Zero.
I do have respect for animals. As God’s creatures, I think they should be loved, treated with care, and spared cruelty.
I definitely would consider myself someone who supports the ethical treatment of animals. But I would never be affiliated with PETA, because promoting that cause isn’t what PETA is about.
PETA is all about PETA and grabbing headlines. The organization is extreme for the sake of being extreme.
Some of their protests, supposedly done in the name of raising awareness about the treatment of animals, are just goofy and relatively harmless.
This Good Friday protest goes beyond goofiness and treads into truly offensive territory.
Vienna -- A row erupted on Thursday over plans by animal protectionists to symbolically "crucify" three activists with animal masks in a Good Friday protest outside Vienna's St Stephan's Cathedral.
The militant pro-animal group PETA said the activists would be suspended from crosses with crowns of thorns on their heads.
The slogan of the protest action would be "We suffer and die for your sins of nourishment."
PETA said its aim was to catch the attention of consumers who ignored the suffering of animals.
...The Archdiocese of Vienna said: "It's a completely unacceptable falsification of the religious dimension of Good Friday.
As people will be gathering for Good Friday services, these nuts will be right outside the Cathedral, mocking the Christian faith.
How utterly tasteless!
Do the protesters really think that this is the way to win converts to their agenda?
On the very day that Christians observe the death of Jesus, PETA fanatics will be lampooning the Crucifixion of Christ, using symbols like the cross and the crown of thorns.
By the way, do you think riots will break out in Christendom because of this? Will Christians call for the deaths of PETA members?
Of course, that thought is silly, yet Christians are often characterized as extreme and dangerous.
But I digress.
When PETA pulls stunts like this, the organization does nothing to promote the ethical treatment of animals. Instead, they are exposed as being completely insensitive to human beings.
The bottom line:
If these protesters sincerely want people to care about animals, they must first show that they sincerely respect and care about people.
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