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Originally posted by Whit
By the by, I figure if I'm eating it, and since I don't eat anything still alive, it's soul would've moved on by the time I'm munching away.
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I tend to agree with this point, Whit. It kinda lends credence to my position against animal abuse/cruelty. Example: Assume the cow has a soul. Shoot, after thinking this out it isn't actually logical. I was going to say as long as the cow is alive and we don't hurt/abuse it, we are not harming it's soul. I was going to jump from there to say so it's OK to eat it after it is dead and the soul has left, but this is just wrong because in order to eat it *someone* must kill it, hence "kill" it's soul. Even if *I'm* not the one doing the killing, *someone* is and since I enjoy the benefits of the dead, soul-less cow, I am in effect also responsible for the "killing" of it's soul. Looks like I might have just scored one for the Vegans. I eat meat, but I have to agree with Quzah, if I had to kill it myself, I'd become a vegetarian real quick. That's *me* though. I know lot's of peeps who love hunting and would probably rather kill their own "meat", rather that get it from the grocery store.