Myth # 59 : " But I honor the animals I eat ."
Myth # 59 : " But I honor the animals I eat ."
I ’ m curious – Why do you give thanks for engaging in a practice that causes so much suffering ? Why do you give thanks for engaging a cruel choice that is completely unnecessary to make ? Why do you give thanks for a decision that flows completely contrary to your own values of Justice & Decency ? Why do you give thanks for an act that keeps you from becoming the Kind & Caring person you truly want to be – indeed , the Kind & Caring person you truly already are ?
Yes , several tribes of Native Americans did give thanks for the animals they killed – and maybe you find those expressions of humble gratitude to be noble ones . And yet you are in all likelihood not a member of any of those tribes ... And even if you are , if you have access to any equipment that allows you to read this book online or obtain a copy from a local library , then you too do not need to kill animals to survive .
It is not in any way " spiritually evolved " to thank God ( or " the Great Spirit ", or Allah , or Buddha , or Chi , or Ra , or Prana , or Life , or " the Universe ") for providing sustenance that comes from tremendous arrogance and brutal violence . Indeed , we can only become truly " spiritually evolved " after we first realize that it is completely unnecessary to sustain our own lives at the expense of the lives of others – and then act accordingly .
My Friends , the animals that you are consuming don ' t need your thanks or your " honor " ... They need you to stop killing & consuming them .
Current status of this Myth : Confuted Justification it provides for eating animals : NONE
“ Animals do not ‘ give ’ their lives to us , as the sugar-coated lie would have it . No , we take their lives . They struggle and fight to the very last breath , just as we would if we were in their place .” ~ John Robbins
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