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"Joyful Curmudgeon" An oxymoron?
No! I see all the beauty of God's creation and I'm joyful.  At the same time, I see all the suffering and corruption going on in the world, and feel called to help expose and end it so that we may have true peace and compassion.

 


Traditions of Treachery – 3 August 2008
By Mary T. Hoffman

The exploitation of non-human animals by humans has a common basis: trickery – in other words: dishonesty or deception.

Think about how the very popular “sport” of “fishing” uses the cruel tricking of sentient beings by dangling hooks on which other living creatures – “night crawlers” (aka earthworms) – are impaled, or by the use of other lures! By the way, it seems as though you can’t find a gas station around here that doesn’t sell “night crawlers” as a sideline.

This sociopathic world is so addicted to fish-killing, trapping, shooting, etc. that the vast majority – most of whom consider themselves “good” people – fail to recognize these activities for what they are: evil trickery that really glorifies Satan, the father of lies and deception. To paraphrase Isaiah 28:15 –They have made falsehood their refuge and have concealed themselves with deception.

So these traditions of treachery are passed on from generation to generation; but “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.” (Galatians 6:7)

To read “Deception – 28 April 2007,” please visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/heart/blog-20070428.html 

To read “Deception in the Churches – 5 August 2006,” please visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/heart/blog-20060805.html 

To read “Deception in the Churches (Continued) – 6 August 2006,” please visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/heart/blog-20060806.html 

Go on to: Thought for Today – 4 August 2008
Return to: Contributing to Evil – 2 August 2008
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