4peatssake
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It was a poor analogy and completely off the mark.pboy said:4peatssake said:Good grief!pboy said:if you cant tell the diference...I mean come on man. Plants are obviously alive, but you can ask a kid to uproot a plant and they will with at most little hesitation. You tell them to kill an animal its way different and they likely wont do it. Its obviously different to your senses, and conscience
We are talking about animals and plants as nourishment for human bodies, not encouraging children to kill animals or to destroy plants for that matter either.
You missed entirely the point about proper stewardship and how to be in wondrous unity with all of life as indigenous people have done for countless generations, at least those who have kept close to their tribal wisdom.
Do you blame lions for killing their prey? Should they too eat only fruit, or just humans should?
There is a circle of life.
I was making an analogy to make a point, its pretty bad if you cant see that
Lions are lions, humans are humans, theres no comparison
being a proper steward doesn't mean blindly eating meat because it tastes good or because you are buying it from someone else doing all the work and slaughtering. You think buying average meat at a grocery store or restaurant is being a good steward? Im not even going to get into it with you because it would be a waste of time, being a good steward extends way beyond just what we eat also
Saying lions are lions and humans are humans doesn't provide any reasoning for why it's OK for lions to kill to eat but it's not OK for humans. I get this is an emotional subject for you but insinuating I am somehow morally or intellectually corrupted ("its pretty bad if you cant see that") for not agreeing with you isn't a balanced argument. It's just name calling and impolite. And so I understand you choosing "to not get in it." with me.
I also didn't say proper stewardship meant blindly eating animals because they taste good or that buying meat at a grocery store meant good stewardship either. What I did say was that some indigenous people who have not lost touch with their spiritual wisdom remember what it is to be a proper steward. Most of them do not limit their diets to fruit.
You claimed it is spiritually superior to not eat meat. I am refuting that argument.
I also understand stewardship of the earth extends beyond the food supply. But it is food that we are discussing at present and proper stewardship very much involves the care of the planet's food supply so all of life can be well nourished and able to live a balanced, healthy life.
Humanity has fallen a mighty long way. It is far from being a proper steward of the earth.