“Those who, animal-like, live solely according to the senses... misuse God's creation in order to indulge the passions. They do not understand the principle of that wisdom which is revealed to all: that we should know and praise God through His creation and that by means of the visible world we should understand whence we came, what we are, for what purpose we were made and where we are going. On the contrary, they travel through this present age in darkness... with... ignorance of God.” KnowsWorldShouldMeanMadeAgeChristianPurposeOrderPassionAnimalPrinciplesDarknessCreationIgnorancePraiseContrarySensesVisibleOrthodoxIndulgeMisusePraise GodGod's Creation Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Leaving the complications of the human breakfast-table out of account, in an elemental sense, the egg only exists to produce the chicken. But the chicken does not exist only in order to produce another egg. He may also exist to amuse himself, to praise God, and even to suggest ideas to a French dramatist. Being a conscious life, he is, or may be, valuable in himself.” HumansMayDoeIdeasOrderAnimalProduceCreaturesConsciousAccountsPraiseTablesLeavingValuableEggsChickensBreakfastComplicationElementalsPraise God Book:The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The animate and inanimate creation all contribute to the true worship of God. All of creation must worship at whatever level of sentience they possess. Jesus said if men held back their praise, even the stones might "cry out" in worship.” IfsMenSaidMightJesusAnimalLevelsCryCreationCreaturesWorshipStonesPraiseTrue Worship Author:Ed Buckner
“Some, while deploring animal abuses, on the same breath approve 'benefits to humans from certain animal abuses'! Who would criticize the Jewish holocaust or Black slavery, and YET praise the benefits to Germans or Whites??? This convenient ambiguity at the expense of animals is unacceptable!!!” HumansCertainBlackAnimalBenefitsAbusePraiseBreathsSlaveryExpensesCriticizeAnimal RightsHolocaustAmbiguityConvenientAnimal Abuse Author:Adela Popescu