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    Naturalistic pantheism without animal rights?

    I'm all for eating bugs. I'd eat it on a regular basis if I could buy it at the local store. Good for the environment, full of proteins and tasty if properly seasoned :)
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    Naturalistic pantheism without animal rights?

    So just because we have the cognitive and moral ability to skip meat, we should do it? You're basically saying that we're above nature and more special than other species. Sounds anthropocentric to me. Why are humans so special that they should avoid meat? Source? Killing an animal with a...
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    Naturalistic pantheism without animal rights?

    Saving the environment and ecosystems of the globe can be done without an animal rights cause (environmentalism and animal rights are not the same). Simply protecting animals from extinction and unneccesary suffering will do. Anything more than that (like giving them a right to life, for...
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    Naturalistic pantheism without animal rights?

    But I do feel oneness and belonging to nature and the universe, and I am a staunch naturalist (i.e. I don't believe in supernatural things, like deities and spirits). Are animal rights really so important to nat. pantheism that if you remove them from it, it becomes a different worldview? I...
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    Naturalistic pantheism without animal rights?

    Hi! I have strong naturalist pantheist leanings. However, I do not believe in animal rights, which is seen by many naturalistic pantheists as crucial (like the World Pantheism Movement, for example). I personally believe that we should care more about humans than any other species (most...
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