Animal sacrifice; when is it okay?

[The Kilted Heathen]

I think plants do feel pain. They are certainly alive, so they are killed.

 

[Ubon]

It is apparently ok when Religious scriptures say so.

 

[Valjean]

I think plants do feel pain. They are certainly alive, so they are killed.

What anatomical structures associated with pain do plants have?
How would pain benefit a sessile, largely non-motile organism? Why would it evolve a complex, useless capacity?

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

Or if you don't have a scripture and find the gesture useful.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

What anatomical structures associated with pain do plants have?
How would pain benefit a sessile, largely non-motile organism? Why would it evolve a complex, useless capacity?

This is the best I can pull up from my phone. Also can't do complex links: Do plants feel pain?

 

[Valjean]

This is the best I can pull up from my phone. Also can't do complex links: Do plants feel pain?

You're mistaking reaction to stimuli for perception of pain. Of course plants react to damage, signal each other, &c, but that's not the same as a mammal's conscious perception of pain.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

Pain itself is only a reaction to stimuli. That's why it can't be measured accurately; some people find pain pleasureable, for instance.

 

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

You're mistaking reaction to stimuli for perception of pain. Of course plants react to damage, signal each other, &c, but that's not the same as a mammal's conscious perception of pain.

It's been said many types of humans can't feel pain either. So what? Why be plant-ist?

 

[Valjean]

LOL -- What 'types' of humans would those be?

 

[SalixIncendium]

LOL -- What 'types' of humans would those be?

Those with CIPA.

But then again that's a disease, not a type of human.