Category: Christianity
Biblical Vegetarianism
April 8th, 2009by Vasu Murti das
According to the Bible, God intended the entire human race to follow a vegetarian diet (Genesis 1:29). Paradise is vegetarian. Rashi (Rabbi Solomon von Isaac, 1030-1105), the famous Jewish Bible commentator, taught that "God did not pe… more »
Doing Enough for Animals
December 21st, 2008by Vasu Murti das
"One man's meat is another man/woman/child's hunger."
This slogan is part of the "Enough" campaign, with its aim of reducing meat consumption. The campaign highlights the waste of resources involved in feeding grain to animals.… more »
Paul: the Deceptive Disciple
November 27th, 2008by Vasu Murti das
Christian theologian Dr. Upton Clary Ewing writes:
"With all due respect for the integrity of Paul, he was not one of the Twelve Apostles... Paul never knew Jesus in life. He never walked and prayed with Him as He went from… more »
Interview with Abolitionist-Online in Australia
September 26th, 2008In your book "They Shall Not Hurt Or Destroy” you say a few years ago Norm Phelps came to the conclusion, such as I myself have, that the animal rights movement will never succeed until we 'convert' the churches, mosques and synagogues to our cause. Is t… more »
Points of Similarity
April 7th, 2008Krishna Consciousness and Christianity
"The Hare Krishna religion is a bona fide religion with roots in India that go back thousands of years."
—New York Supreme Court
Justice John S. Leahy,
People v. Murphy
1. Anglican Pries… more »
India's Contributions to Humanity
March 25th, 2008A letter writer to my local newspaper claims that because “intellectually enlightened Western European Christians came to America 400 years ago,” America does not “resemble Laos, India, Ethiopia or Iran,” but instead possesses… more »
Interfaith Preaching
March 7th, 2008Why are devotees suddenly afraid to preach to people of other faiths? My own observations have shown a reluctance on the part of Vaishnavas in the West to engage in interfaith preaching.
Back in the late '90s, my friend Anantarupa dasa, an Irish… more »
One
December 28th, 2007In a letter to Upendra dasa in Fiji, dated October 26, 1970, from Amritsar, India, Srila Prabhupada wrote:
"Regarding worship of demigods, the whole Hindu society is absorbed in this business, so unless our preaching work is very vigorous it is… more »
Our Religious Identity
October 28th, 2007In e-mail correspondence with my friend Tim Parks (a Protestant missionary, now preaching in China) during the late '90s, I told him that Lord Krishna identifies Himself as an avatar, or incarnation of God—the Supreme Being, and the Father of ev… more »
Refuting 'three times'...
October 9th, 2007The second most repeated argument against animal rights I've gotten from Christians is a verse in the New Testament where Paul quotes Jesus as having said to him three times, "My grace is sufficient for thee." (II Corinthians 12:8-9)&n… more »
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