(11-16-2011, 05:17 PM)@ndy Wrote: I live with a veggy, he's 48, he's been veggy since he was 16 so 32 years.
Of late he's been saying to me.... I wish I could eat meat without feeling like Satan.
What stops him eating meat is 'guilt' - I think that's sad.
Another veggy friend I have a Christian in her late 30's.... she's also been veggy all her life.
She has an overwhelming earge to eat meat.... so much so that she's helping another friend care for there pigs on there small holding so she can 'justifie' eating mean again.
I find it sad that people don't eat meat out of guilt.
HAsn't earth evolved threw a cycle of death decay and consumption? I find it natural.
You find death, decay, and the consumption of it natural. That may be so. But that doesn't mean it's meant to continue. All things evolve. We all contribute either by consciously or unconciously participating.
Your friends feel guilted into not eating meat . . . what a mess. They should eat meat then. This is like a priest who feels guilty for having sexual feelings. Look where that leads.
I feel sorrier for the animals being mistreated, since they apparently don't have a say in it, than the conflicted people of whom you speak. As for your friend who is caring for the pigs and still feels guilty, why does she?