As a vegetarian, I consider meat eating to be abhorrent, for both religious as well as secular reasons.
The religious reason is that there is tremendous violence inherent in the way that food is obtained. Such violence is not good for the perpetrator.
The secular reason is that killing animals and eating them is, frankly, disgusting. Another secular reason is that eating meat kills the seeds of great compassion.
How do you, as a meat eater (if, that is, you are a meat eater), justify the violence inherent in your food, and inherent in the act of obtaining it? Violence of that nature is, after all, negative, no matter which way you slice it.
The religious reason is that there is tremendous violence inherent in the way that food is obtained. Such violence is not good for the perpetrator.
The secular reason is that killing animals and eating them is, frankly, disgusting. Another secular reason is that eating meat kills the seeds of great compassion.
How do you, as a meat eater (if, that is, you are a meat eater), justify the violence inherent in your food, and inherent in the act of obtaining it? Violence of that nature is, after all, negative, no matter which way you slice it.
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