Sensationalist UK Headline sparks Eurarabia Scare

[Kadagar_AV]

But folklore has always contained practical wisdom as well as blind ignorance.

Witchcraft is a religion.


You tend to view all religion as a fiction, Kadagar, thus making it easy for you to dismiss the adherence to outdated methods of animal slaughter is needless cruelty. For you, nothing is "sacred" in the literal sense, and therefore you do not deem any such practice as defensible.

As a Catholic, the need for Halal or Kosher slaughter method is neither here nor there to me. Animal cruelty to me is abhorrent because it: usually isn't necessary and can therefore be deemed as wasteful and enjoying such cruelty is usually a sign of some personality weakness/disorder on the part of the human involved.

On the other side of the coin, I have listened to PETA spokespeople arguing that we need to respect the basic "humanity" of all animals. They almost seem to view humanity as an intrusion upon the natural order instead of an apex predator/scavenger (omnivorous variant). Such an attitude is silly.

Wait, what?

You have no idea of the grounds to my belief system.

As an example, I find life to be sacred. With that said, I should stress to note that I find respectful killing of animals to be OK.

I don't however, much like nor respect industrial slaughter without any sense of respect towards the animal, for feeding people who put half the animal in the garbage pile or incinerator.

I also find other things sacred, but contrary to others I don't whip my belief out and shove it down others throats... Read enough of my posts on a deeper level, and I am sure a belief system will emerge. Including sacred things.

I'll give you another hint: Mountains.

I see myself more like an alpine priest than a ski instructor.