RE: How do religious people justify raising and slaughtering animals for food?
November 30, 2017 at 9:34 am
(November 30, 2017 at 7:52 am)Hammy Wrote:(November 29, 2017 at 2:53 pm)Shell B Wrote: Well, you've kind of justified it by saying it isn't sinful. That's your justification. As for me, I justify it on basis of being hungry and liking the taste. If that's not good enough for veggie types, tough.
I had an online friend on Facebook who I spoke to for years about all sorts of things and we got along really well but when I told her that I ate meat but the rest of my family was vegan she said "So you care about your stomach more than innocent animals?" and blocked me forever.
I won't disclose who it was but it was someone who used to post on AF.
I thought that was utterly absurd and one of the biggest overreactions from someone I've ever had to contend with. And it's not as if I'd been lying all the time and said I was a vegetarian or vegan. I've never suggested that I didn't eat meat . . . so her reaction was utterly bizarre. Does she just assume everyone is vegan by default, even though most people aren't, and only when they explicitly say they aren't does she ragequit a friendship? And she's no idiot either.
Anyways, it was weird.
Wow... so much for tolerance of different view points...
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh