10-13-2021, 07:46 PM
Absolutely right! Being vegetarian or vegan means that no animals have to be killed expressly for human consumption.
Are humans so fixated on meat that they can't live without it?! There are plenty of sources of good protein and B vitamins available without recourse to eating dead animal bodies.
There are two notable exceptions in world religions: Sikhs are actually *forbidden* to eat meat which has been ritually slaughtered and almost all are vegetarian or vegan. Jains do not eat any living animal. Very strict Jains even filter their water to ensure that there isn't an insect in it.
But as you say, if one becomes vegetarian or vegan, then slaughter of any kind is out of the question. It is a simple question of compassion for other forms of life.
Are humans so fixated on meat that they can't live without it?! There are plenty of sources of good protein and B vitamins available without recourse to eating dead animal bodies.
There are two notable exceptions in world religions: Sikhs are actually *forbidden* to eat meat which has been ritually slaughtered and almost all are vegetarian or vegan. Jains do not eat any living animal. Very strict Jains even filter their water to ensure that there isn't an insect in it.
But as you say, if one becomes vegetarian or vegan, then slaughter of any kind is out of the question. It is a simple question of compassion for other forms of life.
