OK... I understand and respect the environmental and health justifications surrounding the typical vegetarian/vegan "lifestyle". However, I SINCERELY do not understand how we (as humans) can truly believe that we UNDERSTAND the nature of pain, self-awareness, consciousness and sentience in relation to any organic life. I keep reading about how cruel meat eaters are and how beautiful it is to be a vegetarian or vegan.
How can I KNOW that the plant that I am eating (still fresh with water running through its "living" veins) has NO awareness and does not experience sorrow when torn from its home. Picked, packed, shipped, displayed, bought, sold, refrigerated, cooked, and eaten all while still "alive"… plants had better not suffer if we put them through all that. When did the plant (which displays the same eagerness to live as all other organic "life") volunteer to be eaten by humans?
Some (if not all) of our ancient ancestors regarded plants as conscious beings that could actually help humans distinguish between edible and non-edible species, provide guidance in the art of healing, grant blessings to their children, capture a persons soul, etc.... Read more
