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I’m going to pass on the video, because animal abuse never fails to make me ill and cry, but yeah, I wish I could believe in hell so there was somewhere to take those sorts of “people” (and I use the term loosely).
Echoing other sentiments here: I lean toward secular humanism when it comes to religion, but the idea that a special place in hell might be reserved for those who commit such crimes definitely has it’s appeal.
I wouldn’t crack open a monkey’s skull and eat it’s brains but that doesn’t mean that everyone who has is intrinsically evil. My understanding is that many times when dolphins are shot it’s by fishermen trying to drive them away from a fishing area. Obviously wrong and illegal but not equatable to torturing animals for sick pleasure. I don’t know what the case is here, but then no one else does either.
I’m going to pass on the video, because animal abuse never fails to make me ill and cry, but yeah, I wish I could believe in hell so there was somewhere to take those sorts of “people” (and I use the term loosely).
Echoing other sentiments here: I lean toward secular humanism when it comes to religion, but the idea that a special place in hell might be reserved for those who commit such crimes definitely has it’s appeal.
More than anger, incidents like this produce fear in me.
What is it that produces periodic exhibition of such depravity?
How many steps are there between shooting dolphins and shooting other people?
This is pure evil.
Bed wetting, arson, and animal cruelty are recognized as the “‘triad’ of childhood characteristics representative of future serial killers”, so I’d there probably aren’t too many steps.
I guess they got sick and tired of de-winging flies and drowning kittens.
I wouldn’t crack open a monkey’s skull and eat it’s brains but that doesn’t mean that everyone who has is intrinsically evil. My understanding is that many times when dolphins are shot it’s by fishermen trying to drive them away from a fishing area. Obviously wrong and illegal but not equatable to torturing animals for sick pleasure. I don’t know what the case is here, but then no one else does either.