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By Margaret Lawson Factory farming The deliverance on Factory Farming by the General Assembly with its
recommendations to the Government will be welcomed by all those
concerned about the plight of animals. However it would be much more to
the point if the Church were to encourage ministers and members to
refrain from the products of Factory Farms. Cruelty is a sin, and
consecrated Christians at least should have no part in it whatsoever.
This applies equally to the products of vivisection laboratories,
trapping and slaughterhouses. The refusal by the Assembly to accept an appeal for prayer for the
cessation of those cruelties makes one wonder if ministers are
themselves prepared to accept any sacrifice which their consciences may
demand in response to their prayers, or if they are afraid that they
will upset members of their congregations who depend on cruelty for a
living. True Christianity is a way of life very different from that of
the "world" and unless it embraces all living things it is falling far
short of the mark. Life and Work magazine From the August 1972 edition: Prayer for animals Mrs. Lawson's letter (July) contains a statement which should be
corrected. She refers to "the refusal of the Assembly to accept an appeal for
prayer for the cessation of those cruelties". What in fact the Assembly
refused was the request for a special Sunday to be set apart for such
prayer. I am sure that the Assembly had no intention of discouraging the
inclusion of prayer for animals in normal services of worship. Quite the
reverse. (Rev.) A. A. Fleming, Return to Margaret Lawson: Letters |
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