jamesg1213
Seen all that and I still eat meat. If we didn't farm cows, sheep and pigs, they wouldn't exist now. I'm also an atheist, so 'God' doesn't come into it. Having said that, have you actually read the bible?
''Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.''
Genesis 9:3 (they always had tricky time signatures)
My memory is not what it use to be, and not to go to go to far down the religious track, but, if I recall correctly that was
after the flood, and as such, there being no, or close to no edible plant life for a time as you could expect after such a flood, the quote you referenced was given. You will see earlier, in Gen 1:29
Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
and in Gen 1:30
And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.…
Anyway, I'm not a religious nut, I myself believe it, don't necessarily follow it in all areas, and am not concerned to much whether others believe or not, it's up to the individual. I haven't read all this thread, as when I first browsed it it was somewhat different than it has turned out to be, but some of JK's (
and others) have pricked my interest me so I'll go back to where that starts and read on, not that I would personally agree with all sentiments, but I/we don't have to, it's interesting none the less. I myself am a vegetarian and have been for 34 years or so, for no other reason than I love animals and choose not to eat them or partake in any '
proceeds' of their death as much as I can.