Don't Use the Bible to Defend Killing Innocent Animals

Don't Use the Bible to Defend Killing Innocent Animals

I’m vegetarian. It’s not something I spend much time defending or arguing about, but there you go.

I get why people eat meat. They tell me "It's good for you" or “It’s delicious.” They’re not convincing enough for me, but I understand them.

Hunting animals for sport, though? I don’t get that at all.

You’re not catching a meal. You don’t need to do it for survival. You're not controlling the animal population.

You’re just killing for the sake of killing. How twisted does your mind have to be to find that fun? I don't get it. I don't think I'll ever get it.

Now, while much of the recent media attention has been on Dr. Walter Palmer (the dentist who paid money to kill Cecil the Lion), it’s rapidly shifting to Sabrina Corgatelli, an Idaho hunter who gleefully took to social media to show off her latest kills, including a giraffe:

Why another creature has to die so she can take a selfie is beyond me.

After posting a picture of another one of her “prizes,” Corgatelli defended (or explained) her actions using a page right from the Ken Ham Playbook. She went straight to the Book of Genesis:

Genesis 9:3 says, “Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.”

Genesis 27:3 says, “Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.”

Quoting the Bible, of course, is hardly a defense of anything. I can do it, too:

Romans 14:21 says “It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.” Checkmate, Christians!

More importantly, though, even those two verses make no sense. It’s not like she ate the giraffe (Genesis 9:3) or went after it with a bow and arrow (Genesis 27:3).

Just because she can cherry pick a couple of verses doesn’t justify her actions. If anything, we can turn this around and say Corgatelli destroyed some of God’s creations.

What's even more appalling is that she said in an interview that she's not a cold-blooded killer, adding that "just because we hunt them doesn’t mean we don’t have a respect for them."

That's quite a thing to say after you've shot something dead -- I had a lot of respect for it. I killed you because I love you.

The Crocodile Hunter respected animals. Jack Hanna respects animals. You're just an asshole with a gun.

She also said "giraffes are very dangerous animals. They could hurt you seriously, very quickly.”

The only way that makes sense is if an Evil Giraffe was about to attack her out of nowhere. Which it wasn’t. That giraffe didn't come to Idaho to destroy her. You know how I know that? Because no one goes to Idaho for anything!

She went to Africa, found the giraffe, shot it dead, and then had the audacity to say "it might have hurt me."

If only there existed a Bible verse telling us to treat others like we want them to treat us…

By the way, I love you Idaho. I was just kidding.

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[TrailerParkPolak]

I'm a Christian vegan and I must agree with you. I'm sad and tired of christians saying they promote love peace and compassion, but they some how don't allways think animals deserve the kindness of Christ.

[LanceUppercut]

"I killed you because I love you" - sounds a lot like God! It all makes sense now!

[gingertansil]

I don't eat meat nor choose to see fellow occupants of the Earth suffer. It's appalling to see folk kill animals. It's sad, it makes me wonder how they treat people in their immediate circle.

[Mashedd_Potatoess]

When I became atheist, I soon became a vegan, realizing that I was against animal sacrifice and torture. You're on the right path being a vegetarian, but if you still consume eggs and dairy milk, you're still supporting the meat industry because almost all the cows milked after being continously raped and separated from their children will end up killed as beef regardless. I'd say life as a dairy cow is much harder.

[rithvikkiran]

Hey Hemant, absolutely loved this video. As a vegan animal liberation activist, this video of yours is my absolute favorite; everything was so beautifully said.

[TheModzBox]

Hearing that hemant is also vegetarian makes me like him even more 😹

[SykopathBnG]

i don't support meaningless hunting but i do and will still eat meat....that's just me tho

[eobardthawne]

I'm a vegan atheist, love this video! Religion is supposed to teach morality but theists end up as brutal savages.

[ascendednightingale]

Genesis said "every moving thing that lives will be food for you"? So as long as we're taking the bible literally, why don't we start hunting people?
I seriously can't stand people who kill animals for fun just because they think they have some sort of divine status. People are so egotistical and cruel.

[JoshuaCasper]

Love the passion on this video. Keep it up.

[Akira]

Giraffes are only dangerous if you provoke them, or threaten their young.

[EDITHFIVE]

Whenever I think of hunters I remember an article I read, perhaps as long as thirty years ago, in a Field & Stream magazine as I sat waiting to see a physician.  The article was about a man who was being celebrated as the holder of the dubious award for "The Greatest Kill Distance."  The accompanying illustration was a picture of an obese great killer sitting with his high powered rifle with its high powered scope.  The scope looked like the kid brother of the type of telescope scientists use to see the stars.

I forget the exact distance this sporting hunter was from the deer quietly grazing in a meadow, but I remember it was over a mile.  The great sportsman used his high powered rifle steadied on a bi-pod, sighted through his powerful telescope to send a slug of lead with enough velocity to kill the deer.

I wonder if the dead deer was ever retrieved and used for food.

Since then whenever I think of hunters, I picture Jaba the great hunter sitting on a hill, using technology to slaughter an animal at a great distance.

[lorraineowens]

Wow! Awesome! Love the way you put this out there.

[isabellacondon]

Humans who mercilessly kill something that can't fight for itself for sport or food food or whatever is literally despicable. Frankly I'm done with meat eaters that demand our respect yet continue to contribute to one of the most vial industries on earth. We need to be the voice for the voiceless

[lizbetht]

"Vegetarianism is more of a problem than meat eating. It's created the idea that there's this second version of veganism that exists whereby you can feel like an animal defender without actually having to be one." -PAUL BASHIR

[TheOuroboros]

Don't pretend you're on some sort of moral high ground just because you don't see the value of game hunting.

[ProxyMinePro]

You know, all this kind of reminds me of the old episodes of South Park.  Jimbo and his friend would take Stan and his friends camping and spot an animal:  "Wow kids, look.  One of god's precious creatures ....AND ITS COMING RIGHT AT US!!!"

[RNS_Aurelius]

To anyone who uses the bible to justify their actions I ask them if they've worn mixed fabrics, eaten pork, shellfish or any other forbidden food or gossipped about someone (which we all have)

[mattbilyeu]

Great video, I personally appreciated that Mr. Mehta commented that the Bible verses the hunter quoted were taken out of context. Too often Christians are asked to defend every POSSIBLE interpretation of a Bible verse rather than what the original author was trying to say. Clearly God was not talking about trophy hunting in Genesis.

I'm not a vegetarian, but I've never been much for trophy hunting. I like fishing, but the catch and release category (the fishing equivalent of trophy hunting I guess) never made much sense to me. If you're not going to eat the fish, then why bother them?

[amberfoster]

Unless your starving or can't afford to go buy groceries you've got no business killing an animal. Trophy hunting especially should be banned.