In the West, slaughterhouses are maintained without restriction, and therefore every fifth or tenth year there is a big war in which countless people are slaughtered even more cruelly than the animals. Sometimes during war, soldiers keep their enemies in concentration camps and kill them in very cruel ways. These are reactions brought about by unrestricted animal-killing...

[Posted Apr 15, 2009]

Death Camps Beget More Death Camps

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Extermination of the inferior species very much alive today

Reuters Apr 15, 2009 -

U.S. agents seize suspected Nazi guard

A U.S. appeals court halted the deportation of accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk on Tuesday and he was freed from custody just hours after immigration agents carried him out of his Ohio home to send him to Germany for trial.

...He had been scheduled to be flown immediately to Munich, where he faces charges in the deaths of 29,000 Jews but instead was taken to a federal building in downtown Cleveland. go to story

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Hello, this is planet Earth, home not just to 6 billion human beings but to an uncountable number of other living entities as well—all God's creatures—and if it's justice and mercy that interests the Pope, then he might consider whether God finds it pleasing that countless numbers of cows, goats, sheep, pigs, chickens and fish and other of God's creatures are needlessly and mercilessly slaughtered daily just to satisfy the perverse appetites of human beings. "An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth," sayeth the Old Testament. It is a law of nature: every action begets an equal and opposite reaction. Karma. So whenever there is outbreak of war or pestilence or disease or natural disaster such as earthquake, hurricane, drought, flood, fire, etc., it behooves us to reflect on whether our own misconduct has brought misfortune upon us, and resolve to work in a way that is pleasing to God, Krishna for the benefit of the whole planet, rather than complain that God is not doing His job. more

Animal slaughter and karmic reactions

excerpt from purport, Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.26.5

When a man becomes too proud of his material position, he tries to enjoy his senses in an unrestricted way, being influenced by the modes of passion and ignorance. He is thus described as asuric, or demoniac. When people are demoniac in spirit, they are not merciful toward the poor animals. Consequently, they maintain various animal slaughterhouses. This is technically called suna, or himsa, which means the killing of living beings. In Kali-yuga, due to the increase of the modes of passion and ignorance, almost all men are asuric, or demoniac; therefore they are very much fond of eating flesh, and for this end they maintain various kinds of animal slaughterhouses.

In this age of Kali the propensity for mercy is almost nil. Consequently there is always fighting and wars between men and nations. Men do not understand that because they unrestrictedly kill so many animals, they also must be slaughtered like animals in big wars. This is very much evident in the Western countries. In the West, slaughterhouses are maintained without restriction, and therefore every fifth or tenth year there is a big war in which countless people are slaughtered even more cruelly than the animals. Sometimes during war, soldiers keep their enemies in concentration camps and kill them in very cruel ways. These are reactions brought about by unrestricted animal-killing in the slaughterhouse and by hunters in the forest. Proud, demoniac persons do not know the laws of nature, or the laws of God. Consequently, they unrestrictedly kill poor animals, not caring for them at all. In the Krishna consciousness movement, animal-killing is completely prohibited. One is not accepted as a bona fide student in this movement unless he promises to follow the four regulative principles: no animal-killing, no intoxication, no illicit sex and no gambling. This Krishna consciousness movement is the only means by which the sinful activities of men in this Kali-yuga can be counteracted.

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