Both plants and animals are living and we have to eat something living in order to get energy right? Being that we can't do photosynthesis? Yet some species of animals eat other animals so why is it so wrong for us to eat animals and so ok for us to eat plants? I just feel that it is fine for me to eat meat and plants as long as I don't overeat it. Vegetarians always talk about animal abuse but if it's not ok to kill animals then what makes them feel that it is alright to kill plants? If it's wrong to kill animals so we can eat them then isn't it wrong to kill plants as well? What if your grandpa reincarnated into a flower?If plants did not want to die or as you say, "do not have feelings" then why is it that some plants have defenses against predators?

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Because plants dont have feelings !duh

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Because plants have no brain, thus can't feel any pain, happiness, loss, fear or have young or a flock like animals do. Plus we need plants in order to survive, meat we do not need. As for other animals, those who eat meat DO need it to survive, unlike us. The animals who don't need meat to survive do NOT eat meat, also unlike us.No, I'm not preaching as I'm not a vegetarian, but I used to be and the facts still remain regardless.

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I would like to answer your question two fold.. First by your own reasoning you should not eat animals .. The animals you consume eat far " more "vegetation then the average person ..thus you are not only eating the animal but you are eating everything that animal consumed over it's lifetime to keep it alive .. As most farm animals are breed specifically to be eaten you are causing more harm and double death so to speak .. Additional you should read about the methane released by farm animals destroying the planet , plant life, and water life .. Second I find it interesting that meat eaters attempt to use this frivolous argument to attack vegetarians .. Animals as you surely realize are sentient creatures the same as human ( animals ..remember we are part of the animal kingdom) ; they feel both pain and emotions as love, fear, terror ,sadness , etc .. they give care and love to their young .. and they suffer when they die ... Plants only have responses to their environment called tropisms .. they do not have a nervous system or brain to feel emotion or pain ... It would be really sad if you do not understand the basic anatomy difference between an animal and a plant .. I believe more so you are using this as an excuse to justify the killing of animals to merely satisfy your taste buds since it has been proven scientifically that you do not need to take their lives for your survival .. it would be more honest of you to say you eat animals because you like how they taste regardless of how it came to your table ..you need to do a lot of reading if you actually believe what you asked .................................................. ......................... Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?'Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?'Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?'But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'And there comes a point when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor polite, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right.Martin Luther King, Jr--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna says, that He does not accept offerings of meat, fish and eggs. We only eat what is first offered to Krishna, therefore we only eat the foods that Sri Krishna accepts. In the Bible I see there is also a verse that saysAnd God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. According to sastra it is also sinful to kill ANY living thing, including vegetables. But food which is offered to Krishna is pure and free of bad karma. In fact, the vegetables and grains, get a higher birth when offered to the Supreme Lord.In this beautiful prayer, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur explains, >>This material body is a lump of ignorance, and the senses are a network of paths leading to death. Of all the senses the tongue is the most varacious, and uncontrolable, but You dear Krishna are so kind, that You have given us this nice prasadam, (offered food), just to control the tongue. So now let us take this prasadam, to our full satisfaction and with love call for the help of prabhu Nityananda and Gauranga.!!!Personally, I wouldnt want to eat something that ran away from me, or that had a face. Bones, blood, intestines, etc are meant for tigers. p.s. In Satya yuga, powerful and intelligent Yogis, would live on a most nonviolent diet, of fruits and milk. (from fruits that drop to the ground and from cows that wanted to give milk)(our cow didnt have a calf, but one day she decided to give milk and, three years later, she is still giving!!)

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