RE: Why is halal legal?
July 5, 2011 at 11:39 am
(This post was last modified: July 5, 2011 at 12:58 pm by Faith No More.)
(July 5, 2011 at 11:34 am)Rayaan Wrote: I think it's a matter of perspective on which method you think is more "humane"? To me, slaughtering the animal vs. stunning the animal with a gun doesn't make a difference. We have to kill it anyways, and the Islamic method is to cut with a sharp knife, on the neck, as fast as possible. Also, the ritual is basically an act of sacrifice. When killing a cow, in that manner, it increases our gratitude for God's creation because we are sacrificing the animal. And we have to mention God's name right before the killing the animal.
So let me ask you this, aside from what you think your god would want because these animals don't give two shits about it. Would you rather get stunned first and then killed, or would you rather me slice you open alive so that you feel every cut? If that's what god wants then he's an asshole. And calling it a sacrifice doesn't make it any more humane. It's amazing to me the barbaric, stupid shit people will do in the name of god.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
