Originally Posted by
Laly
Personally, I consider myself a Catholic, but I really have a concern with the Catholic views on that question. I think that the Catholic Church should definitely drop the Thomistic/Aristotelian views on that topic.
What is your opinion? Would it be reasonable to interpret the Christian scriptures in a more animal-friendly way (including concerning the New Testament episode of the Gerasene/Gadarene porks, which is I think the only passage from the Bible that really troubles me).
Anyway, this is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church currently says on animals: “2416 Animals are God's creatures. He surrounds them with his providential care. By their mere existence they bless him and give him glory. Thus men owe them kindness. We should recall the gentleness with which saints like St. Francis of Assisi or St. Philip Neri treated animals.”
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