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Dominion, Desire, and the Question We Avoid

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Dominion, Desire, and the Question We Avoid I am not trying to build a theory or accuse anyone. I am asking a question: are we truly listening to God, or are we defending human desire while calling it divine permission? Scripture often presents what we take for granted — meat, dominion, sacrifice — in a way that challenges us deeply. In Genesis, humans and animals are formed from the same earth and share the same breath of life. Both are called living beings. Vegetation is given for food to all. Animals are never introduced as food in the creation story. Dominion is given to humanity, but it is immediately defined by restraint: power is to be expressed through care, not destruction. Genesis 2 clarifies this further: humans are placed in the garden “to work it and to keep it,” tending and protecting creation. This is godly dominion — stewardship, not killing. Animals are companions in the created order, not partners for consumption. Later, after violence fills the earth, hum...

From Chains to Freedom: How Going Vegan Led Me to Christ 🌱

From Chains to Freedom: How Going Vegan Led Me to Christ 🌱 From Chains to Freedom: How Going Vegan Led Me to Christ 🌱  If I can do it. Y ou can too! As my t-shirt says behind my roots: "Lets root for eachother!" - Written by Natalia Magdalena Botvinjevs  I used to feel like I was in chains — physically, mentally, and spiritually. My body hurt, my mind was clouded, and my soul was restless and hurting. I was raised in confusion — a daughter of a woman who called herself Catholic in one breath and a witch in the next. I saw darkness dressed up as light. I lived a life of survival, pain, and numbness — a life far from peace. But something started to shift when I went vegan. At first, it wasn’t about religion. I didn’t even really believe in God yet. It began with something simple — a relationship with animals . I had a cat, a dog, birds… and I started to see that they had personalities, emotions, preferences, fears, and love . They weren’t just animals — they were someone. ...