(June 25, 2015 at 9:57 pm)Lek Wrote:(June 25, 2015 at 5:59 pm)Metis Wrote: 1. If animals do not have immortal souls and death is the end, why is it fine to kill them? You're not just killing their bodies, you're destroying their souls, erasing them from existence. We know animals can experience physical pain, even loss if one observes the behavior of packs and herds when a member of it dies. It's immoral to kill a human, but perfectly acceptable to kill a cow because you might be hungry.
It's fine to kill animals because one of the reasons God created animals was to provide food for us. Animals eat other animals for the same reason. ...
Not according to the Bible. Genesis 1:
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
According to the Bible, no animals, including humans, were to eat flesh in the Garden of Eden. So God did NOT create animals to be food for people.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
