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Does it seem like religious people are less animal friendly? (sh.itjust.works)
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I have been noting this more recently and it seems to be a trend, at least with people I converse with on the regular. The really religious types aren't animal people or downright dont like them. The more chill or agnostic types seem to be more apt to love animals.

I could go on my theory of this but I'm interested to see if anyone thinks this is a trend.

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[–] 47 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

It's not that they don't like animals. It's that they don't view animals as equal to humans. They believe that god made them superior to animals, so what happens to animals doesn't really matter.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 hours ago

    I basically came here to say this. Especially these days basically all good pet owners think of them as their children or at least living beings with rights. And abrahamic religions (I know less about others) view humans as being god's special creatures who have dominion over all others. Same reason there's often more child abuse in religious homes.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

    I don't think an animal's life is of equal value to a human's. I don't think that's a strictly religious view point either. Should they have shot harambe to save that kid, or was that action equivalent to murder?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 hours ago* (1 child)

    I guess I could have phrased this exact question with "the environment" and probably got the same answers. (Bad) religious people think it's all "theirs" so they can do whatever they want and pollute all they want as "god" will take care of the earth no matter what.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago

    You might want to note that while this probably applies to major religions, it's not all religions

    Also this is probably a good representation from the bible

    Genesis 1:28 (KJV): "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

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