tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084895632111301486.post6478958081300665247..comments2023-09-18T14:07:34.270+02:00Comments on SAFCEI: Saints and animalsSteve Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084895632111301486.post-15531901930850552212008-06-24T09:19:00.000+02:002008-06-24T09:19:00.000+02:00It is not only Saints and monastics that, in the i...It is not only Saints and monastics that, in the interests of all of creation, including ourselves, should work to develop a love of all of creation, including animals, it is all of us. <BR/><BR/>As I see it everything is part of the Creator. Some of it, like humankind, does go off track but the Creator wants nothing more than that the off track bit should return to the fold, it is not rejected by the Creator as the gospels tell us.<BR/><BR/>Thus the slightest hint of rejection in our hearts of any bit of creation is a rejection of an aspect of the Creator which is surely not what we want to be party to.Rory Shorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04082053274455375043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084895632111301486.post-89237043313253064112008-06-20T10:09:00.000+02:002008-06-20T10:09:00.000+02:00Please check out this reference which gives a uniq...Please check out this reference which gives a unique appreciation of the non-human inhabitants of this mostly non-human world.<BR/><BR/>http://animalliberty.com <BR/><BR/>And yes there are many recorded instances of saints from all of the Traditions having intimate heart-felt relations with animals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084895632111301486.post-64708924335968726452008-06-19T06:01:00.000+02:002008-06-19T06:01:00.000+02:00I love the post!Although if I was walking through ...I love the post!<BR/>Although if I was walking through Africa and a lion jumped out of the brush at me, I'm not sure if my first response would, "Hello, can I get a ride?"<BR/>But who knows...I'm sure I'd be praying and listening to God quite intently at the time.<BR/>:-)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14670609970252209273noreply@blogger.com