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Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:17 unambiguously state, "You shall not murder." So, contrary to religious dogma, being merciful and compassionate to ALL of God's creatures by NOT killing them is the only way to honor the THOU SHALT NOT KILL commandment. The dominion directive and THOU SHALT NOT KILL commandment hold the dubious distinction of being the most important, yet most misunderstood mandates. "Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf filled with hate." Proverbs 15:17ĭominion, Thou Shalt Not Kill, and the Lost Gospel "A righteous man cares for the needs of the animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel." Proverbs 12:10 I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion." Hosea 2:18-19 Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land so that all may lay down in safety. With the beasts of the field and the birds of the air, and the creatures that move along the ground. "In that day I will make a covenant for them. Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth." Ecclesiastes 3:19-21 All come from dust and to dust all return. "God tests them so that they may see they are like the animals. Many other scriptures profess God's love for animals. And neither will harm nor destroy on My Holy Mountain." The beginning and the end are vegan because veganism is the only way to live without bloodshed and cruelty. Isaiah 11:7, God's last dietary law, states, "The wolf will live with the lamb, the cow will feed with the bear, the lion will eat straw like the ox, and a little child will lead them. They were living testaments to Genesis 1:29, God's first dietary law: "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. 'We thank Thee for the food which we are about to receive.'"Īdam and Eve, the first vegans on this planet, resided in the Garden of Eden, the world's first vegan paradise. 'Oh Lord,' prayed the missionary, 'Grant in Thy goodness that the lion walking behind me is a good Christian lion.' And then in the silence that followed, the missionary heard the lion praying too: 'Oh Lord,' he prayed. Author Cleveland Amory summed it up best when he wrote: "A missionary was walking in Africa when he heard the ominous padding of a lion behind him. God is not! Furthermore, giving thanks, and/or praying to God, does NOT exonerate an animal-murderer from the crime. As a whole, humans are psychopathic, apathetic, and myopic. I believe in God, but I am not so arrogant and blind as to believe that God is human-like, or that God looks, thinks, or acts like us in any way. When I mention God in the following piece, I am also referring to Jesus. For an amazing book comparing The Jewish Holocaust and The Animal Holocaust, check out Eternal Treblinka by Charles Patterson. NOTE: For a rabbinical view about why Jews should be living a vegan lifestyle, read this amazing 2010 essay from the late Rabbi Simchah Roth.