Comments on: Dreher Column Lauds Christian-Raised Meat

By: James

James — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:11:51 +0000

Glenn, I'd listen to what Rod says about what is good and bad. He should know. He's psychic.

By: Backer

Backer — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:01:07 +0000

MushMouth and David – The 10 Commandments (Decalogue) are null and void for the Christian. The Apostle Paul tells us that if the Believer is allowing the Fruit of the Spirit (Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control)to be alive in his heart, then in light of such things there is no need for the Law.
David, your reference to Matthew is PRE-Cross and the audience Jesus was addressing were held to the Decalogue. The Gospel message changed Post-Cross. Reason? The Decalogue was given to show man he could not live up to it and therefore needed a Saviour. So, salvation in the Old Testament was based upon Faith – in the coming Saviour/Messiah. Salvation in the New Testament is based upon Faith – in the Risen Saviour/Messiah.

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:24:37 +0000

If everyone just ate those lovely, delicious little handmade cakes, no one would have to eat that nasty, industrially produced bread.

It’s really just a matter of taste, people, but well, frankly, what can we really expect of the working class? Pity.

By: MIssing Dots

MIssing Dots — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:32:38 +0000

Eliot Spitzer is in the meat packing business. So at least he has that going for him.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:19:47 +0000

It is indeed a thought provoking article. I often buy higher priced meats, such as grain fed bison and I am thankful that I have sufficient income to do so. I would stop way short of demonizing factory farming though, the creation of a food supply that is cheap and plentiful is one of the most humane things we have accomplished as a country.

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:42:33 +0000

Nigel,

Thank you for proving Godwin’s Law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

Neil

By: Nigel

Nigel — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:47:18 +0000

why stop with Christian meat? Rod should only shop at Christian-owned businesses!

It would be easier if they could be more easily identified – while that “Christian fish” icon is well known, it might be easier to put a yellow Star Of David in the shopkeeper’s window. Oh wait, that’s been tried already .. in the 1940s. Never mind.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:04:40 +0000

@Dave

I’m an omnivore like yourself, but your phrasing of “we stun, so i’m better and not a bigot” is a bit offputting. If you truly opposed inhumanity, wouldn’t you be against the killing part? The how it was killed is fairly moot. If I said, I’m going to kill my next door neighbor slowly and painfully, that would be inhumane, but if I said I’d first lull him to sleep with a reading of Goodnight Moon, and then I’d beat him senseless with a frying pan, that wouldn’t be?

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:11:59 +0000

Actually, yes, it would matter if Jews or Muslims raised and processed my meat. I wouldn’t eat it, period.

Wait… que the shouts of “bigot”…. wait for you to make a fool of yourself….. and now explain:

Typically, we stun livestock before bleeding them to death in our slaughterhouses. This is humane and renders them unconscious while their necks are slit so they can bleed to death.

However, Kosher (Jewish) and Halal (Muslim) cooking standards mandate that a livestock animal NOT be stunned (and therefore incapable of feeling pain) before the butcher shoves a knife up its throat and bleeds it to death. This is unbelievably cruel, and I would never buy meat that was killed in such an egregious manner.

I’m not a bigot, I just generally oppose inhumanity.

By: brian

brian — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:27:26 +0000

Well I know you can certainly trust Christian politicians to uphold higher standards! Must be true of farmers as well!