If I would decide to be a vegetarian, It wouldn’t be because I believed that eating animals is wrong. I don’t think that eating animals is a form of cruelty because if this is the case, then God wouldn’t have created carnivorous creatures. He wouldn’t have given some animals instincts to eat other animals. Eating animals is just a part of the natural order of things, the food chain. Just watch any other nature show and see how lions hunt and you will see how nature really works. It’s all about survival and the balance of nature i.e. the natural order of things. I am however against the inhumane treatment of animals. Foie gras tastes good, but I decided to stop eating it because I don’t believe in the ways that they utilize i.e. force feeding ducks to make their livers fat. I am also against using fur for clothes because we have the technology to create other forms of fabrics from other sources like plants and synthetic fibres. Maybe in the past when our ancestors have no other means for warmth, is killing animals for fur acceptable, but now, fur should belong back to animals and not to humans. I am also against testing cosmetics on animals. They shouldn’t pay for man’s quest for artificial beauty. I am however still weighing my opinion regarding testing medical products on animals. If it would be the way to cure cancer, aids and other currently incurable diseases and there are really no other means to reach that goal other than testing it on animals, I might consider it if it would save millions of lives. I respect vegans for choosing not to eat and use animal products because of their compassion, but I don’t think that I would be a monster if I choose to eat animals. I would just be like the lion, trying to sustain my body’s needs for nutrition. If they are really animal lovers, would they call lions evil for eating other animals? It’s just the natural order of things, or if you would want to go Disney on it, It’s THE CIRCLE OF LIFE. After all, when we die, we would also be food for worms and bacteria……WE ARE ALL MEAT.
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