Harm none and vegetarianism...

[alice_loves_hatter]

So I was thinking about this a lot recently...


Can one truly follow the wiccan rede while eating meat? Surely in a nature based religion such as this, we should consider the impact of meat production on the earth as well as the obvious cruelty of the meat industry at the moment...


Does anyone feel particularly strongly about this, in either respect?

Also, I should probably mention that I'm a newly reformed vegan, but I'll try really really really hard not to go all animal liberation on yo' asses :angel2:
x.S.x

 

[Wandering_Wonderer]

I'm curious why people who think it is wrong to eat meat would not also feel it is wrong to eat plants. They are also living things. Just wondering.

 

[Wandering_Wonderer]

Plants cannot suffer, cannot experience pain or fear, cannot anticipate futurity.

Fair enough... but there are plants that emit certain chemicals to ward off insects from eating them. I'm just saying that I believe that Lifeforce is in everything and that would obviously include plants. So, if its killing that people are trying to avoid by being vegetarian/vegan, are they really doing that by just eating plants instead of animals?

Like I said, I'm just curious how people view this. I definitely understand not wanting to harm animals, but isn't it still killing when you pick some greens to make your salad? I don't wish to offend anyone. I just want to see different view points.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

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[Lehnah]

I'm new to Wicca and I love a good steak. Personally I don't think there is anything wrong with it. I can't speak to other countries but in Australia the meat industry treats the animals in a very humanitarian way before killing them. They basically put the animal to sleep and it feels nothing.

My view is that meat is of animals, which is of the Earth. We, too are of the Earth. When we consume meat it is making us stronger and helping us to grow, so I view it as the Earth feeding itself. Animals feed on plans and seeds before this, and those plants feed on the nutrients in the soil so it is a cycle of the Earth feeding and growing and strengthening itself.

No sure if I wrote that too clearly, but hopefully you'll get the point.

 

[Katzpur]

I can't speak to other countries but in Australia the mean industry treats the animals in a very humanitarian way before killing them. They basically put the animal to sleep and it feels nothing.

I didn't know that! That's awesome!

 

[Lehnah]

I didn't know that! That's awesome!

Yeah, my uncle worked as a meat inspector at the slaughter house for many years so I know a little about it. We'd often ask about his work when he/we visited.

Oh, and i meant "MEAT industry", not "mean". I've edited my first post.