@ Rebecca Swenor: Very ironical how so many people can view burning of the country’s flags and the Bible as ‘sacred’ and ‘more touchy’, when animals are living things and are not viewed as ‘sacred’, and we instead mistreat and torture them, and of ‘lower value’ than those inanimate objects. Ironical of the so-called ‘human nature’. Irony that so many people have not questioned any of their assumptions (that were forced into them since childhood) about “animals are meant to be eaten by humans”. Guess what? Have u asked yourself if u were really meant to eat meat, why do so many human beings suffer from health problems like clogged arteries and cancer when they consume meat?

Watch Earthings movie: http://earthlings.com/?page_id=32

Hope it helps u ‘open your eyes’ and awakens your true compassion, or not. U decide.

Dear Rebecca,
Humans were not “made” to eat meat from the very beginning. It was something that had to be done in order to survive when the ice age came.
When you compare the human animal to other animals you forget one thing…meat eating animals need meat in order to survive – humans don’t. When a predator smells blood or dead animals they just want to “dig in” and feast on the corpse… Humans – well the ones who aren’t mentally ill anyway – feel sick at the sight or smell of a corpse. Furthermore, Humans get sick if they eat raw uncooked meat unlike the animals that have to have meat.
If you put a very hungry toddler in a crate with an apple and a rabbit, which one do you think he/she would eat? Now try replacing the toddler with a very hungry lion cub…which one do you think the cub would choose?
So please reconsider your reasons for eating meat. Why not try a plantbased diet for a month just to test it? You’ve got nothing to lose and so much to gain – I assure you that you will feel so much better both physically and mentally.
Best wishes from someone who wasn’t always a vegan :-)