Christians, Now They Have Preachers For Animals!

From a comment on Michael Vick Case: More Proof That The Media Hates You, Christians!:

Hi,
You know, I couldn’t make things like this up if I tried. This is what Christianity is coming to, people. I keep trying to warn you,

This Press Release is in memory of the animals tortured and slaughtered in dog fighting. As personally satisfying as it would be to spay and neuter Michael Vick (with no anesthesia), we prefer to teach people how animals SHOULD BE TREATED, and what a blessing they are in our lives. Thanks for reading it and passing it on. ~ Nancy Cronk at www.AnimalChaplains.com.
Press Release August 22, 2007

“Animal Chaplains To Honor and Bless All Creatures on World Animal Day”

~ from the Interfaith Association of Animal Clergy

While Americans have watched in horror as celebrity athlete Michael Vick admits being a willling participant in one of the cruelest, most horrific crimes against animals ever committed, America needs an emotional healing. That day is World Animal Day.

In what will look like a scene from the popular family movie, “Evan Almighty”, scores of Animal Chaplains around the world will bless hundreds, perhaps thousands of animals in many different settings on October 4th 2007. At a pet cemetery on the east coast, to a city park in the desert, to a sandy beach on the west coast, they will walk in on a leash, fly in on a harness, and slither in their cages. Barking, mewing, bleating, mooing, whinnying and purring will join human voices in hymns of praise and worship. World Animal Day is a day dedicated to honoring, blessing, and protecting animals all over the world.

World Animal Day was founded at an ecologist’s convention in Florence, Italy in 1931 as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. October 4th was chosen as World Animal Day because it is also the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, a Catholic Church holiday which is often celebrated with an annual “blessing of the pets”. Since then, it has grown to encompass all kinds of animal life and has been widely celebrated around the world. Churches and synagogues in many faiths traditions have adopted “Pet Blessing Day” or “World Animal Day” in increasing numbers every year.

The Interfaith Association of Animal Chaplains prepares for World Animal Day by referring its members and visitors to the official World Animal Day website. The site provides ideas and resources to individuals, families, community groups and congregations everywhere. People can post their pledge for volunteering at a World Animal Day event. In addition to blessing pets, volunteers will work at animal shelters, zoos, rescues, and other nonprofit organizations. Dogs will be walked, cats will be brushed, horses will be groomed, and fish will benefit from freshly cleaned tanks. Donations will be given to animal welfare agencies, and pets will be adopted. School children will collect pet food to be donated to charities, and bake sales and car washes will be held as fundraising events. Veterinary clinics will hold free spay and neuter days, or may offer to vaccinate pets at no charge. All over the world, on the very same day, the well-being of animals will be on the minds of millions of people.

Interfaith Chaplain Nancy Cronk feels a day honoring animals is very important at a time when the headlines speak of animal cruelty such as athlete Michael Vick’s alleged ties to illegal dog fighting. Animal Chaplains would like everyone to know that every major faith endorses the responsible stewardship of the earth and all of its creatures. “Deliberate harming of animals is in direct opposition to teachings in all of the major world faiths. Caring for animals is our global spiritual responsibility. If we can teach this ethic to all of our children, animal abuse and suffering will someday become a distant memory”.

To find out how to get involved on World Animal Day, go to www.WorldAnimalDay.org.uk. and to www.AnimalChaplains.com. To find out more about Animal Chaplains, go to

(This article may be reprinted.)

Nancy J. Cronk
Founder, Chair and Chaplain
Interfaith Association of Animal Chaplains
www.AnimalChaplains.com
Email: AnimalClergy@aol.com

This is what it is coming to, Christians. I keep trying to warn you, but frequently I get “Christian” scoffers like this:

Kirk Says:

People who do not believe what the Bible has to say about how the world has rejected Christ and hates all who are in Christ … well let me just tell you that you are in for a major attitude adjustment. The scriptures are true. The great tribulation is coming, and it and the dark days leading up to it will be a time of A) great apostasy in the church and B) hostility towards legitimate Christians on a scale that has never been seen before. The Roman Empire throwing Christians to the lions? The Inquisition burning Christians at the stake? The crimes committed against Christians by Marxist regimes? Get ready for that and more. I am not saying that it is going to happen tomorrow or even in the next 20 – 30 years, because a lot of things still have to be fulfilled before that time of great evil and sorrow comes. I am just watching and pointing out the times; how depraved the world is getting on one hand, and how hostile people are becoming to legitimate Christianity on the other.

And when you think about it, why not have preachers for animals? Again, it is a perfectly linear logical progression from evolution. And since the Christian left has long fully embraced evolution, calling those who reject it dangerous fanatics (and even holding special “Evolution Sunday” observances in their churches) there is absolutey no reason not to withhold yourself from serving animals through the clergy. If you reject the notion that God intervened in history to create man in His own Image, then what theological basis does one have to make a separation between man and animals? Even better: why should the worship of a man please God any more than the worship of an animal? Why should not animals stand in judgment before God just like men? And if you are going to reduce Christianity to morals and ethics … well then is not sending your canine to dog obedience school so that it will not misbehave and spaying or neutering your animal so that it will not be irresponsible with its reproductive behavior the same as leading your animal down the path of righteousness through good works (which, after all, is what abiblical Christianity is all about in all of its forms whether liberal or conservative – good works)? I mean, if people can do good works, why not animals? Justification by works does not require faith, so why should the fact that an animal does not have the capacity for faith be held against it?

And this is the best part: if nonsense like this is going on in 2007, imagine how bad it is going to be in 2017! In 2027! I know, some of you Christians are itching for the rapture precisely because you cannot imagine things getting any worse than they are now, and if it does you do not want to see it. As a matter of fact, I am convinced that such thinking played a part in John Hagee going off the deep end, abandoning fundamentalism for dual covenant theology and trying to get Bush to attack Israel so that the rapture will happen before he will have to deal with a Hillary Clinton presidency. But I cannot afford to have that mentality. I am getting ready for a longterm fight. So the question is: what about you? Whose side are you on? Good? Evil, or lukewarm? I urge you to answer the question by coming onto the Lord’s side and by following The Three Step Salvation Plan right now!