The Mistreatment of Animals for Human Entertain
Since the dawn of time, man has had various uses for animals. Until the eighteen hundreds, the predominant use was for food and clothing. Today, animals appear to exist for another purpose: providing a form of entertainment for mankind. Using an animal for entertainment is not necessarily a bad thing. A problem arises when training practices and animal stunts cross the line between humane and inhumane treatment. When the line is crossed, the use of animals for man’s entertainment can be classified as inhumane and immoral.
Organized religion has long been the keeper of human morality. With verses in Genesis saying that God has given mankind power over everything and other theological doctrines indicating that man is the protector species and should defend weaker creatures, religion empowers man over animals as it dictates protective behavior toward those animals. Theology instructs man to never lose sight of the fact that the same Holy Spirit that breathed life into mankind breathed life into animals. Man’s dominion over animals was not given by God for their torture, but as a moral trust. (Linzey, 907-908).
Man originated in the area known as Europe. Animals originated all over the globe. At the beginning of civilization
Organized religion has long been the keeper of human morality. With verses in Genesis saying that God has given mankind power over everything and other theological doctrines indicating that man is the protector species and should defend weaker creatures, religion empowers man over animals as it dictates protective behavior toward those animals. Theology instructs man to never lose sight of the fact that the same Holy Spirit that breathed life into mankind breathed life into animals. Man’s dominion over animals was not given by God for their torture, but as a moral trust. (Linzey, 907-908).
Man originated in the area known as Europe. Animals originated all over the globe. At the beginning of civilization
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