I agree with you! I was just having a discussion with some friends on how some Americans think of Haitians as some kind of backwards, primitive people. (That foolishness with Pat Robertson saying the country sold its sold to the Devil, then talking about their voodoo ways and stuff). One of the things you'll always hear are the words "voodoo" and "animal sacrifice" used in the same sentence. Western Christian thought teaches us to look down on the use of animals in other cultures' religious ceremonies. Yet, as you pointed out, we slaughter and eat animals all the time, so what's the difference? And as a practicing Christian, I have to point out that our belief set is still based on sacrifice, as the Hebrews sacrificed animals to God. We've just replaced that physical act with the spiritual based on Jesus as the eternal sacrifice, even consuming his "blood" and "body" in the form of wine/grape juice and bread/crackers.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrianne Brennan" <adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 6:28:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole Honestly? This. And I thank you for it. I see people getting all riled up over things such as animal sacrifice in certain religions, for instance, where an animal is killed quickly and humanely and then eaten. Yet these same people will chow down at Micky D's where a cow was tortured to produce their cheeseburger. ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: Frankly, I feel that the only people who could ever have anything approaching a right to criticize anyone's choice of eating a particular animal are pure vegans who don't eat, wear, or utilize anything that comes from an animal.
