Animal Rights and the Analysis of ReligionIn his essay “Religion and Animal Rights,” writer Tom Regan maintains that animals are “subjects of a life ”, like humans. If we value all beings, regardless of the degree of human rationality, who are capable of action, we must also attribute to animals or, as it is called, non-human animals. All practices involving animal abuse must be abolished. Animals have intrinsic value as humans and highlights that Christian theology has brought uncontrolled lands to the brink of ecological catastrophe. Regan begins his essay by stating that "Not few people view the animal rights position as extreme, calling, as it does, for the abolition of certain entrenched social practices rather than for their 'humane' reform." (Regan 619). The writer also compares animal rights to human rights based on extreme moral positions, such as rape, child pornography, and racial discrimination, stating that ". . . when an injustice is absolute, as is the case for each of the examples we have just cited, then we must oppose it with absolute injustice. It is not a question of reformed child pornography, more humane than what enlightened ethics requires: it is abolition that is necessary” (Regan 620). The writing is completely against hunting animals for sport, dressing in animal skins and raising animals for slaughter. According to him, any animal sacrifice is no different from a crime perpetrated against a human being. Sacrificing any animal should stimulate the same emotional response as a crime against a human being. This belief is considered by many to be an “extremist” view of animal rights and generally not widely accepted. It is difficult for me to read this essay and I disagree with at least most of what the author states. I am aware of the great d...... middle of article ......evidence and statistics. A vegetarian diet is becoming increasingly popular Scientific data suggests a relationship between a vegetarian diet and reduced risk of several chronic diseases, including obesity and hypertension. , diabetes and certain types of cancer. All of this research should give us pause and confirm that God knew what he was talking about when he told us in the Bible what to eat and what not to eat. For Christians, animals “feel pain.” To ignore it would be absurd. They also have rights. It is not surprising that there are rules to protect animals and that Christians accept them. Four major religious movements, such as Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist, promote compassion, love and respect for animals. it is that the faithful do not always respect these provisions and transform these ideas of universal compassion in the way most suited to their desires.