I agree, but a tiger doesn't breed antelope into being, and feed them at the expense of all life on earth just so they can have a nice meal.

If you're hunting, fine. They were eating grass and stuff from the ecosystem.

If you're farming then you're creating massive amounts of waste to generate meat.

Maybe in the past humans had to, but thats not the case anymore, as we have more thenen enough different sources.
But thats not even the issue. The issue is the gross amount of meat most people eat, that is not backed up by any kind of "but we allways did it this way"

This seems like a lot of work (both practically to do this and mentally to make this argument) when you could just...not eat meat? Seems a lot easier and more ethical.

Funnily enough there's actually wording in Genesis that could be taken imply humans are just supposed to eat plants, with humans just ruling the animal kingdom and not devouring it.

Feel free to look up Genesis 1:25-31 to see what I mean, though of course translations are..

Very variable.

Regardless, most interpretations agree that what humans absolutely shouldn't be doing is causing a mass extinction that is set to kill just about every complex life form on Earth.

Yeah I thought this was a carnivore joke, but some of those animals do NOT check out 😨

it's all the bugs from the zapper

Do some clams go to hell for dirty thoughts?

Holy hell he ate an elephant?

If we are going to try something different, how about start by cutting the religious bit? Easier to worry about the people and animals and ecological present without all the wild focus on necrodestination.

I'd just kill them again

For a Vietnam vet, statistically it was more likely to be his CO than an enemy combatant

The average soldier kill rate (of other soldiers) can't exceed 1; if one side does really well with a high average, the other side necessarily did poorly.

Thats not unusual i would think. If you get injured in your first encounter then thats a pretty likely outcome.

Was the butcher going to kill all of those animals if there was nobody to buy them?

A worm does not directly order you to eat food and pay you for the benefit of your refuse.

This line of thinking would make terrible lawyers..

Your honour, my client only ordered the hit, and is therefore not guilty of the crime of first degree murder; it was the hitman - by his own confession. I declare mistrial by further down the linedness and award myself a million bucks.

Seems to be a take on The Five People You Meet In Heaven.

In the book, a man named Eddie dies and is sent to Heaven. However, he must first meet five people whose lives were completely altered by him.

The first person the protagonist meets was a man who was turned blue due to silver nitrate. When Eddie was a child, he ran into the road chasing a ball. The man was driving a car and swerved to avoid him. While there was no accident, it caused the man to suffer a heart attack and die.

The point was to show that there is no such thing as coincidence and that your actions can indirectly have an effect on others, even people you never have met.

I do. It's about dignity, respect, and our place in the universe. There's only so much you can do in life. I just butchered a few more birds last weekend. You always do your best, it's never easy, but if you want to eat meat as ethically as possible it's best to do it yourself. Thank the animal. Give it dignity and respect in death.