Comment Re:So is there an alternative? (Score 1) 109
By not eating meat i'm protecting cows and they're not cute and fluffy so that part of your sentence isn't valid.
There's a clear distinction between plants and animals.
Plants have no way to express themselves, to show pain or suffering so in my opinion that means they do not experience these things.
I guess in effect i mean..
If you could talk to a plant you would find that it doesn't have anything to say.
But if you could talk to an animal it would communicate back at some level. At least enough to express a desire to be free and not killed.
Then there's the question of what the human body was designed to eat.
Science wise there is absolutely no question that the human body is designed to eat fruits and vegetables.
But there's definitely questions as to if the human body was designed to eat meat. Our stomach acid isn't strong enough compared to other animals that eat meat and our intestinal track is far too long for getting meat through quick enough before it starts to decompose.
Humans started eating meat during the ice age when there wasn't any other food around.