An unknown comedian made this joke:
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If God didn`t intend for man to eat animals He wouldn`t have made them out of meat.
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Well, this isn`t an air-tight argument by any means but it does point to the fact that the God of the Bible does speak to animal rights quite clearly:
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<b>Genesis 1:26</b><br>
<i>And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.</i>
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<b>Numbers 11:18</b><br>
<i>And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.</i>
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<b>Acts 10:11-15</b><br>
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 
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Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 
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And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 
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But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. 
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And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
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<b>Most importantly, there is not one single verse of scripture in the Bible which infers that mankind should treat animals as anything other than property which may be used as man sees fit.</b>
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The Animals rights movement is a perversion much like the sexual perversion which has resulted in Homosexuals being married and child molestation.  It is not as perverse as these other perversions, but it is a perversion nevertheless.
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Since this Philosophy does not proceed from the Bible (Judeo-Christian heritage) where did it come from?  How about Eastern Religion and revived Paganism ?