Why I am not a vegan

[Diana]

I had a thought, kind of irrelevant to your post, but goes with the thread.

My theory is that this is actually breeding and feeding souls which will go on to be incredibly compassionate. The animals whom are experiencing the suffering, when their mind/body/spirit evolves to the point of being self-aware, will have an innate sense of what suffering is like and so will naturally be more inclined towards compassion.

I honestly see all of the horrible suffering and torture in the world as a enourmous catalyst for compassion.

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(Also, I am not arguing for or against meat eating anymore really, not that I was from the start, as I know for myself what feels compassionate and right for me, but I am curious about implications on a long-term scale.)

I agree this is a possibility and makes sense.

Humans have learned from their own sufferings in much the same way.

I, for one, would like to evolve past this sort of catalyst. One does not NEED to learn from suffering, though it is very effective. And I personally will not participate in a learning process that works by inflicting suffering (that's just me).

Let me take this theory a step farther, using parent/child as the subject. A child will learn from a parent very quickly not to do certain things, and to do certain things, out of fear, when the parent bullies and physically/mentally abuses. A child will also learn the same things out of love, when taught by a loving parent. This child will do things then out of love and acceptance, and not fear.

The child who learned out of fear will then have to exorcise the fear. How many adults are walking around with a wounded inner child?

So the cows tortured and killed may awaken to compassion, but it will awaken from fear, not love. Compare that to the pets who evolve to 3D because they are so loved.