We Need More Veterinarians

 

 

“A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast the less he knows it.” George MacDonald, quoted by C. S. Lewis in George MacDonald An Anthology, page 160.

 

“Creatures, I give you yourselves,” said the strong happy voice of Aslan. “I give to you for ever this land of Narnia. I give you the woods, the fruits, the rivers. I give you the stars and I give you myself. The Dumb Beasts whom I have not chosen are yours also. Treat them gently and cherish them but do not go back to their ways let you cease to be Talking Beasts. For out of them you were taken and into them you can return. Do not so.” The Magicians Nephew, C. S. Lewis; One Volume edition The Chronicles of Narnia, page 71. Italics mine.

 

Based on the above it appears that we need fewer doctors and more veterinarians.  

 

“See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.

 

“But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people, who have been made in the likeness of God; from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way. Does a spring send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water? Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, bear olives, or a vine bear figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.

 

“Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. And the see whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” James 3:5b–18.