Eating Mercifully

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Eating Mercifully-Documentary Film Preview

A short 7 min documentary explores Christian perspectives on factory farming.

• Category

  Pets & Animals

[askalice50]

No doubt, my vegan lifestyle was brought about by knowledge of factory farming in my 30s, but as a wee child I knew that I shouldn't be eating someone's flesh. It had nothing to do with religion. It was simply common sense. Huge production facility or small operation, it matters not. Look in your mouth. Your teeth aren't carnivorous. The strongest animals on the planet that pulled your plows and wagons don't eat flesh, they eat plants. Mercy? More important - common sense.

[nono060606]

this just makes me sick to my stomach its just not right

[questianna]

I just received my requested DVD of this documentary in the mail today. I don't need to watch. I'm already vegetarian because of a life principle. I got the DVD for my father who loves his meat and in fact, is a hunter. Unfortunately, now that I'm really thinking about it, I don't think watching this would phase him...if I could even GET him to watch it. It might work on my sister though.

I'm just too sensitive to even get through the first minute.

[david davidson]

I'm a 20 year old millennial from Canada. In my opinion, god doesn't exist. I believe the system of religion, specifically Christianity draws my criticism because of its similarities to factory farming. I agree that the factory farms use inhumane and therefore unacceptable practices and techniques to exert dominance over another species to the benefit of their ruling power; the human being.

God>humans is the same as Farmer>pigs

The problems in factory farming are a mould of Christianity

[labshevegan]

Can you tell me why i cant share this video?

[barkingkiwi]

What about our 4 canine teeth? They're there to help us consume meat. The primates which are most closely related to humans are omnivorous. The fact that some animals have evolved to be strong through herbivore diets is rather irrelevant. Common sense to me would be eating a diet which we have evolved on, which would include meat. The choice not to should be personal and not preached and forced into people's lives. Awareness of where our food comes from is a different issue.

[Naturebound]

God bless this video! Thank you for sharing this. The minute I opened my eyes to this cruelty in February (ironically by reading "The Omnivore's Dilemna" by Michael Pollen who does not promote vegetarianism) I went vegan in all areas of my life. I always struggled with a sense of guilt/ambiguity around food and I could never quite put my finger on it. I began to read about our environment, our animals, and our food and now I understand where it all came from.

[CopperCountryLady]

Thank you for putting this together for us to see. It is shameful what we humans do to our animals.

[TMundo]

i certainly don't disagree with you on that account. Satan is behind a lot, but I am confident that God can lead. Look, I'm trying to follow after Jesus. I'm not perfect, but last week a preacher was saying something about this, & it had been on my mind. This week a random youtuber I made friends with who didn't know I was in the church sent me this video. What more can I say, this is incredible.

[TMundo]

Look, I eat meat, but locking animals in a cage like that is just wrong. I believe God provided animals for mankind's benefit, but not for him to abuse, mistreat, or waste. Personally I respect the hunter gather lifestyle the most as it gives the animal the most chance of survival in its own natural habitat. I didn't know most meat in america came from places like that, now I just gotta figure out where the meat I eat comes from & if possible, change that.

[Staycie]

FALSE! The clips from this video aren't just from one or two "bad" factory farms - it is an industry standard! Get educated about the farms first, please!

[Humpedoverclown]

Who cares, honestly, why do bible thumping toss pot losers keep posting crap like this? Do you think its going to change how I, or the rest of world feels? I just ate a chicken for dinner tonight, and last Sunday I had a nice beef roast.

Oh and btw, I do know about the cruelty that exists in factory farming. I know, and I don't care, because I am human! King of the food chain. I have an opposable thumbs and that, gives me the right.