Animal Activists,
do not consider yourselves immune!
Well, having had a real go at the faults and failings
of Christendom, let us not become too smug as animal activists and
welfarists! In many ways we are no better. In fact, the way potential
leaders in our ranks vie for prominence and also pull each other to bits
behind the scenes, is every bit as damaging to our highest aims and
objectives as is the unholy rivalry that raises its ugly head in some
major churches.
The way that folk within the whole animal movement frequently lash
out their tongues towards those unable to answer back can be truly
disgusting. Indeed, it does far more harm within any war to get
regiments squabbling within the ranks than to be attacked by the enemy
from outside. One can be forgiven for questioning the real motives of so
many who tag on and seek to control factors that others have taken the
initiative to commence! Consequently, I’m forced to ask myself: are the
needs of exploited animals the prime concern of such? Or is it the
desire for an ego trip fuelled by the drive for self-prominence and
aggrandisement? The New Testament affirms that: “The heart of humans
is deceitfully wicked and cunning above all things”.- and don’t we
all know it?.
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