In regards to eating meat

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Killing a human is either wrong or it isn't. If the victim was tortured before getting murdered, then the crime is even more heinous. But it was a crime already, with or without the torture.

Why, then, is the same logic applied to animals as though a justification?

So you're saying that killing an animal is wrong no matter what? If so, are you still basing that on the idea that animals are individuating while plants are not?

The whole post, but particularly this:

That was mostly about plants not having pain receptors. Whether or not they do, they still have consciousness, right? Are you suggesting that a carrot that is pulled from the earth doesn't realize it?

What if you found a dog on the side of the road, who had just been hit by a car, and was injured, bleeding and in pain? Would you feel compassion for the dog? Would you try to help relieve the pain and take the dog to the vet? Or would you leave it by the side of the road to die a slow, agonizing death?

I guess you're referring to kosher slaughter here. Like you, I don't consider that humane.

I don't have all the answers. What I do know is that, once we start making choices in alignment with our spiritual principles, the UniVerse will align itself to accommodate our choices.

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If we decide to create a reality based on compassion, and the desire to reduce or eliminate animal cruelty, then a method for sustainable living will manifest.

I agree. For me, a method of sustainable living that is in line with my spiritual principles has manifested itself and is as I've been describing in this thread.