When one actually knows dozens, maybe hundreds of people that find help in their religion you really don't have any room for doubt.
I happen to be in a situation right now where literally hundreds of people are praying for me... I don't even want to think of the despair my life would be...
Really, one could make the argument that merely living on the planet requires one to be cruel, because no matter what, you are killing other beings. But of course that's the way nature works.
This is an explanation of what works and works well, that is, the old way of combining farming animals and plants. The Amish still do it and so do some others. The animal matter supports the soil for the plants, and the vegetables and such are able to be grown without synthetic fertilizers. It's...
Seriously? Have you ever farmed or had a garden? Do you understand that most all vegetables are grown using dead animals or animal matter, or else harmful synthetics?
That includes organic.
I am going back centuries, and I know definitely not every rural high school student had a riffle, and I doubt rural Indiana was significantly different in that regard. Not even every male student, not even every farm boy.
I guarantee you just about every rural household had a gun or three.