How is Eating Meat Wrong when Animals Eat other Animals?

Question

Explain that double standard to me oh wise vegetarians...................... Death is clearly a part of life; there is no lifeform on earth that does not benefit off of the process of death. Many fungi live off of the flesh off dead carcasses. Animals kill their prey in the wild to survive; do you suggest they go on vegetarian diets? We, as humans, are doing what comes naturally to us.
Also, eating meat greatly expanded the brain size of homosapiens; the added protein gave us extra strength and intelligence. If you look at our teeth, they are clearly omnivorous. Noticed how sharp our back fangs are? Is it not that way for a reason?

Answer 1

Vegetarians asserting that eating meat is wrong are comparable to Christians saying premarital sex is wrong.

The answer is that no, it's not universally wrong, but it is a personal choice that adults have the right to make for themselves, and for which, ideally, they would not be judged.

Your points are good ones, and well informed. (Except maybe for the "back fangs" part. What are those?)

Answer 2

I don't think that eating meat is wrong per se, however it is. . .
1) Less healthy. Our bodies do not metabolize meat as efficencly as other foods. It also does not give us the same nutritional value.
2) Inefficient The entire third world could be fed on the grain that goes to feed cattle that produce beef for the US and Western Europe. Therefore if too many people eat too much meat other people will starve.

If you really want to know the mental beneifits of a carnivorious diet, ask a victim of Mad Cow disease.

Answer 3

I am a meat eater, but I don't have any fangs.
What planet do you come from?
From what I have seen on here, the vegetarians don't eat meat because they think the animals are torchured. They just need to find a reputable source to get their meat from.

Answer 4

I agree with you! Eating meat is natural.

However, I am a vegetarian.

I don't like the way animals are farmed like objects. I believe they are mistreated in the way they are moved around in vans, locked away and killed on a production line. There is a lot of waste when animals are treated like this.

I believe in sanctity of life including that for animals. In this society humans eating meat isn't necessary and so I chose not to have anything die for me.

I have no problem with people who do eat meat. I just don't like the idea.

Answer 5

Most people, including myself, don't eat meat because it's eating a vegetarian diet is alot healthier. You eat alot of dead food (meat) and you tend to feel like ****.. if you eat alot of living food (vegies, nuts, fruit) you have alot more energy. And out teeth are made for eating both so your last statement is completely wrong.

Answer 6

Who said it is wrong? Some cultist? Who cares what they think. Vegetarians can never explain how they got that leather belt or shoes. I guess the cow laid down and died so they could have the skin. Don't worry about some silly ideas people have.

Answer 7

Who said it was wrong? Too much just isnt very healthy (red meat) ...... its healthy to eat fish, chicken.......actually, we were made to be vegetarians, but then God cleansed meats so we could eat them.......