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13with the wild asses ; he was fedwith grass like oxen, and hisbody was wet with the dew ofheaven ; until he knew that theMost High God ruleth in thekingdom of men ."Titus 1 :12 "A certain one ofthem, their own prophet, said :`Cretans are always liars, injuriouswild-beasts, unemployedgluttons.'"2 Pet. 2 :12 "But these men, likeunreasoning animals born naturallyto be caught and destroyed,will, in the things ofwhich they are ignorant andspeak abusively, even suffer destructionin their own course ofdestruction ."Jude 10 "Yet these men arespeaking abusively of all thethings they really do not know,but all the things they do understandnaturally like the unreasoninganimals, in thesethings they go on corruptingthemselves."Death Equalizes Men and Beasts(Except Man Is Promised aResurrection)Eccl. 3 :18-20 "I said in myheart, It is because of the sonsof men, that God may provethem, and that they may seethat they themselves are but asbeasts . For that which befalleththe sons of men befalleth beasts ;even one thing befalleth them :as the one dieth, so dieth theother ; yea, they have all onebreath ; and man hath no preeminenceabove the beasts : forall is vanity . All go unto oneplace ; all are of the dust, and allturn to dust again ."Animals Perish at Death ; NoAfterlifePs. 49:12, 17, 20 "But manbeing in honor abideth not : heis like the beasts that perish. Forwhen he dieth he shall carrynothing away ; his glory shall notdescend after him. Man that isAnimal Worshipin honor, and understandeth not,is like the beasts that perish ."2 Pet. 2:12 "But these men,like unreasoning animals bornnaturally to be caught and destroyed."Man Forbidden to Have UncleanRelations with Any AnimalEx . 22 :19 "Whosoever liethwith a beast shall surely be putto death ."Lev. 11 :43 "Ye shall not makeyourselves abominable with anycreeping thing that creepeth,neither shall ye make yourselvesunclean with them, that yeshould be defiled thereby ."Lev . 20 :15, 16 "And if a manlie with a beast, he shall surelybe put to death : and ye shallslay the beast . And if a womanapproach unto any beast, andlie down thereto, thou shalt killthe woman, and the beast : theyshall surely be put to death :their blood shall be upon them ."Animal Worship Turns AttentionAway from the CreatorRom . 1 :21-25 "Because, althoughthey knew God, they didnot glorify him as God nor didthey thank him, but they becameempty-headed in their reasoningsand their unintelligentheart became darkened . Althoughasserting they were wise, theybecame foolish and turned theglory of the incorruptible Godinto something like the image ofcorruptible man and of birds andfour-footed creatures and creepingthings . Therefore God inkeeping with the desires of theirhearts gave them up to uncleanness,that their bodies mightbe dishonored among them, eventhose who exchanged the truth ofGod for the lie and veneratedand rendered sacred service tothe creation rather than the Onewho created, who is blessed forever."