Ashley Mathura
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One of the Ten Commandants is, Thou shall not kill. Does this apply to animals as well? Should I feel guilty eating meat if animals are regarded as God's precious creations?
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One of the Ten Commandants is, Thou shall not kill. Does this apply to animals as well? Should I feel guilty eating meat if animals are regarded as God's precious creations?
One of the Ten Commandants is, Thou shall not kill. Does this apply to animals as well? Should I feel guilty eating meat if animals are regarded as God's precious creations?
Humans do murder other animals quite frequently, however.
One of the Ten Commandants is, Thou shall not kill. Does this apply to animals as well? Should I feel guilty eating meat if animals are regarded as God's precious creations?
Humans do murder other animals quite frequently, however.
So that we're on the same page, your definition of "murder"?
So that we're on the same page, your definition of "murder"?
I think the command was dealt to stay the knee jerk killing among ourselvesOne of the Ten Commandants is, Thou shall not kill. Does this apply to animals as well? Should I feel guilty eating meat if animals are regarded as God's precious creations?
I hate it when people kill spiders. I hate it.Whenever one organism ends the life of another organism for reasons other than self-defense or food/resources, that's murder. Or, at the very least, senseless killing.
Our poor arachnid friends are especially familiar with this kind of senseless killing. Humans routinely murder these people simply for existing. Pardon... non-animists wouldn't even recognize spiders as persons. I wager the writers of the Bible weren't particularly animistic either, so they would not have intended basic dignity to extend to non-human persons.
So that we're on the same page, your definition of "murder"?
Yes: animals should not kill.One of the Ten Commandants is, Thou shall not kill. Does this apply to animals as well?
...because you think that plants aren't?Should I feel guilty eating meat if animals are regarded as God's precious creations?
Humans do murder other animals quite frequently, however.
So that we're on the same page, your definition of "murder"?
This is why I find "murder" a difficult word in most conversations. It's vague.Sorry, but "murder" is a legal term. not just some liberal buzzword. Murder is determined by the justice system, thus animals cannot be "murdered" because they (thankfully) do not enjoy the rights that are afforded to humans.
Not yet. That's becoming controversial in some quarters.Sorry, but "murder" is a legal term. not just some liberal buzzword. Murder is determined by the justice system, thus animals cannot be "murdered" because they (thankfully) do not enjoy the rights that are afforded to humans.
One of the Ten Commandants is, Thou shall not kill. Does this apply to animals as well? Should I feel guilty eating meat if animals are regarded as God's precious creations?
And a potential legal nightmare (if we give rights to non-human entities),Not yet. That's becoming controversial in some quarters.
I hate it when people kill spiders. I hate it.
The problem I see with this is that it renders the comnandment meaningless: effectively: "prohibited killing is prohibited."Sorry, but "murder" is a legal term. not just some liberal buzzword. Murder is determined by the justice system, thus animals cannot be "murdered" because they (thankfully) do not enjoy the rights that are afforded to humans.