BEASTIALITY

[AFTT47]

Oh, is that a catholic thing? About the bulls, I mean. Is artificial insemination wrong for the animal kingdom as well, or is this just a personal belief?

The Church hasn't specifically, officially spoken on this issue. But I personally think it's immoral because I see it as disrespectful to the animals. They shouldn't be treated as objects like that.

That actually would be my answer too. For the same reason, I eat a minimum of meat. That's me though. Remember, atheists are not a group with a uniform moral code. That's why no capital, "A." I am a Secular Humanist and you would probably find that most people who self-identify as such would be uncomfortable with it for exactly the same reason you gave. An atheist who follows the teachings of Ayn Rand (I think they call themselves Objectivists) would probably take a more utilitarian viewpoint, seeing animals as objects to be exploited. That's an assumption on my part though so take it with a grain of salt.

Many people (followers of non-Abrahamic religions or not) have a reverence for the natural world and an inherent respect for non-human life. Whether they can justify it logically or not, they may be uncomfortable with the act of bestiality for exactly the reason you give - it just seems disrespectful of something we emotionally feel should be deserving of respect.

I think you see the defensive reaction you see here because it is a typical argument of a follower of an Abrahamic religion: Our religion says you shouldn't do this. You say it too but you cannot give me a logical reason why. You must be going on your emotion.

I'll plead guilty as charged. I don't like to hurt living things. It is emotional. I feel a kinship with other living things. I'm an insignificant spec in a cosmic vastness and subject to vast powers completely beyond my control. And so are lower animals. I feel an emphatic connection with them in their struggle and because of my greater power, a responsibility to help them if I can. I can't justify it logically right now but it's me.