Christ, the Manger and the Love of Animals

This is a really good article that relates the animals around the manger tradition and the love that Christians and Jews have for animals. Go see At the Creation and at the manger. Very thought provoking and also has some info in there I was not aware of.

It would be interesting to compare other religons and their treatment of animals and see if there is a different ethic. Talking to some guys coming back from Iraq one or two commented they were not thrilled how Iraqis treated dogs. Strays it appeared just love Americans and I get the impression the higher up had to put some rules in place before our bases became overun by guys feeding them and playing with them. However they did say Iraqis love cats. Then of course there are the stories about dogs being eaten in the Asia areas. Anyway good story.