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title: "2 Christian theology Quotes By Andrew Linzey"
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> [Although Christianity has a poor record on animals (as it does, it must be said, on the treatment of slaves, women, children, and gays), it is also the case that Christian theology, when creatively and critically handled, can provide a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/although-christianity-has-a-poor-record-on-animals-as-it-does-it-must/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

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> [Christian theology provides some of the best arguments for respecting animal life and for taking seriously animals as partners with us within God's creation. It may be ironical that this tradition, once thought of as the bastion of human moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/christian-theology-provides-some-of-the-best-arguments-for-respecting/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

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## More by Andrew Linzey

> [When I was in my teens I had a series of intensely religious experiences. They deepened my sense of God as the creator of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/when-i-was-in-my-teens-i-had-a-series-of-intensely-religious/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [If tomorrow we decided only to desist from killing and causing suffering for sport and entertainment, the world would be significantly better for animals.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/if-tomorrow-we-decided-only-to-desist-from-killing-and-causing/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [Looking back through the mists of time, I recall some distinctly religious experiences in my teens--when I was only fourteen years old to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/looking-back-through-the-mists-of-time-i-recall-some-distinctly/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [Despite one or two minority appeals our society is not outraged at man's unremitting use of the animal world. Ecologists and environmentalists may talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/despite-one-or-two-minority-appeals-our-society-is-not-outraged-at/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [Animals are God's creatures, not human property, nor utilities, nor resources, nor commodities, but precious beings in God's sight. ...Christians whose eyes are fixed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/animals-are-god-s-creatures-not-human-property-nor-utilities-nor/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [The point to be grasped from the saintly tradition is that to love animals is not sentimentality (as we know it) but true spirituality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/the-point-to-be-grasped-from-the-saintly-tradition-is-that-to-love/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [One cannot get to animal rights by trampling on human rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/one-cannot-get-to-animal-rights-by-trampling-on-human-rights/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [I do not oppose violence simply because it is counterproductive. I oppose it because it betrays animal rights philosophy. Those who resort to such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/i-do-not-oppose-violence-simply-because-it-is-counterproductive-i/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [Familiarity with holy things can often engender blindness, and churches are, for all their merits, institutions that embody, perhaps more than most, the will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/familiarity-with-holy-things-can-often-engender-blindness-and/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [Humans have "dominion" over animals. But that "dominion" (radah in Hebrew) does not mean despotism, rather we are set over creation to care for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/humans-have-dominion-over-animals-but-that-dominion-radah-in-hebrew/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [It took Christians many years to realize that we cannot love God and also keep humans as slaves. It has taken even longer for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/it-took-christians-many-years-to-realize-that-we-cannot-love-god-and/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [I would happily, sometimes more than happily, have vacated my role as an animal theologian, if there were others prepared to take my place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/i-would-happily-sometimes-more-than-happily-have-vacated-my-role-as/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [We can't change the world for animals without changing our ideas about animals. We have to move from the idea that animals are things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/we-can-t-change-the-world-for-animals-without-changing-our-ideas/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [Although Christianity has a poor record on animals (as it does, it must be said, on the treatment of slaves, women, children, and gays),…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/although-christianity-has-a-poor-record-on-animals-as-it-does-it-must/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

> [It is an unfortunate fact that those people who are most eloquent in their demand for the conservation of animals are often those most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/it-is-an-unfortunate-fact-that-those-people-who-are-most-eloquent-in/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

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