Do you agree with Richard Dawkins?

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There are alot of different dietary choices floating around, Jains would seem to have an even more ethical diet than the vegetarians here, but perhaps only by their own standards. Ours haven't expressed such a finicky taste for what plants they would or would not eat and why.

Of course I don't think the Jain dietary decisions are any more or less ethical than our vegetarians, or my own, in actuality, but I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt in order to keep the ball rolling.

Jains believe that one is doing violence to a living spiritual organism by killing any living plant. I have outlined that my thoughts are based on sentience and the rights derived therefrom. Disagree with my beliefs but do not lump me into the same category as a person who believes a piece of broccoli has a soul. I think that is a big distinction. Criticize me on the basis of my rational consideration being flawed but my viewpoint is not based upon the religious leap of faith. I have also given ways in which my arguments could be falsifiable and think that I have acted in good faith when I spoke of the trinity of complications of vegetarian logic. Also, if vegetarianism could be shown as unsustainable then pragmatism would take precedent. If vegetarianism cannot work in the practical sense then it fails the test of both ethics in the philosophical sense and ethics when applied to real world situations. Jainism is akin to religious belief based upon unsubstantiated faith. It does not even attempt to make an argument but instead relies upon the same dualist fallacies as other religions.