Discuss: Saving Seals

Wonderfull!  Transcending dogma, just what the public debate must do.  How?  With the zen.

“his belly rising and falling in those deep drafts of breath that only the very young of any species seem to enjoy”

Breath of fire.  Keeps you young.  aum. 

We all have to start breathing that breath of fire together and illuminate the darkness of mass insanity (thanks Elvis C).  Rejuvenate the world.

Thank you for putting this article online. Brenda’s article beautifully weaves together two important themes that all species share: the longing to belong to a family and the deep satisfaction we experience when we are at peace with one another.

Save the sealers, they worth this!

I read the article entitled “Saving Seals” and could not help but be struck by several things.

First, Ms. Peterson seems to have a rather condescending view of Christians and a rather disproportionate worship of our planet and its animal life over and above that of human beings, as though humans are merely in the way and do not belong on this planet.

In an effort to foster greater understanding, allow me to clarify some things regarding the Rapture and, as she puts it, the end of the Earth.

Either your friend is not very well versed in prophecy, or your editorial misrepresented him intentionally. The Bible foretells the future of this beautiful Earth in very specific detail. The Rapture does not signal the end of the Earth any more than the birth of a baby signals the end of the mother. The Rapture is not the end of things, but the beginning of things. Please review the following mini-treatise for a better understanding of end times eschatology. http://www.frankcaw.com/Never-Annihilated.html

In short, the Word expressly states that the Earth will never be destroyed, but rather renewed and made beautiful again. Why this would not bring immense comfort to Ms. Peterson is beyond me. After all, she strikes me as a staunch environmentalist. One would think that Ms. Peterson would be the first in line to herald an Earth that has been restored to newness. Alas, that would require a leap of faith for Ms. Peterson, because she would then have to accept the existence of a sovereign, personal God. Something tells me she is not ready to accept that yet.

As for Ms. Peterson’s admirable desire to save baby seals, something else inside me wonders if she has the same zeal for life when it comes to human babies and the hundreds of thousands of babies murdered every year in abortion centers? No, something tells me that Ms. Peterson’s zeal for saving baby creatures begins and ends with animals. Personally, I have just as much of a desire to see human’s granted the right to life as I do baby seals. But that’s just me.

In conclusion, I think that Ms. Peterson’s love for this Earth is to be commended. However, as beautiful as the Earth is, it does not represent the pinnacle of God’s magnificent creative imagination. The Earth is not the center of the Universe. God is. And the Earth is not to be worshipped. God alone is worth of that accolade.

Timothy Carr

seals;
  i dont know is that seal came from your guys healthing place but i seen a seal with a transmiter on its back and two red tags onn its two back flippers

Brenda is my sister and I love her with all my heart.  However, her description of our family going to tent revivals wherein people fell to the ground in paroxysms, speaking gibberish, NEVER occurred. Our family asked her to stop writing falsehoods about us, but Brenda is bent on continuing to do so, despite the pain such activities causes our parents.

“Saving Seals” offers us all the rapture and daily practice of interspecies connection and conservation. It’s a model for citizen naturalists to engage with their own backyard beaches, forests, and wild lands. Thanks so much for Peterson’s engaging, generous, and life-affirming story. This writer well recognizes that we share this earthly habitat with other animals.

Thank you, Brenda Peterson, for her insights reaffirming that looking into the soulful eyes of a seal pup is truly “rapture” on this earth!