from this week in 2014 (I was 69)
I have not had abiding compassion
for animals. It has been my culture
to eat them. I do not care to
make the distinction between
food and pet, so I tend to avoid
the concept of pet when I can.
If I were even present at the
slaughtering, I would eat less flesh
or learn to respectfully participate in
the practice. What is the stewardship
of the elect in the kingdom? It has
been to eat without reproach or
consideration. It is the consideration
creates the question.
Hunting deer with my grandfather made me a vegetarian after a few years, over 40 years ago. Seeing them living, then taking that life, cutting up and eating their bodies, nauseated me and filled me with guilt and deep regret. We don't need to eat them to live, and we are healthier in body and mind, actually, when we don't. It's good to consider it, and not to turn away from the knowledge that they are living sentient beings, like we are. - Erin M. :)
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