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CVA Weekly Newsletter
August 30, 2012
- Upcoming Activist Opportunities
- Commentary by Paul Hansen
- This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman
1. Upcoming Activist Opportunities
9/7 AZ Phoenix Steven Curtis Chapman Christian Concert
9/7-8 CA San Diego Promise Keepers Men's Conference
9/9 PA Philadelphia TABLE Green Fest Philly
9/12 MA Boston Hillsong
9/20 TN Kingsport God’s Not Dead Fest With Newsboys
9/21 ME Bangor An Evening with the Gaither Vocal Band
9/21-23 NC Hickory "Momentum" The Conference Newsboys
9/22 NS Halifax An Evening with the Gaither Vocal Band
8/24-25 IA Des Moines Women of Faith Celebrate What Matters
8/24-25 IN Indianapolis Women of Faith Celebrate What Matters Conf
8/24-9/3 MO Branson Silver Dollar City - Southern Gospel Picnic
9/13 MD Baltimore Hillsong Cornerstone Tour
9/14 OH Cincinnati Hillsong Cornerstone Tour
9/14-15 CA Anaheim Women of Faith Conference
9/14-15 NY Rochester Women of Faith Conference
9/15 NC Charlotte Hillsong Cornerstone Tour
9/18 AL Birmingham Hillsong Cornerstone Tour
9/20 TX Austin Hillsong Cornerstone Tour
9/20-22 MO St. Louis Joyce Meyers Conference
9/21 TX San Antonio Hillsong Cornerstone Tour
9/21 GA Duluth Women of Faith Conference
9/21-22 TX Dallas Women of Faith Conference
9/28-29 CO Denver Women of Faith Conference
9/28-29 PA Pittsburgh Women of Faith Conference
9/28-28 MA Amherst Acquire The Fire Youth Conference
10/6-7 CA San Francisco TABLE World Vegetarian Festival
10/7-8 PA Philadelphia Women of Faith Conference
10/27-28 MA Boston TABLE Vegetarian Food Festival
10/12-13 CO Colorado Springs Hearts at Home Western Women's Conference
10/13 FL Tampa TABLE VegFest
11/17 NY Albany TABLE NY's Capital Region Vegetarian
2. Commentary by Paul Hansen
I’ve been thinking lately about a series of questions I might ask people who empathize with animals that would reveal the inconsistency of objecting to “animal cruelty” on the one hand, while patronizing those who are guilty of it on the other. Here’s what I’ve come up with tentatively:
(1) If you knew that a certain veterinarian was regularly cruel to animals, would you patronize him?
[expected answer: No]
(2) If you knew that a certain business was regularly cruel to animals, would you patronize it?
[expected answer: No]
(3) Then why do you patronize the factory-farm/slaughterhouse business?
To resolve the paradox, they would have to either differentiate the sense of “companion animals” (in 1) from the sense of “farm animals” (in 2) and justify treating them differently, or claim they weren’t aware that factory farms/slaughterhouses regularly engaged in cruelty. If the latter, I could ask if they would like to see what “standard business practice” was like and lend them a copy of the 12-minute video, “Farm to Fridge” (available from Mercy for Animals and viewable online at MeatVideo.com):
http://MeatVideo.com
One lady in our church, who was leery about watching “FOOD Inc.”, flatly declared, “I don’t want to change my eating habits, so I don’t care to watch any disturbing undercover video.” I find this reaction surprisingly common among meat-eating Christians. Ignorance is less repulsive and more comfortable.
3. This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman
Hardness of Heart in the Churches
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