I hope that's true. I adopted my current cat after his owner passed away. He's a senior and had digestive issues. I spent over a year struggling to get him to eat, spending hundred of dollars on food he refused to eat and multiple trips to the vet to find the problem. The only food he reliably eats is this prescription $5/can specialty food. But he loves me so I do it for him.
Seniors know how lucky they are to be adopted. I adopted my previous cat when he was 12 and had at least two homes already, one of which declawed him. He would bite my arm in the middle of the night to get me to move so he could lie next to me the way he likes. I had him for 3 years before cancer took him.
Hmm, could it be that fat, ugly, orange anal sphincter with teeth that is infesting the White House now!
I think when Trumpyboy leaves the White House, the next president will need to fumigate the White House at least three or four times to get the stench out! It might be easier to burned it down and build a new residence for the president!
I have long been baffled by the things people are willing to believe, as well as their willingness to delegate their thinking to the clergy. Evidently, this sect/cult has decided companion animals are evil, while naturally ignoring what Christians acting in the name of Christianity have done to their fellow humans.
Further Thought: I LOVE my cats. As stated elsewhere, we have four of 'em, each with their own personality and how they and I interact. They lighten my life, make me smile and laugh and just make things BETTER. I can't escape the feeling that those stuck in that stupid cult feel much the same about their pets.
And that the leaders of that stupidity want to deprive their congregants of their beloved animal companions tells me that what they want is 100% of their attention and obedience.
I wonder why, exactly, they think that dogs and cats are unclean? Is it because they don't use toilets? Humans have only had indoor plumbing for a few thousand years, maximum, and it has only been widespread for a few centuries. What about outdoor pets? Barn cats, hunting and working dogs, cows, horses, chickens? All of those animals can be loved and give love, while not makingthe house "unclean". What about someone disabled who cannot function without their service dog?
The cruelty is the point. The power is all the leadership seeks. They want slaves who are beaten down, subjects to rule. They don't want to see any of their underlings as people with equal value.
Heartless. Actually, heartless, cruel, and STUPID. If someone wanted to insist that I choose their dumb-ass dogma over my Spooky, Garfield, Mandy, and Tux (all wonderful and silly puddy-cats), I would show them the door - forcibly (and gladly!) if necessary.
Hemant has it right when he calls this yet another control vector, because it is, and it deserves to be outed loudly.
We got Tux when I saw her wandering about near our house and I meowed at her. She meowed back, and we just did that for a while until she decided that I was safe and came over for a pet-pet. We've had her now for 10 years, and I just love her to pieces!
Absolutely right; authoritarians don't want their peons getting love, affection, or fulfillment from any source outside of the authoritarian regime. All external empathy and friendship must go.
I will hope that such a draconian decree results in the church having many less members.
Want to know how a person treats other people? Just look at how they treat their pets.
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-- Robert A. Heinlein
I hope that's true. I adopted my current cat after his owner passed away. He's a senior and had digestive issues. I spent over a year struggling to get him to eat, spending hundred of dollars on food he refused to eat and multiple trips to the vet to find the problem. The only food he reliably eats is this prescription $5/can specialty food. But he loves me so I do it for him.
These aren't just animals. They are FAMILY. You know it and I know it. The asshats running that cult either don't know it or want to ignore that fact.
My wife and I have adopted dogs from shelters for almost forty-five years. I understand and appreciate what you're doing.
We've had 4 dogs, 3 lived to 15 and the 4th is 6. We've decided only to adopt seniors going forward.
Seniors know how lucky they are to be adopted. I adopted my previous cat when he was 12 and had at least two homes already, one of which declawed him. He would bite my arm in the middle of the night to get me to move so he could lie next to me the way he likes. I had him for 3 years before cancer took him.
Old Bob knew the score.
He sure as hell did. Man knew whereof he spoke on a LOT of different topics, and I shudder at what he'd think of the current situation. π
Exercise for the reader: Who would he point to as the Nehemiah Scudder equivalent?
You get ONE GUESS, and I don't think you have to work very hard at that guess.
Hmm, could it be that fat, ugly, orange anal sphincter with teeth that is infesting the White House now!
I think when Trumpyboy leaves the White House, the next president will need to fumigate the White House at least three or four times to get the stench out! It might be easier to burned it down and build a new residence for the president!
Psychopaths that brutalize and/or kill animals go on to brutalize and/or kill people!
Does this sect promote shooting dogs in gravel pits?
You wouldn't be thinking of a certain former Interior Secretary, would you? ππ
DHS Secretary.
Right. Sorry about that. [shrug] She's STILL an asshat, though, never mind a dog murderer!
She's an asshat, a dog murderer, AND a goat murderer. IMO, she needs to be staked out on iceberg headed south.
Former? I must have missed the good news!
Kristi Noem got shown the door a while back, FSM be praised!
She should face ANIMAL CRUELTY charges, but due to goddamm fucking Christian privilege she wonβt see the inside of a jail cell!
Or will she?
She should see the inside a jail cell, but wonβt due to being a βgood Christianβ!
Oh, I imagined it was a dog shooting back.
Minor quibble: Dogkillah was Sec of Homeland Security, not Interior. Interior is Doug Burgam. Former guv of ND.
I have long been baffled by the things people are willing to believe, as well as their willingness to delegate their thinking to the clergy. Evidently, this sect/cult has decided companion animals are evil, while naturally ignoring what Christians acting in the name of Christianity have done to their fellow humans.
"The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go his heaven, not man's."
-- Mark Twain, from "The Lowest Animal."
If there are no dogs, it's not heaven. Same for cats!
Ever come across a post, read the headline, and think, "nope"?
Yup.
Further Thought: I LOVE my cats. As stated elsewhere, we have four of 'em, each with their own personality and how they and I interact. They lighten my life, make me smile and laugh and just make things BETTER. I can't escape the feeling that those stuck in that stupid cult feel much the same about their pets.
And that the leaders of that stupidity want to deprive their congregants of their beloved animal companions tells me that what they want is 100% of their attention and obedience.
Fuck that.
βTheyβre eating the dogs! Theyβre eating the cats!β - a very low IQ person
now, THAT's Funny.....Oh Lowered
Disgusting. Hugging my cat when I read this.
Animals are atheists and are far more savvy than those in the thrall of religion.
"Secretive Christian sect." Bet Plymouth Brethren Christian Church covers up child sexual abuse within its ranks.
Or am I just cynical.
Nope, accurate. Another child rape and death cult.
Not cynical. Just recognizing the same pattern we have seen over and over again. (RCC, SBC, JW, LDS, etc.)
That would be S.O.P for Christian institutions/sects these days!
I wonder why, exactly, they think that dogs and cats are unclean? Is it because they don't use toilets? Humans have only had indoor plumbing for a few thousand years, maximum, and it has only been widespread for a few centuries. What about outdoor pets? Barn cats, hunting and working dogs, cows, horses, chickens? All of those animals can be loved and give love, while not makingthe house "unclean". What about someone disabled who cannot function without their service dog?
The cruelty is the point. The power is all the leadership seeks. They want slaves who are beaten down, subjects to rule. They don't want to see any of their underlings as people with equal value.
In America there are some seriously sick people.
True ... but THIS sect seems to be centered in Australia.
True. But these folk are mostly Australians.
Damn it, the sickness is spreading.
I said it before and I will say it again: RELIGIONS ROTS THE MIND; MAKES PEOPLE EXTREMELY STUPID, EXTREMELY GULLIBLE, AND GODAMM FUCKING CRUEL!
I hope this goddamm fucking death cult get ANIMAL CRUELTY charges and go to JAIL for a LONG time!
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-- Steven Weinberg
Heartless. Actually, heartless, cruel, and STUPID. If someone wanted to insist that I choose their dumb-ass dogma over my Spooky, Garfield, Mandy, and Tux (all wonderful and silly puddy-cats), I would show them the door - forcibly (and gladly!) if necessary.
Hemant has it right when he calls this yet another control vector, because it is, and it deserves to be outed loudly.
I've made friends with dogs and cats who weren't even in our family. But then again, I'm just a godless heathen.
I've made friends with the neighbor's dog. The cats don't want anything to do with me.
We got Tux when I saw her wandering about near our house and I meowed at her. She meowed back, and we just did that for a while until she decided that I was safe and came over for a pet-pet. We've had her now for 10 years, and I just love her to pieces!
Absolutely right; authoritarians don't want their peons getting love, affection, or fulfillment from any source outside of the authoritarian regime. All external empathy and friendship must go.
I will hope that such a draconian decree results in the church having many less members.
Judging from THIS particular mutation, the leaders don't want ANY love, affection or fulfillment in their congregation.
Problem is: insist on that long enough, and the reaction from one or more of the congregants may be both untoward and unpleasant!