It is animal lovers who are inclined to become vegetarians.

It is not an attractive thought to sit down at table and think for a moment that the meat on your plate was once part of the body of a living creature.

Whether it was once an animal that supplied you with milk, or a horse which you once rode, an innocent that provided you with wool, or a huge pig mass reared commercially in a barn, or even one reared as a domestic pet there is a natural aversion to killing and eating the flesh of a living creature.

If you choose to sanction the killing done by others, and enjoy eating an animal that was once alive, it may be possible only because you have taken meat for granted and have never stopped to think about it.

Some choose to go half way in the moral issue and have the attitude that to care for an animal and then kill it is OK. But this is not reasonable.  Loving and killing are diametrically opposed in attitude and in action. Do we wish to kill those that we love?

In our involvement in the natural scheme of things we must adopt an attitude towards other creatures, other kingdoms and to all other life on our shared planet and beyond.

If our attitude adopts the directive of the biblical commandment that the plants and fruits of the earth should be food for humans and that human beings are designated the role as custodians over animals to govern and protect and respect all created beings, it is simple.

We respond by loving nature and care for all natural life within our range of capability. And we choose to eat plant life of the earth and the sea, and enjoy all the fruits and nuts also.

That we need to kill animals for food as is done in primitive societies is not an argument that is persuasive. A great percentage of the world’s population demonstrates that humans are not dependent upon killing and consuming other living creatures for their survival.

We must be honest with ourselves when answering  – are we animal lovers or animal eaters?

We cannot intelligently claim to be both!

 

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