“We care: this product not tested on animals.” Ever seen this on a bottle of soap? (Do you read your bottles of soap?) Well, I’m weird, and yes I do read bottles of soap, for some inexplicable reason, but this statement doesn’t really make sense to me. It would seem that you need to test soap so you know it won’t give you a rash or kill you or something, so why not spare me from death by lavender bubble bath, and see if a little bunny rabbit dies from it instead. It sounds cruel, but who should die? A human or a bunny? You have to choose the lesser of two evils. (or we could just go without soap…) Anyways, another negative element of the animal lover movement is the reasoning. “Well, who are we to assume authority over an animal?” Before you agree with that, you have to view the next step. See, if we say that we have no right to kill an animal, or that we shouldn’t eat animals, we have to say that God has no right to assume authority over us. “Who are we to say our lives are worth more than an animal’s life?” My little sister knows a girl who thinks that if you abuse an animal, you should be put in the electric chair. Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t think we should abuse animals, but the electric chair?!? That’s no longer a question of worth, that’s a statement; animal’s lives are worth more than a person’s. “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” That’s Luke 12:5-7, we are worth more than many sparrows. But God still knows when a sparrow falls, so we should be kind to animals, in fact, God even told us to take care of His creation; He made us to dominate and rule the earth. Don’t even get me started on vegetarians.
