How can animal rights be consistent with religion if…

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Someone asked:

Doesn’t the bible inform us that animals are provided by its god for the use of man, and the koran & jewish scriptures ordain how (and which) animals must be slaughtered for human consumption? Skirting past the acts of wanton cruelty and disregard of the rights of animals, it appears to me that the christian bible in part advocates animal welfare, but certainly not an abolitionist approach – how could this not promote speciesism?

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Read: A Facebook Exchange About Religion and Animals

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/a-facebook-exchange-religion-animals/#.U8RpR0D_naE

All beings are fond of life…

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“For those whose views about animal rights and abolition are, like mine, based ultimately on non-violence, you are probably already a Jain and just never realized it.”

  • Gary L. Francione

Excerpt from: The Religion of Non-Violence

http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-religion-of-non-violence/