Hello Frank and Mary,
I am writing to get your opinion on this e-mail thread. You see,
the Vegan Fest is coming up and this church is one of the sponsors.
So I wrote to the senior minister to see if the church promotes meat during
their outings, etc......
So Michael, the senior minister replied saying that he is NOT a vegan but
that he forwarded my questions to Kelly Crocker who is vegan and leads the
vegetarian/vegan group within the ministry.
So below this, you will see my answer to him (if you
scroll further down you will see the entire thread)
In your opinion, was my reply correct or should I have worded it
differently? This church is right outside my work
and seems to be promising, perhaps a place I can make a difference?
What do you think? Am I wasting my time with Michael?
Thanks so much.
Karolin
Hello Michael,
Thank you so much for your speedy reply.
I will await Kelly Crocker's response but in the meantime I am hoping that
you as well will consider adopting a more compassionate diet. It would
be a gift to God, a simple sacrifice for the one who loves his animals just
as he loves us humans.
I don't mean to bother but if you will just take a minute to think about
this:
God gave both, humans and animals neurons, therefore we both feel pain the
same way. If you believe that our father is a loving God who intended us to
eat animals, he would have never given them neurons as well because he would
not want them to suffer.
Going back to Genesis 1;29 and his original intend, the reason plants
and fruits don't have neurons is because God told us that they would be our
food, so in order for them not to feel pain, he left the neurons out
........you see, God is so loving towards everything he created, he did not
even want the plants to feel pain, he knew that we have to eat something.
His creation is really brilliant :)
Sorry to impose this on you but I feel that I have an obligation to the
truth and to help eliminate the suffering.
Thank you so much for reading this.
Karolin
Hello Karolin,
Thanks for writing and for posing such an important question. Rather than
attempt to answer it myself, I am copying my Associate Minister, Kelly
Crocker, who is herself a vegan (I am not) and provides the primary staff
support for the Vegan Fests and our Plant-Based Eating Group. I am sure she
can respond to your inquiry.
Sincerely...Michael A. Schuler
Dear Michael,
I saw that your church is a supporter of the Madison Vegan Fest and that
prompted me to take a look at your church via your website.
I was disappointed not to find any mention of the importance between God and
the food we eat.
I strongly believe what God told us in Genesis 1;29 holds still true today.
He told us to eat a compassionate diet, which would not hurt his other
creation, the animals.
Seeing that you support the vegan fest, does your church promote such a
compassionate diet and host vegetarian and vegan foods during your picnic
and outings?
I have been looking for a ministry such as that. A ministry teaching the
TRUE word of God, one that loves and respects ALL living beings, which
includes of course all animals as well.
Thanks so much.
Have a great day.
Karolin
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