Quote:
Originally Posted by DJ Urbanovsky
I think those are completely different things. How can you compare killing a living creature to printing a book, baking bread, or playing music?
The Catholic church tortured and murdered thousands in the name of religion. Does that make it right? What about jihadists blowing up innocent people? I mean, they're fighting against the infidel, right? They're just practicing their religion as well. Tell me where you draw the line.
|
TS's argument was not whether to allow the killing of a sacred animal for spiritual practices - it was whether it was okay to use modern techonologies to do so. Several religions have spiritual practices for the killing of animals - I was not debating whether or not to agree with it.
Also I eat animals that have been killed on a regular basis - whether an animal is killed for food or for spiritual beliefs shouldn't make one right and the other wrong, as long as it isn't senseless killing. Comparing the killing of an eagle to the torturing/killing of a person is not a valid argument in my eyes.
__________________
"The dignity of man is not shattered in a single blow, but slowly softened, bent, and eventually neutered. Men are seldom forced to act, but are constantly restrained from acting. Such power does not destroy outright, but prevents genuine existence. It does not tyrannize immediately, but it dampens, weakens, and ultimately suffocates, until the entire population is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid, uninspired animals, of which the government is shepherd." - Alexis de Tocqueville
Last edited by PedOncoDoc; 03-15-2012 at 11:26.
|