So why are you a vegetarin?

Question

Honestly. If your reasons are because animals should not be killed, then its kinda pointless. They will be killed and processed anyways, and if a few thousand people in the world dont eat them then no big loss. They were born to be eaten, its the food chain people!

Or do you just not like meat? I can understand that, but everyone likes meat so it kinda makes me wonder lol

Or you have another reason?

I think he gave cows legs so it is easier to milk them lol no clue

Answer 1

More or less, I did it in spite of my mom. (real mature... I know.) I decided to give it up for lent, and she told me she didn't want me to because I would get sick. So, I did it. And after 40 days of abstaining from meat, I just didn't want it. I ate it on Easter Sunday with everyone else, but I felt sick, and completely appalled. And I know where you're coming from... I used to believe in the whole, "if it doesn't moo, cluck, or go oink, I won't eat it." But it does make you feel healthier, and the choice to become a vegetarian will only affect you positively.

Answer 2

As first I became a vegetarian use to lose weight because meat tends to have more calories than fruits or vegetables. But then I saw some PETA videos on animal cruelty and now you couldn't pay me to eat a hamburger. I don't see anything wrong with eating animals if they are killed humanly but for now I'm not going to take a chance that companies like KFC do everything by the books.

Answer 3

In America, vegetarians are only 2.5% of the adult, non-institutionalized population, but that's still 2.5% times 190 million adult Americans = about 4.7 million vegetarians in America alone (4 percent of Canadians are vegetarian, a large percent of India is, and if you're truly interested you could look up stats on other countries as well). Way more than "a few thousand". Add in the number of meat-eaters who are eating increasingly more vegetarian meals for their health (thanks partially to the increasing number of good vegetarian ready-made meals on the market) and that's at least a good dent to the meat industry's demand, which will over time steadily decrease the supply (i.e. - fewer animals killed in the same time span).

Even if I was the only one, I would still do it because of my belief that unnecessary suffering and killing is wrong. Do you do things *you* consider wrong, just because everyone else is doing it?

Answer 4

I eat it because of animals, and I started to think that they are killed anyway, and such, but it makes me feel better that i don't have to eat them, and if enough people did that, then less animals would have to be killed to make enough food. Even if I saved one cow, it would be worth it. I also make sure to buy my dog food that has no horse meat in it, so even though my dog will be eating some meat, the cow was most likely not killed just to make the dog food, and no slaughter of horses occured. That's why I do it. Hope that helped.

Answer 5

you say, " If your reasons are because animals should not be killed, then its kinda pointless."

it's difficult answering a question if the poster refuses to maintain an opened mind.

first, the human body is not designed to process meat. second, i just happen to be one of those who believe that animals should not be killed - pointless or not, that's my position.

third, not EVERYONE likes meat. that's a blanket statement. there is no such realty as a universal 'one-size-fits-all' mentality in the human experience & dietary preference would absolutely fall under that.

now, to the question: i made a conscious choice to become a vegetarian for several reasons. 1.) it helps me regulate my blood pressure. 2.) it helps me to regulate my type 2 diabetes. 3.) i look 20 years younger because i'm not only a vegetarian, but 90% of my diet is raw. 4.) my quality of life is at its optimum because i can do more than women my age. i weightlift, jog, tai chi, do yoga, Pilates...anything i want. 5.) (& most important) no menopause stress. NONE. did i know that thirty+ years ago? nope, but i'm glad i know now.

hope i answered your question.

Answer 6

When I was little I'd eat any type of animal pretty much. But over the years I have slowly started to eat less and less because every time I would eat my older brother would make different animal sounds. If I was eating a burger he's make cow noises. If I was eating bacon, he'd start oinking and so on!!!!!

Other than that, I've just kinda lost the taste for it!!!!

Answer 7

I'm not a vegetarian, but I don't eat red meat if I can help it because I really don't like it, and I'm not overly keen on ham or bacon. I only really eat chicken and seafood, and even then not very often.

I agree with your food-chain theory, but I think that people who are vegetarians for protest-type reasons are not protesting so much at the FACT that animals are killed for food, but more in the WAY that they are killed.

Answer 8

I just don't understand these "questions" that are nothing more than bashing people's lifestyles. Why do people feel the need to be so hostile?

To a great many people, vegetarianism and veganism are extremely important aspects of our lives and deeply held beliefs, not just a "diet". It would be terrible if someone went on a perfectly peaceful religious forum and said "Honestly, if your reasons are because there is a God and Heaven, then it's kinda pointless". That is somebody's beliefs that you're knocking, and it doesn't harm you in any way. Why can't you just live and let live?

I have thousands of reasons why I'm vegan, but I don't feel the need to explain myself to someone who doesn't really care anyway; someone who only wants to harass and patronize.

Answer 9

I think your motivation for posting this question are the following reasons:

1) to be an ***

2) to try to make vegetarians feel like their reason for being a vegetarian is incorrect

3) to be an ***

I've been a vegetarian for 4 years and I've heard the same type of argument as yours repeatedly. It gets tiring, old, and boring after ill-informed meat eaters passive-aggressively attack your dietary choices. Each time you have to calmly explain your position so you don't make the attacker have an even further negative viewpoint of vegetarians. But I'm tired of defending my reasoning to someone who doesn't even care. So I have this to say to you:

Do some proper research or kindly keep your passive-aggressive questions to yourself.

Answer 10

For one thing I believe it is healthier for the body, as long as you plan to get the proper nutrition from your diet. A veggie diet has been found to lower the risk of diabetes, cancer and heart problems.
Also I believe the meat supply is tainted with anitbiotics, hormones and feces. 19 million pounds of beef were recalled last year and some people have died eating meat contaminated wirth e-coli.