In regards to eating meat

[Shemaya]

Just by paying my federal income taxes and living in the USA I am contributing to unnecessary suffering. You can ask the native Americans about that, because they are some of the people that have suffered because of what my tax dollars support, and there are right now many people and animals all over the world suffering because of my tax dollars. But I am not planning on leaving the country or not paying my taxes.

We don't have much choice about paying taxes.

I disagree. If you don't want to pay taxes, just don't pay them.

Basically I hear you saying "Do you believe that the wages of sin is death?"

??? How did you get that out of what I said? I don't even believe in sin.

Ah, I get it. You're saying I'm sounding like a religious zealot? is that it?

No I am not saying or thinking that. I was just reflecting my religious programming, which caused me to feel guilty about basically existing. I didn't think I had the right to exist until I was about 25, I had so much guilt. I am finally understanding where it comes from.

To which I would say, "There is no death, death is an illusion"

But there is death. Bloody, painful, terror-filled death. Just ask the cows.

Just ask Jesus. I know.

Great! Then that rules out programmed guilt-complex, in the case of any guilt felt by meat-eaters, because we haven't been programmed that eating meat is bad. Quite the contrary: we've been programmed that eating meat is ok, normal, and even good.



Therefore, any guilt arising from this discussion, is in the category of healthy remorse, not programmed guilt.

Are you saying eating meat is bad?