RE: How do religious people justify raising and slaughtering animals for food?
November 29, 2017 at 3:01 pm
(November 29, 2017 at 2:53 pm)Shell B Wrote:(November 29, 2017 at 2:29 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: In that case, I can only speak for my own faith and say that we do not consider it sinful to eat meat. So, justification isn't necessary.
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 guess I wasn't calling it justification because in the context of the OP, he made it sound like it would be some sort of excuse - like that we know deep down that it's wrong but justify it anyway.
But if we're talking about *why* I don't find it sinful in the first place, I'll have to agree with you and most other people here. Humans are not herbivores - we need protein, and eating animals is not contrary to the natural order of the world. Food chain and all that.
Of course, now a days we have other options for protein like tofu, etc, and a person can survive that way without eating meats. I think it is admirable for a person to go that route, but I do not think it is morally necessary.
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