Entering Blind Darkness - Be the Change in the World

Those who worship ignorance enter blind darkness.
Those who seek knowledge enter darkness, but deeper.
They search in the darkness instead of being blind.
Instead of being blind, they see and are searching.

Enjoy what has been abandoned.
Enjoy what everyone else throws away.
Enjoy what everyone else leaves behind.

Act. Do. Bring about change in the world.

This Week's Vegan Church Message

Jesus said "Foxes have hole and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head" - Luke 9:58

The New Twitter & Youtube Channels for UEC

The Universal Equalitarian Church

Where All Species are Created Equal

An Online Church with an Emphasis on Animal Rights and a Vegan Lifestyle

The Universal Equalitarian Church. Where All Species are Created Equal.

UEC has a new Twitter and Facebook page! Check them both out!!!

We just posted our very first tweet, and uploaded the first Youtube video for the church's channel!!!!


UEC on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/equalitarianuec


UEC on YOUTUBE:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tev4TSZjOMI



Give us a like! Follow us on our social networks!!!!!


The Social Networks for the Universal Equalitarian Church:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/equalitarianchurch 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/equalitarianuec 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tev4TSZjOMI 

Blog: http://equalitarianchurch.blogspot.com/ 

Website: http://equalitarian.webs.com/ 

"The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them" - Isaiah 11:6

THE UNIVERSAL EQUALITARIAN CHURCH

Where all Species are Created Equal

http://equalitarian.webs.com/ 

FACES OF FOOD 

The Short Film 

Directed by Pastor Jack Truman

Updates from UEC - Universal Equalitarian

UEC has a lot going on!!!

Welcome to the Universal Equalitarian Church. Where all species are created Equal.

Our Purpose is World Wide Peace.

Check out our new website!!!

http://equalitarian.webs.com/

Also like us on FACEBOOK at:

https://www.facebook.com/equalitarianchurch

Equalitarian Purpose

The purpose of Equalitarian religion is to provide a liberal and equally united religion for all species to share; regardless of species, race, culture, intelligence, sex or expression. Equalitarianism is for all species. We are all equal. We are all here to help one another.

 

Our Mission

Our mission is World Wide peace; a World free of murder, violence and cannabalism; a World full of Love and Prosperity. Equalitarian Religion provides for all an open-minded, free, and universal form of religious expression. Equalitarianism constantly strives to open the minds of others, and to share thoughts, views, ideas, and expression freely and openly as one.

 

Email us at: equalitarianchurch@gmail.com

Yummy Vegan Carrot Cake

Maple Hazelnut Carrot Cake

Ingredients:

3 cups flour

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 cup maple syrup

2 mashed bananas

½ cup vegan spread

2 cups grated carrots

1/3 cup chopped hazelnuts

1 tablespoon baking powder

Canola oil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Lightly oil cake pan.

Sprinkle flour to cover cake pan.

In a mixing bowl, add the flour and powder.

Stir together.

In a separate bowl, add the syrup, spread, vanilla and bananas.

Stir and whisk well.

Add the syrup mixture to the flour mixture.

Add n the carrots and the nuts.

Stir, mix and beat well into a batter.

Pour the batter in the cake pan.

Bake for about 45 minutes.

Remove from oven and let cool several minutes.

Ready to serve.

 

Our New Website, Facebook & Twitter Pages - And Food Not Bombs

The Universal Equalitarian Church is having one busy fall!

Check out our brand new website:

http://equalitarian.webs.com/

You can also like us on Facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Universal-Equalitarian/147593551921026

Our church also has updates on Twitter with our book publisher Dixie Publishing:

https://twitter.com/dixiepublishing


UEC is also starting a Food Not Bombs Chapter in Southwest Missouri, aimed at providing free vegan plant based food to anyone with no restrictions. You can visit our new page for the SW Missouri Chapter at:

http://equalitarian.webs.com/sw-missouri-food-not-bombs

Save the world. Save the planet. Go Vegan.

LIVING GRAVES - A Poem by George Bernard Shaw

Living GravesBy George Bernard Shaw
(1856-1950)

We are the living graves of murdered beasts,

Slaughtered to satisfy our appetites.

We never pause to wonder at our feasts,

If animals, like men, can possibly have rights.

We pray on Sundays that we may have light,

To guide our footsteps on the path we tread.

We’re sick of War, we do not want to fight –

The thought of it now fills our hearts with dread,

And yet – we gorge ourselves upon the dead.

Like carrion crows, we live and feed on meat,

Regardless of the suffering and pain

We cause by doing so, if thus we treat

Defenseless animals for sport or gain,

How can we hope in this world to attain

The PEACE we say we are so anxious for.

We pray for it, o’er hecatombs of slain,

To God, while outraging the moral law.

Thus cruelty begets its offspring – WAR

A Church Song for the Animals - Psalms 96 to 104

Just got finished with this morning's Bible reading.

I read chapters 96 to 104. And I'll tell you. This seemed a little different from the pack.

Overall, it seemed like I was in church during church songs. Remember going to church? And people singing the songs from the hymn book? That's what this seemed like.

Overall, these 9 chapters, if you had to break it down in a few sentences, this is what it was, in order: Sing to the Lord. The Lord reigns. Sing to the Lord. The Lord reigns. Shout. Sing. Then cry, pray and beg to God. Bless the Lord. Bless the Lord. And end with a song for the Animals.

Sounds like a church song, doesn't it?

Here's the breakdown for today's Bible reading:

Chapter 96 just seemed like a church song to me. I remember growing up as a kid, when I was in church, how it was when everyone sung the church hymns from the song book. And that's what this chapter reminded me of. It started out saying 'Sing to the Lord'. Then brought up to Fear God. What else is new? Gotta throw that Fear word in there. Can't go a chapter without that. He's the best. Fear him. Give to him. Give to the Lord. Give to the Lord. Worship him. Tremble to him and Fear him. This just got to where it seemed comical to me.

Chapter 97 didn't paint a pretty site to imagine. It started out saying how the Lord reigns, then painted a picture of God being surrounded by clouds and darkness, fire surrounding him, people seeing this, and fearing and trembling. This doesn't look like a welcoming place that you'd want to go to when you died. Imagine it. Picture it.

In Chapter 98, the church song started again. Sing to the Lord! Shout joyfully. Sing. Trumpets. Horns. Shout joyfully. Sounds like a big production number to me.

Chapter 99 echos the Lord reigns. Then tells everyone to tremble and Fear God. What else is new?

The church song starts again in Chapter 100. It says to shout joyfully to the Lord. This is getting comical. Really funny. Then the writer brings up how the people are sheep in a pasture. It's ironic how people are compared to the animals. I like that. Being a vegan and animal rights activist, I like that.

Chapter 101 keeps going with the church song. Starting with first words of Singing. Then all of a sudden, things change and the writer starts talking of being violent and killing people for God. Versed 5 to 8 aren't very nice, and don't sound very God loving to me. The writer says they'll destroy the person who slanders a neighbor. They'll destroy all the evil people. Now I will say this. There are some good things in these verses here where the writer blocks out and does not allow himself to be surrounded by the negative people. But, this chapter isn't about that. Overall, it's about killing and destroying the people not like him. I don't like that.

All of a sudden, in Chapter 102, things change and take a different turn. It's not like singing a church song here. It's all negative. All of a sudden the writer is crying, praying and begging to God for help. Verse after verse, it's negative, negative, negative. Then the word of Fear is thrown in. Then the chapter ends with brown nosing God. Fear and brown nosing. What else is new?

The next chapter, 103, was all about blessing the Lord. Bless the Lord. Bless the Lord. Bless the Lord. Bless the Lord. I saw these words 6 times in this small chapter. Talk about ramming it down the throat. But I did like verses 15 and 16. Those stood out to me. They talked about comparing Man to grass. How man sprouts, grows then dies. Every once in awhile, in this book, once in a blue moon, there's an interesting sentence. So that was neat. But then, right after those verses, verse 17 says to Fear God. Then ends with repeating to Bless God. Damn. I'll tell you what.

The last chapter, 104, I did like. It came across to me as a Song for the Animals.

Chapter 104 talked alot about different animals, and to me, was showing how humans are like the other animals. They wrote about Birds having their home and singing on branches. Grass grows for Cattle. Grass grows food for the Earth. There you go. We're just like the cattle. Our food is supposed to come from the grass too. It said wine makes the heart glad. Oil makes the face shine. Bread strengthens the heart. Trees filled with sap. I don't see anything here talking about how people should eat our fellow creatures. It's just talking about how we're all the same and how we use what comes out of the ground to eat and drink and live.

Other fellow creatures mentioned here: Birds. Goats. Badgers. Beasts. Lions. Then Man. And with every animal here, it mentions about their home and where they lay their head at night. There you go. We're all the same.

From Verses 12 to 25, it really compares Man as an equal to all the other Animals. And ends with saying how we're all the same, all of us Creatures, small and big. There you go. We're all the same.

The chapter ended with the church song saying to bless and praise the Lord.

Overall, this Bible reading today was a little different. More like a church song. A lot of the same things like Fear and Violence and Evil. And how God is an evil person. But the church song writing style was different, and I did like Chapter 104 being a chapter for the Animals.

Like a church song. For the Animals.

When I Ate Animals - A Poem

When I Ate Animals
A Poem by Jack Truman

It doesn't seem that long ago

When I ate animals

Most people eat animals

I don't anymore

When I was a kid

Growing up

You ate 3 squares a day

Meat and potatoes

Bacon and eggs

Biscuits and gravy

Burgers and fries

Everything was with meat

Every dish had a dead animal

When I ate animals

When I ate animals

They tasted good

Didn't know any different

That's what everybody did

When I became an adult

I ate dead animals

They tasted good

And as I kept eating dead animals

The weight would gain

The health got worse

I passed age 30

Became obese

Got an ulcer

Started getting chest pains

When I ate animals

When the millenium hit

My body was in quite a pickle

Was living in California

Where they say all them there fruits and nuts live

Decided to not eat animals for a month

Just fruits, vegetables and grains

Lost 30 pounds

Did it a second month

Lost another 20

My ulcer healed

When I didn't eat animals

That was my wake up call

The eating of animals stopped

It's 15 years later

I'm pushing 50

And am at the weight I was when

I was 20

Heathier than ever

A vegan for life

It started for my health

Then evolved into morals

Now I eat to live

Instead of living to eat

I thank a higher power

And am glad to say

That if there's one thing I'm thankful for

In this life

Was to find the day that it was wrong

To eat animals

Those days are long ago

And gone for good

When I ate animals

Genesis Chapter 1 - The First Page of the Holy Bible

If you're a true believer in the Bible and God, go to the very first page of the Holy Bible.

The first book of Genesis.

The very first chapter when God created Earth.

If you're a true believer in the Bible, start with the beginning.

Genesis 1:29 states: 'God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food'.

This is a no brainer. The herbs, plants, seeds and fruits are our foods. That's what you're supposed to eat. There's nothing here in the first chapter about eating our fellow creatures.

But it does say this about our fellow creatures in the next verse:

Genesis 1:30 : 'Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food. And it was so.'

Our fellow creatures were designed to eat the same as us. The herbs on the earth.

Be a believer. Go vegan.

Fight Global Warming By Going Vegan

Want to save the planet?

Go Vegan.

It's as simple as that. It's a proven fact that the simplest way to save the planet with global warming is by changing the food you put in your body.

The biggest cause of global warming is methane gas. And the only way methane is created is by the feces (shit) of cattle.

So, think about it: if breeding cattle was eliminated as a source for food, the methane would go down, and reverse global warming.

There's a world of resources here on the internet that explain the science of this well. If you google the words  'vegan global warming methane', you'll be amazed at the research results.

Here's a few great resources/links that educate and inform the science and research to check out from Down to Earth, Earthsave, PETA and Choose Veg:

http://www.downtoearth.org/environment/top-10-reasons

http://www.earthsave.org/globalwarming.htm

http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/global-warming.aspx

http://www.chooseveg.com/global-warming.asp

The facts are here. If you want to save global warming, change the planet and at the same time, save the lives of fellow species, Go Vegan.

ANIMAL CRUELTY LAW IN THE UNITED STATES, A COMPARATIVE ANAYSIS

Opal Dockery

Category: Reference / Criminal Justice / Animal Rights / Education

ISBN: 978-0-557-57780-4 / Paperback $25.00

6x 9 inches / 225 Pages

Eating Vegan Is More Popular Than Ever

Being vegan used to be a rare thing. Now, it's becoming more mainstream.

Go to Google News. Type in the word 'vegan'. And be amazed at the results. Today's top news story in a Google News search for the word vegan resulted in the top story being 'Eating Vegan More Popular Than Ever' by Yale Daily News.

By becoming vegan, you can save your life. Live healthy. Save the lives of our fellow creatures. And save the planet from Global Warming.

Life doesn't get much better than that.

Go Vegan. Change your life. Change the world. One bite at a time.

An Animal's Eyes

AN ANIMAL'S EYES
By Opal Dockery

Study an animal. Look into his face.
See his eyes and know that he is a living, feeling being the same as you.
Think of his eyes while you are eating him.

ANIMAL CRUELTY LAW IN THE UNITED STATES, A COMPARATIVE ANAYSIS

Opal Dockery

Category: Reference / Criminal Justice / Animal Rights / Education

ISBN: 978-0-557-57780-4 / Paperback $25.00

6x 9 inches / 225 Pages

God, Religion, and Church - With All Species

Equalitarian religion believes that all species are created equal.

Are you religious? Do you believe in God? If so, your body is the temple of God.

You are what you eat. Eat to live. Don't live to eat.

As the first book of Genesis says in the Bible, we have dominion over our fellow creatures, the animals. Dominion is defined as a guardian of angels in the dictionary. To have dominion is to be a guardian. To protect.

Be God loving. Protect your fellow creatures.

THE ACCEPTABLE SIN

Award Winning Documentary Short Film

Directed by Jack Truman

Featuring Opal Dockery

A Dixie Film



Religion and Gluttony: A Deadly Sin

If you walk into any church on a Sunday, obese people make a up a big majority. And if you up to the preacher on the pulpit, 9 times out of 10, they will be morbidly obese.

Your body is the temple of God. But apparently, those who go to church don't look at it that way.

97% of Americans consider themselves religious. And over 70 percent of the U.S. population is obese. Does anyone see a connection here?

If a person is God loving, they would treat their body like the temple of God. And the best way to avoid being obese is by not eating animal products. A vegan diet is the best way believer in God can show their faith. And at the same time, save their lives, animal's lives, and the planet.

Here's a great story from the Times of India titled 'Religion Can Make You Fat'

A Plea to the Human Race from the Animals

A PLEA TO THE HUMAN RACE FROM THE ANIMALS
By
Opal Dockery

Look into my eyes
And you will realize
How I am like you
With feelings, spirit, and a soul, too.

Look into my eyes
And you will be surprised
That you can be my friend
Time and time again.

Look into my eyes
and you will see the size
Of all the pain
That still remains.

Look into my eyes
And tell me all the whys
That your race kills mine
Why can you not be kind?

Look into my eyes
And you will see the cries
Of all the suffering I endure
Is there not a cure?

Look into my eyes
And finalize
Your thoughts
As you see the reflection of yourself.

Watch the FREE award winning documentary short film THE ACCEPTABLE SIN on Youtube:

Raising Children Vegan

We need to change the world. By changing the world, we can save the planet.

The best way to save the planet ethically, morally and environmentally is by promoting a vegan lifestyle. And if you have children, there is no better time than the present to being raising them vegan.

If you're worried about the health risks, don't. There are a world of resources out there to help you raise you child with a vegan diet.

It was just released today that vegan actress Alicia Silverstone plans raising her son Bear Blu as a vegan. Leading by example.

Let's save and change the world. One person at a time. And the easiest way to do that is by starting with what we put in our bodies.

CNN Story: Can We Kill and Eat Dogs?

CNN broke out a major story today about the common practice of eating dogs in Asia. According to CNN, this is a common and humane practice.

Which comes to mind the question: If it is considered 'humane' to eat various species, why is it not considered humane to eat any species for survival?

Save the world. Go vegan

The Acceptable Sin

What is an acceptable sin?

Animal Rights, Being Vegan, Obesity and Religion

There is a direct link between Obesity and Religion.

Over 70 percent of Americans are obese. And over 97 percent of them consider themselves religious.

The Universal Equalitarian Church is a religion with a focus on Animal Rights. No cruelty towards any living creature.

Current hot topics in the world today include Global Warming, Obesity, Animal Cruelty, Religion, Health and Nutrition. There is no better way to adapt to a healthier lifestyle for yourself and the planet than a vegan / vegetarian lifestyle. By eliminating animal products, you can improve your health, eliminate obesity, global warming, animal cruelty, save the planet and show true love to your fellow creatures.

Save the world. Save your life. GO VEGAN.