In regards to eating meat

[Diana]

I often hear from people that the air is polluted, the water is polluted, everything is polluted, so why bother to eat well, live well.

Whatever happened to the idea that we all try to do the best we can? Just because the air is polluted, does not mean that we can't maximize our own potential health. Just because we have polluted the Earth, and industry continues to do so, doesn't mean we can't contribute to healing the Earth.

Perhaps we can't do EVERYTHING, but the intention could be there to live without harm, the best way we can.

For me, the obvious harm caused in slaughterhouses, and the cruel rearing of the animals, is something I do not want to contribute to. Perhaps I don't see, or become aware of, every single place the results of animal cruelty manifest, but I do not consciously contribute to it. Why would I? Would anyone contribute to the torture of a pet?

The point is that we absolutely know that commercial meat-farming is horrendous. Perhaps we don't know that in the lecithin we take, blood from animals has somehow gotten in there. Just as it is said in spiritual practice--once you know, you can't go back, you can't UN-know it.

Abridgetoofar farms sustainably, and that is a major step in my mind toward a human existence that does no harm. I still believe that eventually we will cease to require animal flesh for survival.

I would like to hear a viewpoint on how eating meat is evolved.