"The Lord will not judge a single soul of beast for man's
sake,
but adjudges the souls of men to their beasts in this world'
for men have a special place.
And as every soul of man is according to number,
similarly beasts will not
perish, nor all souls of beasts which the Lord
created,
till the great judgment, and they
will accuse man, if he feed them ill."
-- Secrets of Enoch, Chapter LVIII, Verses
6-7
"Whoever defiles the soul of beasts, defiles his own
soul."
Secrets of Enoch, Chapter LIX, Vs.
1
"Whoever kills beast without wounds, kills his own soul and
defiles his own flesh.
And he who does any beast any
injury whatsoever, in secret,
it is evil practice, and he
defiles his own soul."
-- Secrets of Enoch, Chapter
LIX, Vs. 5-6
Related Biblical references:
"A righteous man regards the life of his beast,
but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel."
-- Proverbs
12:10
God cares for the animals He
created:
- Revelation 4:11 tells us that all things were created for
God's pleasure.
- Matthew 10:29 says that even when a little sparrow falls to the
ground, God notices.
- Luke 12:6 says that God never forgets about the animals.
- Psalm 104:21-30 and Matthew 6:26 describe how God Himself
feeds the animals.
- Proverbs 12:10 declares that a righteous man cares for the
needs of his animals.
- Job 12:10 assures us that "In God's hand is
the life of every creature."
Famous Quotes About Animals
"If
a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the
face,
you
should go home and examine your conscience."
?
President Woodrow Wilson
The greatness of a nation and its moral
progress
can be judged by the way its animals are
treated.
?
Mahatma Gandhi
If you have men who will exclude any of
God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity,
you will have men who will deal likewise
with their fellow men.
-- St. Francis of
Assisi
The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual
superiority to other creatures;
but the fact that he can DO wrong proves his moral
inferiority to any creature that cannot.
? Mark
Twain