# PETA and the Biblical treatment of animals
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-and-the-biblical-treatment-of-animals/15250
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 26, 2000, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-and-the-biblical-treatment-of-animals/15250 "2000-03-26T22:44:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2000, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-and-the-biblical-treatment-of-animals/15250/21 "2000-03-27T20:34:00Z")
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> OH…I forgot, what about their Buddists, Atheists, Theists and other members that aren’t Christian?
> What about those people in their organization?
well buddhist… they are vegeteran. the rest no one cares about because they are stupid and ugly and no one likes them
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### Author:  [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-and-the-biblical-treatment-of-animals/15250/22 "2000-03-27T20:50:00Z")
quadell,
On the other side? Nope, but I do think that PETA takes things out of context to create controversy.
I have said before that many organizations that work the way PETA does actually does the opposite intended.
I just noted the story, said I like meat that’s that 🙂
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### Author:  [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-and-the-biblical-treatment-of-animals/15250/23 "2000-03-27T21:10:00Z")
Just reread my post and I’m afraid it’s a little bit ambiguous.
1.) I’m not saying that I feel the way that I do just because the Bible says so. My opinion is my own because I’ve just given a lot of thought to the subject in the past.
2.) When I ask how anyone can argue against the Bible, what I’m actually asking is how can anyone say the Bible says anything anything else other than animals are meant for the service of man. Seems to me that the bible itself is actually very UNambiguous on the subject.
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### Author:  [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-and-the-biblical-treatment-of-animals/15250/24 "2000-03-27T21:30:00Z")
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> Originally posted by Asmodean:
> \*\* well buddhist… they are vegeteran.\*\*
Wrong. Many buddhists are vegetarian, but most (that I know of) are not. The Japanese for instance eat meat, and many are Buddhists (Kobe Beef is a delicacy there). Thais are Buddhist and they too eat meat, as well as many of the Buddhist peoples in Asia.
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### Author:  [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-and-the-biblical-treatment-of-animals/15250/25 "2000-03-28T02:44:00Z")
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> Originally posted by johnnyharvard:
> **Jeez, John Locke would roll over in his grave if he were alive today**
Today, class, we show you how to mix your metaphors for humorous effect!
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Feel free to correct me at any time. But don’t be surprised if I try to correct you.
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### Author:  [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-and-the-biblical-treatment-of-animals/15250/26 "2000-03-28T15:01:00Z")
GUILTY!
Jeez, I’m as red-faced as a cat in a room full of sofas!
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### Author:  [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-and-the-biblical-treatment-of-animals/15250/27 "2000-03-28T19:10:00Z")
quadell:
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> 1. Jewish law commands its followers not to commit murder. However, the Israelites were also commanded by God Himself, on several occasions, to kill every man, woman, and child in a given town, just because God thought the Israelites should have it. So commands like that always need context.
A bit of a distortion there. If you read the actual Biblical passages, G-d says that the people in question deserve to die because of their sins, and _because of that_, the Israelites were being allowed to take over the land…with the provisio that if they sinned, they’d be thrown out as well.
Chaim Mattis Keller
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### Author:  [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-and-the-biblical-treatment-of-animals/15250/28 "2000-03-28T19:23:00Z")
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> Originally posted by SouthernXYL:
> \*\*Joe, I love your signature line. I’m going to write it down for my kid to ponder, if you don’t mind.
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> Heck, I’ll ponder it too.\*\*
Southern, no problem.
If you’re interested, it’s part of the chorus from the song “Packaged Rebellion” on Anthrax’s Sound of White Noise album.
I recommend reading the lyrics to that song. It’s all about people pretending to be rebellious and trying to “be different, like all my friends” and the e **M** p **T** y **V** culture.
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## If you say it, mean it. If you mean it, do it. If you do it, live it. If you live it, say it.
Joe Cool
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### Author:  [@quadell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quadell)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2000, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-and-the-biblical-treatment-of-animals/15250/29 "2000-03-29T02:18:00Z")
JohnnyHarvard quoted:
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> Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Does that mean the Bible commands us to smoke pot as well as eat meat? 😃 (Just Kidding!)
And as for Buddhists, many are vegetarian, but not all. The Dali Lama isn’t, for instance. (Most Hindus are vegetarian though.)
Your Quadell
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