Originally posted by: raildogg
Every living thing on this planet has a soul.
Clearly you have a broad definition of soul.
Its part of our conscience no matter what kind of creature you are.
How can you have a conscience w/o a central nervous system. Or an idea of the concept of "the future"? You can't feel guilty for something if you don't know why one would. Animals don't have a conscience, their basic understanding of reward/pain relationships makes it appear that they do.
Animals are highly intelligent and have emotions too, we need to learn and respect them more.
Haven't been around animals much, have you? Yeah, clearly they have emotions, but they (well, most of them) are far from 'highly intelligent' -- have you seen the stupid sh!t that some animals do?
Yes, eating animals is immoral and I would recommend a non-meat diet that consists of high protein foods such as soy products and other alternatives. However, I still eat animals and consider myself hypocrite in that regard but it doesn't make it right. They're too delicious 🙁.
It's in our nature, we're carnivores. We don't have souls, nor do they, so don't worry about it. If you feel bad about suffering, consider the fact that they wouldn't worry about yours.
Our craving for meat has gotten out of control and we should urge people to think otherwise, its both unhealthy and harmful to the enviroment.
It has gotten out of control because...we eat animals? We have eaten them since before we figured out fire. All that has changed is that we now know how to keep more people fed, so there are more people eating more animals (ones we brought into existance anyway).
Edit: Replaced a petty personal attack with rational argument, sorry guys.
