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Originally Posted by funchy  I don't understand. I hear meat-eaters such as yourself defend their actions by saying "nature is cruel, therefore what's wrong with us being cruel" ; but then the same people say "but we're so much better than nature". Which is it?
Unlike an animal, if we're born with the ability to have a conscience, why not to use it?
Allow me to flip that idea:
If you adore meat so much, just go chase down your next meal, without benefit of gun or vehicle. Try to kill an adult steer using only your own strength, no weapons. Try to tear off bits of meat without claws or sharp teeth. Try to digest the uncooked flesh of a pig without falling sick. The point: meat in our diet today is an unnatural addition.
I ask myself if we're so superior to animals, why do we do these things? Why doesn't humankind respect life? |
thanks for your points, I don't "adore" meat. If there was an indisputable evidence that eating meat harms my health I could probably give up. What I'm saying is calling meat eaters killers is just wrong. Nothing bad with eating meat.
We do respect life, there are conflicts here and there, but if you look at things on a global scale, only a tiny bit of about 7 billion people are involved in wars and fighting - compared to ancient times. There are laws that prevent violence and violence to domesticated animals as well.
I don't consider animals on the same level as us and so I don't see any reason why we should justify killing and eating them.
Now think about it, what if we stop killing and eating animals? Their numbers will grow significantly and soon certain animal species may dominate the ecosystem and even start attacking humans as their food supply diminishes - since we are going to eat fruits and vegetables much like they do - another thing to consider..
Either way tell you what, continuing this is probably pointless as everyone will just stay with their opinions. I do understand your points and think you're deluding yourself, you can probably say the same about my posts, so lets agree on that and let it be
That said I'm much more interested to know about the health aspects of eating meat as the thread originally was.