southernhybrid
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I bet that Steve is sorry that he titled his OP the way that he did.
We are not lioms, but we are waht evolution made us, just like lions.You may wonder how a chicken saved my life. The answer is simple, I ate it.
And you took its.
Which of you had a choice?
My choice is eat or die, like any creature. Is my eating chicken any less moral that a lion taking down a prey?
If I wandered naked in parts of Africa without weapons odds are sooner or later I'd be on the menu of a predator.
If you believe evolution made creatures through mutation and natural selection then we are what we are, omnivores.
You aren't a lion, Steve. Lions also kill the children of lionesses to induce them to mate again. Would you consider using the example of a lion as an excuse if you killed the child of some woman?
All of this is a basic reasoning fallacy. It should be obvious. I think you actually are probably grappling with feelings of guilt.
Morality *is an instinct steve*. I have no idea what you are rambling about being superior. Or what any of this has to do with anything. Are you saying you think there is nothing wrong with, say, rape or killing another person? Is that what you are arguing? At least then you would be consistent, I suppose.We are not lioms, but we are waht evolution made us, just like lions.You may wonder how a chicken saved my life. The answer is simple, I ate it.
And you took its.
Which of you had a choice?
My choice is eat or die, like any creature. Is my eating chicken any less moral that a lion taking down a prey?
If I wandered naked in parts of Africa without weapons odds are sooner or later I'd be on the menu of a predator.
If you believe evolution made creatures through mutation and natural selection then we are what we are, omnivores.
You aren't a lion, Steve. Lions also kill the children of lionesses to induce them to mate again. Would you consider using the example of a lion as an excuse if you killed the child of some woman?
All of this is a basic reasoning fallacy. It should be obvious. I think you actually are probably grappling with feelings of guilt.
Morality including region is a thin veneer intended to suppress our basic genetic instincts. Human morality easily breaks down resulting in riots collective violence. Ethiopia right now. Tribal violent territorialism over compromise.
The idea we are superior and above all else is a human myth, partly based in Genesis.
I don't think there is anything wrong with being an omnivore. My personal objections are to the way that the animals I eat are often raised and slaughtered. Sure, that's my personal morality, but there are many people who are either ignorant of how these animals are treated or choose to ignore these facts. There is also the negative impact that raising animals for meat can have on the environment. In an ideal world, humans would hunt and eat the animals that they kill or raise and slaughter their own animals for food. I've actually met a woman who did that. I've known hunters who ate mostly deer, that they had killed themselves, but those things aren't practical in modern society. The very least we can demand, is that our sources of meat lived in humane conditions prior to being slaughtered. And, there are ways of humanely slaughtering animals. I'm not sure how often those methods are used these days.Morality an instinct? What would that be. Over human history there have been and still are conflicting moralities. The abortion debate today.
Pets cats and dogs that go feral revert to other genetic predispositions. Feral cats act like their big cat cisins.
Us humans are omnivores. Is there something wrong with that?