Posted by Cass on November 26, 2004, at 23:49:19
In reply to Re: Thats great Cass, thanks, posted by alexandra_k on November 26, 2004, at 22:45:15
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> The athropocentric (human centered) world view is promoted by the idea that humans are the 'most evolved' of the species, and / or the idea that god gave us the animals to use however we want.
>Thanks for bringing that up. I don't agree with the anthropecentric point of view. It doesn't make sense that being evolved (and that's subjective) gives us the right to abuse or torment other creatures. We are certainly not spiritually evolved if we confine living, feeling creatures in torturous conditions.
I'm no expert on the bible, and I personally don't believe that the bible is "the word of God,"
but I do believe that the idea that God gave us animals to do with as we please, including eating them, isn't really supported by the bible.
Here are a couple of biblical quotes that support a plant based diet:Genesis 1:29 "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."
Psalm 104 says that the vegetation is for the service of man ..."14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;"
There is a passage in the bible about eating meat, but from what I understand, the word "meat" did not originaly mean the flesh of animals; it simply meant "food." There is also something that says that man should have dominion over animals, but who knows what the original meaning of "dominion" was. There's an alternate interpretation of it here: http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=dominion+over+animals&page=1&offset=1&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D13fc8d5c906627ab%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3Ddominion%2Bover%2Banimals%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fbibletools.org%252Findex.cfm%252Ffuseaction%252FTopical.show%252FRTD%252Fcgg%252FID%252F2163%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPToolbarNS%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibletools.org%2Findex.cfm%2Ffuseaction%2FTopical.show%2FRTD%2Fcgg%2FID%2F2163
and here: http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=dominion+over+animals&page=1&offset=1&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D13fc8d5c906627ab%26clickedItemRank%3D3%26userQuery%3Ddominion%2Bover%2Banimals%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.essene.com%252FVegetarian%252FDidGodGiveHumansDominionOverAnimals.htm%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPToolbarNS%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.essene.com%2FVegetarian%2FDidGodGiveHumansDominionOverAnimals.htm
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