I guess fish don't count

do experiments on fish. I've killed tens of thousands of embryos, but, you know, I take care to minimize pain, and do it for a purpose that can't be achieved any other way; I also have to answer to committees that enforce ethical conduct in animal care and use.

No such rules apply if you are a Christian priest.

Well, yesterday's sermon was a big hit! We had a mass execution of 200 feeder fish that I pulled out of a fish tank and then threw all over the floor. The kids were in shock and then started to pic them up and put them back into the fish tank. Obviously, most of them died in the effort…the point however was made that they cared ore about .15 cent feeder fish then they do about their friends dying w/o Christ.

Damned straight. I certainly hope more people care about living creatures than they do about what weird religious sect their friends have adopted.

I am also not surprised that kids are shocked to discover their priest has such a callous disregard for life — I hope it was the first step in freeing some of their minds from the embrace of the Christian death cult.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/05/i_guess_fish_dont_count.php

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Ahhh, more of those wonderful "christian values." *sigh*

They'll pound that empathy out of them soon. Kids learn with this kind of hands-on activity!

Christmas, where the children's director called the kids up to the front of the church and talked about the baby about to be born at Christmas. She then handed out silver square nails looped with red ribbon to hang on the tree as a reminder of the fate of the baby being born. Um, VIVID? But this fish thing is way worse. Disgusting.

Par for the course.

linked here, where it is claimed to come from an unnamed Russiaville IN church's facebook page: http://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalRights/comments/h4lx8/animal_sacrifice_in_childrens_sermon_xpost_from/

Especially like the last part..

Cruelty against fish may seem laughable at first, but the willingness to commit mass abuse and violence in front of children is not. As Proverbs 12:10 says, “A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.”

without knowing what church is allegedly involved

No right to life for them -- but a better use was possible.