[razorbak]

"I wish there was something about that in the Bible"

Proverbs 12:10 A righteous [man] regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.

The groups who sought to stop cruelty to animals were founded and filled primarily with Christians in the early days. Darwinism provides no rationale whatsoever for treating animals well.

[CasearianDaoist]

The Talmud, while ancillary to the Torah, is full of prohibitions against animal abuse.

[Aliska]

Thanks, raz. I didn't know that was there.

The English have real soft spots for animals. Is it a cultural thing? Darwin excluded, of course ;-).

Couple generations ago my family were farmers. They fed their animals before they fed themselves. But I was told my grandfather had a bad temper and used to get mad at his horse.

But my father taught me to love animals. We had some chickens in town for awhile til he had to kill them for us to eat. We never had any more chickens after that ;-). But I still eat chicken.

[Conservative til I die]

"I wish there was something about that in the Bible"

Proverbs 12:10 A righteous [man] regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.

The groups who sought to stop cruelty to animals were founded and filled primarily with Christians in the early days. Darwinism provides no rationale whatsoever for treating animals well.

Once you believe that all that matters is money and property, and that there is no God but one's self, humane treatment of others becomes secondary.

Aha, and therein lies the rub. The biggest supporters of Darwinism, both natural and social, as well as being the most anti-religious and anti-Christian in particular, are the fringe libertarians and Marxists.