(05-05-2014, 07:56 PM)Fang Wrote: who feels bad about "killing" something soulless?
Anyone who has ever looked into the eyes of an animal - any animal - knows that they aren't soulless.
(05-05-2014, 07:56 PM)Fang Wrote: The point is, even before that man people had been killing and eating animals, even (especially?) in animistic and polytheistic cultures where animals were seen as harbouring not only a soul, but divinity. Perhaps it was necessary to survival?
Yes, it was necessary for survival then.
But it isn't now.
Plus, we are supposed to be evolving, so what our ancestors (or ourselves in past lives) did has nothing to do with what's appropriate now.
(05-05-2014, 07:56 PM)Fang Wrote: I personally do not enjoy war but see the value and at times necessity of such things.
Quote:Yes, people are cruel on this planet. Cruelty is an STS trait, and this planet is of mixed polarity at this point. We can, however, choose not to participate.
Cruelty is not an STS trait, it's a trait you don't approve of and have associated with another thing of don't approve of (STS) lol, where in the Ra Material does it say cruelty is an STS trait?
You can choose not to participate in the debacle if you wish, I think it's good that you want to strive for something more noble than cruelty, but self righteousness is not noble.
Hahaha, you're playing the "you are being self-righteous" card.
Did you really just say that cruelty isn't an STS trait??? Oops, now it's my turn to assume...I assumed we were both on the same page regarding the STO path. I see we're not, so there's no point in continuing.