How do religious people justify raising and slaughtering animals for food?

[Godscreated]

I'm an atheist and a non-vegetarian but I can clearly see that raising and slaughtering animals for food is immoral. This is partly because of the appalling conditions under which most of these animals are raised and the fact that we are killing them for our benefit.

Do religious folks agree? If not, how do they ethically defend non-vegetarianism?

Simple God gave man dominion over the animals and after the flood God told man he could eat meat. Put those two things together and you have Christians raising animals to slaughter for food.

If you are so opposed to the idea of man having dominion over the animals and their slaughter for food then why do you eat meat. Also a great many vegetarians eat meat on occasion because they like the taste of meat, they eat a vegetable, nut and fruit diet most of the time for health reasons and I say good for them. I like meat as much as the next meat eater but when late spring and summer rolls around I will eat more veggies because I love fresh veggies.

GC

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Dafuq? xtians worship hanged people on a cross/tree/whatever. They hold their alleged savior in a similar light. Why not string up a scapegoat? How far away is that from eating a tasty slice of cow?

As always, science has the answer.

 You sir are as low as Min.

GC