Ethical Statement In Free Willy

• Romans 6:23- For the wages of sin are death but the gift of God is enteral life in Christ Jesus our Savior

Spiritual Gifts are special divine empowerments given to us through the Holy Spirit. These Gifts however are not for our own personal benefit, instead the main purpose is to equip us to be able to serve and glorify the Lord while Jesus continues His ministry though us. When we use our Spiritual Gifts to glorify the Lord we are contributing to the overall heath and growth of the church. 1 Peter 4:10-11 shows us that we have each been given a Gift by the Holy Spirit and when we use that Gift we find the strength we need to build up the Church. The Gifts of the Spirit are messages of wisdom, knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, miraculous powers, prophecy,

For many years, we’ve been going to such places like, SeaWorld, and Six Flags, to see vast animals, like Orcas, also known as the killer whale, which we wouldn’t normally see out in the wild. Orcas have been around for millions of years; it’s known to be one of the smartest mammals, closest to humans. Since of their friendliness, people have taken advantage of them. For the past sixty years people have brought these massive creatures into their aquariums to make profit out of it, but never thought about their lives. What if you were kept in a cage for years, and was pushed to do such activities, you wouldn’t do in your normal life. While being in captivities, killer whales are forced to do plentiful tricks, which they normally wouldn’t do

Killer whales, otherwise called orcas, are the biggest individuals from the dolphin family and the top predator in their ecosystem. They are a standout amongst the most wise marine animals, particularly because of their intense faculties of sight and hearing. Their excellence has surprised people for years, yet for some orcas imprisonment restricts their opportunity and delight in life. It isn’t just harming the physical and psychological wellness of these creatures, but also represents a risk to coaches, yet individuals keep on profiting from killer whales.

Elements of these beliefs are also touched on in the controversial documentary Blackfish. Different personal accounts from current and former Sea World trainers offer different perspective. Accordingly, the personal account of former Sea World trainer Mark Simmons described the type of profound impact working with Tilikum and the other orcas had on his life. Throughout his screen time Simmons goes on to suggest that captive orcas have raised his awareness, love and compassion for all marine life. In going against the majority of those interviewed in the film, Simmons validates the possibility of impact whales can have on their adopted environments and on humans who are able to interact with them. However, Tilikum isn’t the only orca to make national headlines. Another earlier orca captured and launched into popular culture endearment was Keiko, the orca who starred in the 1990’s film Free Willy, a movie about a young boy who helps encourage an orca’s escape from captivity back into the wild. Gaining public support and financial donations from the movie’s release, Keiko the whale became a pioneer in a program backed on the research of marine habitat explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteaus and his son. The operation called for Keiko’s monitored return to nature. Unfortunately, Keiko never lost dependency on his human care takers and died in their presence. According to a special report article found on the Issues and Controversies data base titled “Keiko the Whale Dies in Norway”, Keiko passed away during the experiment on Dec. 12, 2003 in Taknes Fjord, Norway, at the age of about 26. According to data in the report, “[Keiko] was the second longest living captive orca in the

These animals have lived in captivity for so long and in such brutal conditions that they would never be able to survive in the wild. They wouldn’t know how to live with their own species as it is completely unfamiliar to them. They’ve been ruined so much that their survival was doomed from the beginning. An example of this is the Orca Keiko, better known as the star in Free Willy. After the release of the movie in 1993 about a young kid who befriends an Orca in captivity and then undertakes actions to get his friend back into the wild and kids who were fascinated by this inspiring story a project to free Keiko for real was created. This was called ‘The Free Willy/Keiko Foundation’. The Orca who had lived in captivity since 1976, was underweight and had a bad skin condition was send away for “two years of rehabilitation in Oregon”. Once Keiko had regained health he was flown by plane to the waters of Iceland where he was first captured. After years of being fed pre-killed fish which were handed to him he had to learn how to kill and eat live prey by himself and had to go on several ‘open sea swims’ before they implanted a tracking device in him and was then released in the ocean. Everything seemed to be going well but only three weeks later, instead of finding his original pod and joining them as the Foundation had hoped for he showed up “...in a Norwegian fjord letting little kids ride on

‘I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.—Psalm 193’ Olson

They say that long-captive orcas can’t withstand these conditions.” In addition, the Los Angeles Times mentions “Blackfish,” a documentary featuring one of SeaWorld’s orcas, Tilikum, and a petition used to free Tilikum to a sea pen: “A petition on change.org has collected more than 220,000 signatures. It calls for SeaWorld Orlando in Florida to release an orca featured in ‘Blackfish,’ Tilikum, to a sea pen.” Moreover, the Los Angeles Times describes how maybe one reason SeaWorld wasn’t inclined to free Tilikum is because one free orca’s story, Keiko’s, didn’t turn out so well: “Keiko was captured off Iceland in 1979 and trained to perform at theme parks…. the killer whale was transported to a sea pen in Iceland in

When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, He will guide and lead us into all truth to do all that Jesus has said to us to do, purifying our mind, body, soul and spirit by the washing of His word.

Keiko the killer whale – star of the movie Free Willy – is heading home to Iceland after nearly a lifetime in captivity. He may even be set

Researchers have yet to decide the reason for the creature's demise, however tissue tests have been taken. The youthful one's body was secured with "whale lice," a sign of weakness, agents say.

" . . . that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister" (1:23).

The movie Free Willy is about a boy who works at a zoo and soon becomes bestfriends with a youth whale. As the whale matured, and got older the boy was endangering the whale because he was bigger and needed more space to live. The boy did the right thing, and let him go. Just like in the movie people are

Paul’s question is to be asked of believers today, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” (Acts 19:2)

Forgiveness is the act of pardoning a person(s) of an offense and ceasing to feel resentment towards them. It can be argued that the day the act of forgiveness was introduced to mankind, was when Adam and Eve first sinned in the Garden of Eden. Although it is not written in the Bible that Adam and Eve repented from their sins, sought forgiveness, studying the Book of Genesis further, it can be assumed that the action of forgiveness occurred because Cain and Abel (Adam and Eve’s sons) both made sacrifices to the Lord. The practice of sacrifice was done in thanksgiving and for the remission of sin or forgiveness, which would have been taught to them by their parents. God provided a way to seek forgiveness in the bloodshed of an animal. Beginning with the animals, God, himself, killed to provide the first garment to Adam and Eve to clothe their nakedness; thus, symbolizing the “covering” of their sin, as can be read in Genesis 3:21. Recognizing that the blood shed of an animal would never be sufficient enough to forgive man’s sinful nature, God provided the ultimate sacrifice, through the His son, Jesus Christ. The shedding of Christ’s death and resurrection is powerful enough to “wipe away” all sin and restore mankind to his spiritual life with the Lord. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). Throughout the Bible God teaches that true forgiveness is a merciful act