Why do some people think killing animals for food is so wrong?

I'm sorry for asking this here, but some of my vegan friends almost seem to look down on me for being a meat-eater. I see nothing wrong with killing cows and chickens for food. What purpose do they serve to us other than food? I am not meaning to offend anyone at all, thanks.

From what I gather from reading this, most have a problem with the way the animals are treated before being killed.

Angel, I am not a fool or an inhumane jerk. Just wanted some knowledge, didn't get any from you through your stupid ranting.

I don't think animals were put here for us. Humans are extremely self centred as a species, we think we own everything. We take what we want, kill other creatures, and destroy the earth.

I don't think of any creature as being inferior or lower, animals are not here to serve us. What exactly makes a persons life more valuable than any other creature? What makes is so is that people say it does. Not exactly a true reason.

People use the bible as a justification for killing animals, but no everyone follows the bible. To me it is just a book, written by man. Not to offend anyones beliefs, as I was Catholic once. I find it funny that some use this justification and yet are what I call holiday Christians(haven't stepped foot into a church since Easter). Most people tend to pick and choose what they want to follow from the bible and ignore what they do not like.

In fact I think it is ironic that people are supposedly the top creature in this world yet it will be because of people that the environment is destroyed and some day uninhabitable.

Also there is not reason to apologise for asking a valid question. In life you are going to meet a lot of different people, some will build you up and others will tear you down. Do not judge all vegetarians and vegan by a small few you know. Many of us are just trying to live the way we see as right without being criticised and made fun of. I'd say omnivores and vegetarians are looking for very much the same things from each other... tolerance for our choice, and understanding.

Because it is.

For some it is a political agenda. Beware of those people.
For most it is a misinterpretation of the work translated kill in the ten commandments (which doesn't quite mean murder, and not quite kill either.)
Some believe it is a health issue.
Some have accepted the humanism ideology without thinking it through ie. That of being compassionate and appealing to your emotions. They believe that being without logic makes them superior.

You don't have to apologize for asking this question... You asked nicely and deserve a serious, polite answer.
I don't understand why someone would look down on someone else for eating a certain way... that is just childish and stupid. (though, I'll admit, I don't care much for fake "vegetarians"...you know the "pollo- pesca vegetarians" I don't look down on them... I just want them to stop pretending that they are real vegetarians**btw I'm not including fish/bird-eating vegetarians that don't know any better) Some vegans/ vegetarians do dislike meat eaters though... just like some meat- eaters call us freaks... That's life I guess...

Anyway, to answer your question, Meat is not necessary for you to live a healthy life... The meat/ dairy/ egg industry would like to make you think that you need their products, but you really don't. You can get all of the nutrients you need from non- animal sources. So why kill an innocent animal if there is no need to? ...
And it is not just the killing of the animals, they are pretty much tortured and forced to live in horrible conditions all of their short lives...
Animals (whatever the reason may be) were definitely not put here to be treated the way we treat farm animals.

You didn't offend me... You asked this question in a nice way and it is a serious question.... that doesn't happen a lot here...most of the time we get meat-eaters that just come in here to ask hypothetical/ dumb questions in an attempt to make fun of us... or they answer questions with rude/ unnecessary/ or uneducated answers.

Here are some links if you are curious:
Reasons to go vegetarian:
- http://www.goveg.com/feat/chewonthis/
Info about vegetarianism:
- http://www.vrg.org/
- http://www.vegansociety.com/html/...
- http://www.ivu.org/
- http://www.goveg.com/
- http://www.vegan.org/

If you really want to know, read "The Omnivore's Dilemma" or "Diet for a New America"

Both should be at your local library.

People have humanized animals. They don't make any distinction. In fact some really hardline Vegans almost seem to think killing people to save animals is okay.

You can't put human emotions and feelings to an animal. Especially the ones we eat the most. They are severely stupid. They're called lower animals for a reason. Example: I knew a family that raised some chickens, just so their kids got to experience some part of farm life. One day when they went to feed the chickens, one of them fluttered up on top of the wood stove. It stood there hopping from foot to foot on the hot stove, too stupid to move away from the heat that was burning it's feet.

Oh, Angel, you really need to lighten up. Your moral tirade is both rude and misplaced. Oh, and just to clarify, some people in India consider cows sacred, but they still eat pork and chicken.

For some, it's the method in which the animals are killed...for others, it's the idea of killing/eating another life form higher than a plant.

Its a cruel process.
Sickening.
But its up to you i guess.



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1. we don't need to kill any animal to survive so its just unneeded deaths. 2. i personally wouldn't want to be anyone's dinner and i would assume cows and chickens and such wouldn't either (though if it happened in nature it is obviously expectable as it is nature, though humans have stepped out of the realm of nature so we dont count!) 3. if you visit a slaughter house i can guarantee that you wouldnt never touch meat again. your vegan friends don't look down on you, they are probably just disgusted by the animal muscle thats on your plate.

if your up to it, you can go to youtube and type in earthlings. it will show you slaughter house experiences along with other animal cruelty related things.

It is the way that the poor creatures are treated during the whole process. Crammed in small cages and and pens and overcrowded with numerous animals. Think of how the world will become, when we see cows, chicken, turkey, fish, pigs, and all the other animals that go into the slaughtering and gutting line......we'll always think of them as food. These creatures are worth more than this. I can't stand saying "I am an animal lover" while chomping down on a double cheese burger....it's totally sad and ironic. The animal killing just has to stop.......

I don't think most think its wrong for them being killed for food

its how the animals are treated before they are killed for food
they do not get treated nice at all and are in some bad
conditions just so we can have cheap chicken sandwiches
and hamburgers

For the same reason that most people don't pick up a stray dog and have it for dinner. Although some people do this.

I'm not a vegan, but I respect their beliefs and views. I think the biggest issue with vegans is not that others eat meat, its how those animals are kept, fed and treated during their lives. About 17 years ago I took a tour of a slaughter house in Georgia. They slaughtered hogs and sheep there.
It was so disturbing that I became a vegetarian for almost 5 years. I only eat meat now that is organic, pasture-fed, free-range or otherwise kept and 'harvested' in a humane fashion.

ANYONE who bashes vegans should go see, IN PERSON, a beef, pork, lamb or poultry farm and slaughter house. It will wake you up really quickly.

Well alot of animals serve for other things . Like their poop is soil and perfect to grow plants . Like I dont mind people having nice little farms and letting the animals free to walk around and then end up killing them after a while . But have you ever seen factory farms . ? their the ******* worse **** ever ! they have machines that hang chickens upside down and chop off their heads . its seriously really disgusting ! .and the animals cant even move around ... most chickens die because they get over feed and cant even walk so their like laying on their back dieing . its really sad . :( ... watch an animal cruelty video once . and you'll see the heartbreak in each animal

because you fool , there is no reason to eat meat now that we have plenty of foods other than meat to eat from that carry nutrients we need, we also have supplements, duh, and i wish you aren't re-born as a cow or a chicken, i hope you never get thrown against a wall, mutilated and electricuted for other species to eat you, you inhumane jerk and do not go to india thinking like that, they worship the cows in india, we are not better than animals, dont think you are superior because your just wasting your time

1. They're cute
2. They're defensless
3. That's it

Animals eat meat. People are emotional. Why would anyone care how the animals were treated before they are about to becut up and ate?????? Theyre already at the end of the line.
i love animals. and i love steak.

One of my good friends is a vegeterian...she will eat fish and eggs...I do not get it myself...
Even in the Bible, they talk of killing the "fatted calf" alot...covering the doors with lambs blood during passover...
I feel if we were not meant to be "carnivores"..we would not have been given the teeth we have to CHEW and TEAR meat with....
I'll bet those same "vegans" have leather shoes and belts..or buy clothes made in sweat factories by children in third world countries...
Geez...
I am a meat eater...
and damned proud of it!

Maybe because they can love and be loved. I loved my dog so much, and she died recently; I cried for a week. Never mourned anyone so much. If I am, because I think (cogito ergo sum), then surely my dog is more than lunch, because she loves..........she loves a lot. (If you are so narrow, people do eat dogs, pigs are smarter than dogs, etc.)

it's either philosophical or religious

the reasons most dont eat meat is ethical. i dont personally hunt or raise my own meat humanely but i wouldnt be so against someone if thats how they ate their meat but most meat comes from inhumane factories that torture the animals. if we dont eat cows and chickens then they wont be raised for us to eat them and thus would not be tortured. just because it seems that the only reasons cows exist is for meat doesnt mean that is their only purpose. cows dont need to even exist period. i would rather not even know of cows then to know of cows who are tortured and murdered.

added: just a comment to LTD I dont even know any vegetarians who buy leather, fur, etc or attend circuses or whatever. that is a rediculous comment. i know a ton of meat eaters who dont even buy those products just because of how wrong it is. stop making comment about people who you dont even know.