Dick Smith on HALAL...( allegedly )

Originally posted by mack67 ↑

For non-believing businesstypes a la Kraft etc etc ......their logic is clear.End of debate.

For believers , however , you can only wonder at the hyprocisy of worshipping Something of ultimate goodness , kindness etc etc , all the most compassionate highest qualities and yet actively support cruelty to animals.
Not just halal either, some Christian and Bhuddist countries in Asia have cock-fighting as a major 'recreation' / gambling activity.I had an East Timorise work colleague a while ago , very strict Catholic , but i couldn't convince him of the contradiction in his lifestyle when he went to his weekly( illegal ) cock-fights..I have seen what they do to dogs in Sth.Korea to make the meat more 'tender'. Unbelievable cruelty also. Just a couple of e.g's.

Their is something about the barbaric aspect of ego of the homo sapien that shames us.
If you are a believer , in whatever, do you honestly think that WE ( the only species , that can blow-up , over-populate , pollute, etc ...... this planet to extinction ) are so superiour to other species...?
We will drown in our own 'cleverness'. A clever monkey , too clever for it's own good.

Expand

"If you are a believer , in whatever, do you honestly think that WE ( the only species , that can blow-up , over-populate , pollute, etc ...... this planet to extinction ) are so superiour to other species...?"

Mack - a MILLION TUs from me. I am totally against hallal and kosher slaughter. They derive from Middle East tribal cultures when there were no refrigerators. To reinforce the health aspects they have been written into religious creeds. Barbaric and ridiculous imo in the modern world.

As for the "Something" you mention, it puzzles me why an "all knowing, omniscient and completely benevolent patriarchal god created a planet so full of pain and cruelty. Where a great many creatures have to devour others in order to survive.

The so called food chain is bloody, violent and brutal. At the top sits mankind, created Christians believe, in the "Something's" image. Many committed deists think nothing of eating the flesh of a young lamb and love hunting animals and birds for ???sport. I can only deduce that their god must be pretty blood thirsty.

Surely the "Something" could have easily created a non- carnivorous world?

OXY