Church Silence Promotes Violence - to humans, to animals, to our environment, to our economy, to our education, to our finances, and to our health

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Church Silence
Promotes Violence
to humans, to animals, to our environment, to our economy, to our education, to our finances, and to our health
By: Mary T. and Frank L. Hoffman
This publication was begun 30 July 2001 and last updated 09 May 2008

Table of Contents
See our Readers' Comments to this series

New Article:

The Church's Indifference to the Suffering of Even Companion Animals
The Church's role and God's animals
The Pershore Abbey's Support of Sport Hunting is Against the Teachings of Jesus Christ
"Christian" Trophy Hunters Cause Emotional Harm to Compassionate Believers
I Go to Church to Find Peace; Instead I Find Annoyance and Anger
Lack of Compassion for God's Animals Causes Emotional Violence
A Love of Fishing Causes Emotional Violence
Torturing a Bull for Saint John
The Compassion of the Wicked is Cruel

Overview:

A Few Observations By Ima Curmudgeon
Christian Cruelty: An Unfortunate Reality
Churches are Ignoring the Plight of Animals
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Speak No Evil
Subornation of Perjury: Gospels of Fear
Terrorism and the Church
The Compassion of the Wicked is Cruel

Animal Issues:

A Few Observations By Ima Curmudgeon
A Love of Fishing Causes Emotional Violence
Animals in Heaven - A look at Revelation 4:6-9
Christian Cruelty: An Unfortunate Reality
"Christian" Trophy Hunters Cause Emotional Harm to Compassionate Believers
Churches are Ignoring the Plight of Animals
Ignoring One of God's Most Beautiful Prophecies
I Go to Church to Find Peace; Instead I Find Annoyance and Anger
Lack of Compassion for God's Animals Causes Emotional Violence
Not Being Peacemakers
Our Acquiescence to Violence Destroys Peace
Our Silence About Animal Abuse Promotes Abuse of Humans
Pork Dinner
Subornation of Perjury: Gospels of Fear
Terrorism and the Church
The Chicken Dinner and the Chicken Prayer
The Church's Indifference to the Suffering of Even Companion Animals
The Compassion of the Wicked is Cruel
The Pershore Abbey's Support of Sport Hunting is Against the Teachings of Jesus Christ
The Torture and Murder of a Bull
Torturing a Bull for Saint John

Biblical and Church Issues:

A Few Observations By Ima Curmudgeon
A Love of Fishing Causes Emotional Violence
Animals in Heaven - A look at Revelation 4:6-9
Christian Cruelty: An Unfortunate Reality
"Christian" Trophy Hunters Cause Emotional Harm to Compassionate Believers
Not Properly Addressing Bereavement for a Companion Animal
Being Bitten on the Hand That Supports Evil
I Go to Church to Find Peace; Instead I Find Annoyance and Anger
Ignoring One of God's Most Beautiful Prophecies
Lack of Compassion for God's Animals Causes Emotional Violence
Not Being Peacemakers
Our Acquiescence to Violence Destroys Peace
Our Silence About Animal Abuse Promotes Abuse of Humans
Subornation of Perjury: Gospels of Fear
Terrorism and the Church
The Church's Indifference to the Suffering of Even Companion Animals
The Church's role and God's animals
The Compassion of the Wicked is Cruel
The Pershore Abbey's Support of Sport Hunting is Against the Teachings of Jesus Christ
Torturing a Bull for Saint John

Health Issues:

Diet and Health: John Wesley
Heart Disease
Our Acquiescence to Violence Destroys Peace

Human Abuse

A Love of Fishing Causes Emotional Violence
I Go to Church to Find Peace; Instead I Find Annoyance and Anger
Lack of Compassion for God's Animals Causes Emotional Violence
Our Silence About Animal Abuse Promotes Abuse of Humans
The Church's Indifference to the Suffering of Even Companion Animals

People's Emotions:

A Love of Fishing Causes Emotional Violence
Animals in Heaven - A look at Revelation 4:6-9
Christian Cruelty: An Unfortunate Reality
"Christian" Trophy Hunters Cause Emotional Harm to Compassionate Believers
I Go to Church to Find Peace; Instead I Find Annoyance and Anger
Lack of Compassion for God's Animals Causes Emotional Violence
Not Properly Addressing Bereavement for a Companion Animal
Our Silence About Animal Abuse Promotes Abuse of Humans
The Chicken Dinner and the Chicken Prayer
The Church's Indifference to the Suffering of Even Companion Animals
Ignoring One of God's Most Beautiful Prophecies

Personal Finance Issues:

Diet and Health: John Wesley

World Peace Issues:

Being Bitten on the Hand That Supports Evil (posted 17 Sep 2001)
Our Acquiescence to Violence Destroys Peace
Subornation of Perjury: Gospels of Fear
Terrorism and the Church

Readers' Comments about this series

The intent of this series is to wake up and encourage the Church to greater works of love and compassion (John 14:12). It is not to condemn the Church, in general, or any individual, any more than Jesus condemned the woman caught in adultery. Jesus said to her, "...go your way. From now on sin no more." (John 8:11) And this is our message to the Church: Recognize our sins of the past and go forth seeking to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect (Matthew 5:48), correcting the sins of the past, for that is the only way we can truly show the world that we love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, might, and mind, including the whole of creation, which includes our neighbors whom we are to love as ourselves.

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