A faith in species equality

Different religions have different views on animals as a whole. When referring to religion in line with euthanasia some religions wouldn’t allow euthanasia of an animal because of the possible side effects on reincarnation when another human passes away. This is in eastern religions(Buddhism,Hinduism,Jainism), a value is given to the animals life so that if any cruelty or euthanasia could potentially harm another human when it comes to incarnation. Most Christianity nations perceive animals as a possession. So any kind of cruelty/ damage to there possession is not tolerated. Animals are widely kept through out this religion and are seen to be a big part of many Christian families. In religions such as Muslim religion some certain animals are refereed to as 'unclean' animals, this is animals such as the pig and dog. This is why some Muslim families keep dogs but they will not be allowed in the house they will be outside as a working dog or used to guard the premiss.

In Genesis one and 2, it provides a full understanding of God’s creations and wisdom of human nature because it is free from evil. God created everything from nothing; to be perfect from his perspective. Human nature is revealed from Genesis one with God creating the Earth and the Heavens and creating the man of his likeness. The Bible explains how God created the man named Adam from the dust and was placed in the Eden’s Garden (Genesis 2:7). Adam helped God to take care of the land and all his creation. The Bible explains, Humanity was created to work and serve, keep the garden (Genesis 2:15). Subsequently, Eve was created; “God had created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). Adam and Eve would help God because He wanted them to multiply the Earth by taking care of his creations (Hiles & Smith, 2014). God is the sovereign ruler which he created humanity as how he should have wanted. The Bible explains about human nature that God created everything to be distinct from animals and all His creation. Humankind is able to show on our nature because we are capable of reasoning. God created all differently and we were all born naked and pure as Adam and Eve were. God created in his own image that why we all look different; we are unique in His eyes. Also, God created us to be good because we are born innocent of all evil and loving God.

In contrast, in the story of Genesis God gave man dominion over all the creatures of the Earth. (Genesis 1:28) The man to this day, hunts animals of all kinds and disrespects nature, with clear-cutting of forestry and pollution.

“Speciesism and the Idea of Equality” by Bonnie Steinbock is a rebuttal to Peter Singer’s “Speciesism and the Idea of Equality”. The issue presented is should animal rights be considered on the same par as human rights? The conclusion is no, animal rights shouldn’t be on the same standing as human rights. There are several reasons that support this conclusion. The first reason is that humans have abilities that animals don’t have. Steinbock states, “It is not arbitrary or smug, I think, to maintain that human beings have a different moral status from members of other species because of certain capacities which are characteristic of being human” (225). There are three sub points within this argument that help her case. They include: human

In Genesis one and two, it provides a full understanding of God’s creations and wisdom of human nature because it is free from evil. Human nature is revealed from Genesis one with God creating the Earth and the Heavens and creating the man of his likeness. The Bible explains how God created Adam, from dust and was placed in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:7). The Bible explains humanity was created to work and serve (Genesis 2:15). Subsequently, Eve was created; “God had created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). Adam and Eve would help God because He wanted them to multiply the Earth by taking care of all of his creation (Hiles & Smith, 2014). God is the sovereign ruler, he created humanity as how he should have wanted. The Bible explains about human nature that God created everything to be distinct from animals and all of His creation. God created us in his own image, which is why we all look different; we are unique in His eyes. Also, God created us to be good because we are born innocent of all evil and loving of God. In addition, we were all born pure as Adam and Eve were. The Bible explains that God was pleased with his creations, “God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:10-21).

This book initially began as a commentary on my Facebook page, entitled, “Do Animals Go to Heaven?” It was the product of a question asked of me by our church youth. Several within the adult congregation disagreed with me. However I presented scripture as well as sound teachings. When I asked what their scriptural denial to my stance was, the reply I received was, “It’s in there somewhere,” referring to the Bible. Their incorrectly held beliefs were based on personal “feelings” and a failure or refusal to read the Bible. Their difference with my stance was due to flawed doctrinal traditions and false assumptions on their part. Where did they get these traditions and how did they come to these conclusions? I do not know. However, I am by no means one to allow others to continue in the dark. I began putting together notes to strengthen the stance of my article and before I knew it is was faced with over four hundred pages of notes. I realized that what I had to say on the topic could not be limited to merely an article in the “Notes” section of my social media page.

God said, “Let us make man in out image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in his own image,in the image of God he created him;male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:26-27 ESV). As we can see from scripture God created the the heavens and the earth, and then God created man and woman to rule over it.

The book of Genesis records the creation of the world and everything in it, as well the early relationship between God and humanity. God creates man, Adam, “from the dust of the ground” (Genesis 2:7) and places him in a paradise on Earth called the garden of Eden, where he also places the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From the man, God creates a woman and tells them that they “may freely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil [they] shall not eat, for in the day that [they] eat of it [they] shall die (Genesis 2:16). Despite this warning, the woman, Eve, is eventually tempted to eat the fruit of the treat and convinces Adam to do the same, causing them to be cast out of the garden. Although Adam and Eve do have free will to do what they

The passage of John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” emphasises the importance of animals in the hierarchy of creation and Christian’s responsibility to protect and care for them.

Human being and non-human creatures should participate together in God’s creation (Johnson). God created the world “for life together”, and “the structure of existence-in-community” represents “God’s own life in triune communion” (Migliore, 108). The Scripture proves that nonhuman creatures are company with human beings, as well as both of them cannot be separated from each other. In Genesis, God says “good” after created the each group of creatures. God says “very good” when the entire group together (Migliore, 101). The creatures are coexisting and interdependent among themselves (Migliore,

Speciesism is an undeniable prejudice focused on by the likes of Peter Singer and Shelly Kagan. The general accepted definition of speciesism is the assumption of superiority to humans which leads to the exploitation of animals. Singer hones in on the idea of speciesism and uses it to describe giving preference to our own species over another, in the absence of morally relevant differences.

Another topic of prejudice portrayed in the novel, which was also in our text, is that of speciesism. According to McGraw-Hill and Plous, a “common way people reduce conflict over their use of animals is to acknowledge that animals feel pain but to deny that animals are intelligent or self-aware” (521). In Wicked, the relationship between humans and animals is unique from our world since in the world of Oz there is a sub-group of animals, called Animals, which we do not have. The group called Animals are self-aware and live simultaneously with humans as their peers, although their inferiority in the Oz social system increases throughout the book. An example of the prejudice towards animals is the statement, “Everyone knows that you can’t teach an animal to talk” (Maguire 272). This shows that there is a denial of awareness towards animals and perpetuation of inequality. For instance, with Animals, Elphaba discovered there were captive Sheep and a Cow under her sister’s rule and asked, “Did you say Sheep? A Cow? You mean Animals?” (Maguire 313). Although Animals are given to be on the same self-awareness level of human, they are terribly discriminated against and treated as animals, no different from humans being forced into slavery. The prejudice and discrimination towards animals and Animals is especially complex and a concern of Elphaba throughout the novel.

Throughout history morality has been a topic of intense debate. Innumerable thinkers have devoted immense amounts of time and energy to the formulation of various ethical theories intended to assist humans in their daily lives. These theories set out guidelines which help to determine the rightness or wrongness of any given action and can therefore illuminate which choice would be morally beneficial. And while many of these theories differ substantially, most have at least one common underlying principle, namely that humans deserve to be treated with a certain level of respect. This idea comes from the belief that all humans have interests which are significant enough to be considered, hence no one should impede another

To deny such fairness to animals is unjust to these poor creatures,

From a religious aspect, God also puts the fear of man into the animals and again animals are used to fill the needs of men (Genesis 9:1).