(December 1, 2015 at 7:49 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:I really am just trying to find where the line is, that is why I keep asking questions.(December 1, 2015 at 7:47 pm)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: What if the food goes to waste? Like it reaches it's expiry date without being sold. Does killing the animal become unjustified retroactively?
I wouldn't say so, because that was not the intent. What about you? What do you think?
How much of the animal needs to be intended as food for it to be ok? Is shark finning morally ok, since people are eating the fin?
There are cultures that insist on using most or all of a slaughtered animal, but most westerners waste an enormous amount of the animals they kill for food. Do you, for instance, mind eating the stomach, rectum, testicles, etc? Some of that gets turned into dog food, sure, but not all of it. A lot of the dead animal you are eating just gets thrown away, same as the cat fetus's.
I mean, you are using the word SACRED here.
Have you ever heard of Jainism? Jains kill nothing, they even make sure they don't step on bugs. They do not beleive in killing even in self defense. Now if a Jain said to me, "I think all life is sacred", I'm going to take them at their word because they also actually practice what they are saying. But you are saying that all life is sacred, and then giving exceptions, so I'm just trying to understand why you think there can be exceptions.
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