended from apes.
The Church is also anxious to counter the view that its teaching is incompatible with science. It wants to distance itself from fundamentalist Christians, who believe in the Biblical account of the creation of the world in seven days.
An article to be posted on the Church’s website will say: ‘Charles Darwin, 200 years from your birth [in 1809], the Church of England owes you an apology for misunderstanding you and, by getting our first reaction wrong, encouraging others to misunderstand you still.
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? Here we have a church disregarding God's word and accepting a mans (A man with a theory at that!?) They misunderstood him? His theory suggests that the Bible is false and that is wrong, there is little there to misunderstand.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Forgiveness
Every two months I get excited about the mail, and the chance to pour through the recent issue of Foreign Policy (Yes I'm a nerd.) I don't always agree with what gets printed in its pages, but I do enjoy reading about world events from multiple view points.
In the most recent issue I was caught off guard reading an article on the Kim Jong Il the leader of North Korea written by one of his school teachers. What surprised me was the beauty of a man living out Jesus instructions to forgive one another. To my shame it just was not something I thought to find in an article about such a despicable person. Here are a few excerpts from the story.
Foreign Policy: The Secret History of Kim Jong Il
In the most recent issue I was caught off guard reading an article on the Kim Jong Il the leader of North Korea written by one of his school teachers. What surprised me was the beauty of a man living out Jesus instructions to forgive one another. To my shame it just was not something I thought to find in an article about such a despicable person. Here are a few excerpts from the story.
Foreign Policy: The Secret History of Kim Jong Il
I never returned to North Korea, and I never saw my family again. A few years later, I heard from a well-placed South Korean minister that my family had been sent to a gulag and murdered, the innocent victims of my treasonous crime. To this day, I know nothing of the details of their deaths, or whether they blamed me as they perished.
If Kim Jong Il ever realizes that opening up North Korea is in his
interest, I will return to Pyongyang the very next day. I want to
devise the best education system in the world based on my observations
and experiences in Seoul and the United States. But I am already more
than 75 years old. I can feel myself growing weaker by the day. Before
I grow so infirm that my experiences become useless, I would love to
meet Kim Jong Il one last time and give him one last lesson. I, who
became a university professor thanks to his father; I, who traveled to
Russia, Seoul, and now Washington. I no longer loathe him. I pity him.
Even though he killed my family, I have already forgiven him.I can not imagine losing my family in such away. The man's crime was nothing more then visiting with his sister who escaped N. Korea and chose to live n the U.S. Here is a man who has lost his wife, children, and seen the evils Kim Jong Il has carried out on the people of N. Korea and his reaction is to pray for him and forgive him.
Many of us don't have any trouble forgiving a person when they come to us and ask for it, though we rarely think to forgive until that moment. How small are those infractions that we hold onto, waiting for the words "I'm sorry" from a friend or loved one?
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Contrasts
The main story depicted on CNN.com today is the story of an unwed mother. The main story on Yahoo.com/news we see the events of Gustoff. Which is the more concerning issue here? That the GOP VP pick's daughter is pregnant, or that there was real damage done in New Orleans (Thanks be to God it was limited) and our brothers and sisters there need our help... I'll let you decide.
As far as the young girl being pregnant; who cares! True, as I saw in one report it goes against conservative values. What's not true is it should require Palin to resign the GOP VP position. It does not show a lack of judgement in Senator McCain, in all reality it does not change anything in regards to the election in November.
Here is a stark contrast... President Bill Clinton, not his daughter, but the POTUS engaged in an affair while in office! What was the liberal left's reaction to that?
The liberal bloggers will have there day, and try to rain on the RNC. Let them go, let them have their fun, I'm sure in the next month we can count on another Michael Moore documentary this time on Palin (I just want to know when he's going to get around to a documentary on obesity). When you are challenged by your liberal Friends on the actions of a 17 year old girl turn the discussion back towards real issues. Here's a question they never have an answer for "Which of Obama's policies have you read online that will benefit you if you were to vote for him?" (I know I would get $2000 if he keeps his word...what's the going price of a man's soul these days anyway?)
As far as the young girl being pregnant; who cares! True, as I saw in one report it goes against conservative values. What's not true is it should require Palin to resign the GOP VP position. It does not show a lack of judgement in Senator McCain, in all reality it does not change anything in regards to the election in November.
Here is a stark contrast... President Bill Clinton, not his daughter, but the POTUS engaged in an affair while in office! What was the liberal left's reaction to that?
The liberal bloggers will have there day, and try to rain on the RNC. Let them go, let them have their fun, I'm sure in the next month we can count on another Michael Moore documentary this time on Palin (I just want to know when he's going to get around to a documentary on obesity). When you are challenged by your liberal Friends on the actions of a 17 year old girl turn the discussion back towards real issues. Here's a question they never have an answer for "Which of Obama's policies have you read online that will benefit you if you were to vote for him?" (I know I would get $2000 if he keeps his word...what's the going price of a man's soul these days anyway?)
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