I doubt God would instill within us the desire not to eat any other living being. That would leave us with only rocks and gravel to eat, and that wouldn't be very adaptive to our species. -- CHADI'S FORUM

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Subject: I doubt God would instill within us the desire not to eat any other living being. That would leave us with only rocks and gravel to eat, and that wouldn't be very adaptive to our species.

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The Chadistumper
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Date Posted: 20:12:21 12/02/02 Mon
In reply to: chadi 's message, "God also gave humans the ability of having sympathy, mercy, non-violence, which they can use to avoid harming any other living being and have sympathy to all the creatures in the universe so that peace prevails." on 11:09:52 12/02/02 Mon

Perhaps these traits of mercy and sympathy you speak of can be applied to the way we kill our prey, rather than whether we eat it or not.

Also, if God gives us these empathetic qualities because He feels the food chain is cruel and unnecessary, why would He come up with such a system to begin with?

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Someone like you should live with CANNIBALS. Why don't you? chadi 21:43:58 12/02/02 Mon

All living things have consciousness, silly! That's what makes them living things. And humans can eat raw beef, if it's properly prepared. Haven't you ever heard of steak tartar? Poor, sheltered chadi. -- The Chadistumper, 22:05:20 12/02/02 Mon

I will not comment on what says someone who curses the person he/she criticizes. (NT) -- chadi, 22:21:50 12/02/02 Mon

Curses? Who cursed you? (NT) -- The Chadistumper, 01:19:32 12/03/02 Tue

You didn't curse me? You said "all living things have consciousness, silly....". It seems that someone like you has no consciousness of his cursing. But anyways, I advise you to open your philosophy textbook and read the chapter about "consciousness" or the chapter about "language". then you would be able to read my posts, but not respond to them of course.... -- chadi, 20:59:57 12/06/02 Fri

Since you can't spell consciousness, I wouldn't trust you to tell me what it means. And "silly" isn't a curse, you paranoid Lebanese hothead. -- The Chadistumper, 08:40:41 12/07/02 Sat

First, what's wrong with my spelling of "consciousness"? Second, you'd better watch the documentary movie "the animal mind" on a TV station called "Animal Planet". (NT) -- chadi, 15:41:45 12/07/02 Sat

I see you glazed over the allegations of paranoia altogether. Why don't you address that? -- The Chadistumper, 19:41:11 12/07/02 Sat

Philosophy isn't an exact science; it's a conglomeration of different opinions. A philosophy book would be the last place one would go to find an objective definition. Try a dictionary instead. (NT) -- English Teacher, 08:43:45 12/07/02 Sat
All living things are conscious -- at different levels -- Cheri, 09:36:42 12/07/02 Sat