If one takes the time to  study  the   philosophy  of  animal  rights  [which is diametrically opposed to the Judeo-Christian  philosophy  of  animal  welfare],  one   will find it would ultimately separate and elevate God's  creation  from   any  and  all interaction  with  mankind  which,  in   effect,  causes  creation  to  be worshiped rather than the Creator.  This radical philosophy would, by its very  nature,  oppose   God  and His plan for our use of His Creation.  By studying the various   sections  in  this webpage, one will become to understand the roots of this philosophy.

In a nutshell, animal welfare is the traditional Judeo-Christian right of mankind to use animals  for work, play, food, health and clothing providing that animals  are  humanely treated.  Animal rights, on the other hand,  eventually philosophically requires  vegetarianism  as   an expression  of   "compassion"  [ultimately culminating in the more extreme veganism] and would ultimately not allow any interaction between animals and mankind.   The best comprehensive summation of the entire concept of animal rights is: no pets, no meat, no work, no pony rides, no fish tanks, no circus, no . . , no . . , etc.

God created this world and has given us the means to understand how He wants us to interact and use His creation through His written word, the Bible. The Bible is quite implicit and explicit when it comes to our behavior  in, use  of, and interaction  with  God's   creation.   I  have  compiled  information  from   the extremists and applied  the  appropriate  Bible  passage(s)   so you, as a Christian, can readily understand how to view and respond to extremist ideas or demands.  Additionally, lists of organizations from various animal welfare industries are available to help you with the questions to ascertain the truth of animal use and care.

You say, why believe the Bible?  Do you read a horoscope or listen to psychics [who consistently err in their prophesies]?  Well, one of the unique and fascinating aspects of the Bible is that in no other religious literature do we find the accuracy of fulfilled prophecy.  Biblical predictions recorded sometimes hundreds of years in advance of their happening are fulfilled in minute detail. Following are a few of those predictions and fulfillments.  For more on this subject, please see:

Too long questions have gone unanswered concerning the Christian position of animal welfare without a resource to help the uninitiated.  God did not intend us to keep our mouths shut.

When   dealing   with    extremists,   please   keep   the  Gospel of  Timothy  in mind.    I   really  did  not understand how animal rights extremists could  be  saying  or   participating  in  the  appalling,  repulsive, untruthful and [often] illegal actions one often reads  about  in  their  local newspaper until  I  read this passage.  I hate to use such a theatrical comment, but "the veil was lifted from my eyes" - it finally made sense.    I  finally  understood.    Every  time  you   hear it  is  immoral  to  experiment  on  animal  to save humans, or that "meat is murder," remember this passage:

2 Timothy 4:2  Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long suffering and teaching.  3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;  4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.

Additionally,

1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 4:3 Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4:4 For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. KJV

"Now I cannot speak as to whether  these are the "latter times," but I can tell you that Eve did not sin and get thrown out of the Garden of Eden by eating a hot dog!" [My thanks to Barbara Whiten for that quote.] 

For the Christian, there is not much to argue about here.   God has commanded that we put on our armor when dealing with evil.  This web page is dedicated to your armor and is only the beginning.   Remember always that scripture holds:

II Timothy 3:15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.  16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;

If any Christian still questions the use of the word evil in reference to those proponents of animal rights, the following quote should shake you up.    This  quote  is  for  those  of  you  who still doubt that  animal rights extremists mean only to HELP animals - feast on this for a while [and remember they  really don't love animals, it is a POWER and MONEY thing  -  which  you  will  come  to   understand  by  reading  the following topics as noted on the left of this page - especially the articles on the Animal Rights page!:

"Christianity is our foe. If animal rights is to succeed, we must destroy the Judeo-Christian religious tradition." Peter Singer (father of the animal rights movement) [The Deweese Report, November 1998]

Christians believe  in  a  God  who   was,  is  and  will  ever  more  be.   By the same token, we believe that the inspired Word of God, the Bible, is the basis for reason  and  stands  in the face of extremism, and is just as good today as when it was written.  Since God is eternal,  it doesn't make any sense that He would write a book which would become outdated.

Please investigate all the areas concerning animal use and the helpful sites included.

This web page created by Robert Van Fleet. This WebPage is the sole opinion of it's author. URL information is provided for your use, enlightenment and pleasure; I make no representation for or about any URL nor does their inclusion act as an endorsement of this WebPage.   It is the result of my faith in Jesus, that he is the Son of God and our Savior.   I thank God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit for the strength and ability to do this work.