I don't understand how Christians get around consuming animal products and bi-products, I mean we consume so much animal product in the U.S.(and a large % of our population claim to be Christian) it's sickening, especially when it's 100% unnecessary and actually harms our own species in addition to the others we share this planet with.

How do Christians get around the commandment you shall not kill(im not sure on this, but i was under the impression it was originally written as thou shalt not kill thy neighbor, in which case I think the animals we share this planet with qualify as our neighbors), and please don't use the excuse that there are people in third world countries that are starving, because it's been shown that if we used the resources we have to supply a vegan diet we'd be able to make twice the food that we are capable of making fueling the standard diet, and I highly doubt you happen to be a starving child in africa who has internet access.

You can't even use the argument against war, as the animals pose no threat to us what so ever, overpopulation? We force them to breed, and most if not all of the animals we eat are peace-loving herbivores.

Anyway, that's how I look at it, I'm interested in your answers though I suspect the responses will be mostly defensive with no real concern for the animals or the starving children in third world countries or anything but their own supposed salvation.
angel: yup, typical Christian answer, I don't even think you read my whole question, even if you don't beleive in animal rights you must beleive in human rights to not starve to death before puberty? BTW I'm an agnostic and a vegan. I don't think anyone should be consuming animal products, i wont enforce it because that goes against my beleif in true freedom however. I just can't understand least of all how Christians can consume animal products.
Spike - didn't read my third paragraph, i covered that, that's the arguement for war, the animals are helpless and wish us no harm, killing them is murder in my book, and it originally said kill, so, gg puting your faith in the revised version of the bible. All answers so far have been defensive btw with no concern for others, just as i predicted. So far it seems to me that Christianity has dehumanized many.
Animals are not sentient? I don't know if they are able to be subjective, but they sure as hell can feel. Honestly, all your answers are doing is slowly turning me against religion, seriously, im not even joking, these answers are 100% selfish, it's disgusting, Christianity just seems like a way to dump your "sins" onto someone else so you don't have to feel bad anymore, I think over time what has really happened is you've learned to ignore your conscience, you all seem dehumanized, lost touch with reality, religion seems more and more like a cult to me with each response. And you all don't even seem to be capable of comprehending because several of your answers have already been covered, it's like you've lost the ability to think for yourself.
Hannah S - so you've been pregnant? I'm not going to go into detail about what happens to cows when they're pregnant(as they need to keep getting impregnated to keep giving milk) and obviously im sure you know what happens to their children at birth, you of all people should be able to see what im saying.
space monkey - what? our teeth are designed to eat meat? WTF. I didn't know i had a mouth full of canines, thank you for bringing this to my attention, no, but seriously, have you ever tried to eat a raw animal using just your nails and teeth? We are clearly NOT designed to eat meat, there was a study done which found our digestive system is much closer to a herbivore than it is to an omnivore or carnivore, like dramatically, I dont think there was one characteristic that was closer to an omnivore/carnivore than a herbivore.
space monkey - you truly are ignorant, you really think we wear plastic? most of my clothes are cotton. We're killing out of self defense huh? When was the last time you saw someone attacked by a wild cow? Did you know that pigs are so similiar to us we can even use their organs for doners? We keep them in cages and force them to breed. We take their young away at birth, we force them to feed a machine until the day we slaughter them as well, self defense? I think not. And for the animals that actually are dangerous? It's called staying out of their territory and calling animal control, but yes if you were in a life threatening situation I wouldn't hold it against you if you were to kill an animal in self defense assuming there was no alternative.
Oscar - I have not read the bible, but I get the message, and it seems more likely to me that the bible was written by a person or a group of people that had compassion but not much wisdom at least for today's standards(he/she/they was probably a genius in his time), he must have known that people were struggling to find an answer and he gave them one, without religion people were probably desperate for answers and jumped at the first explanation, ignoring it's flaws, that's what i think is most likely. At any rate, if God is real I don't view him to be as great as the bible makes him out to be.
sorry i meant i dont beleive he is as great as people make him out to be, judging by the bible he's a semi-wise tyrant.
space monkey - i beleive it's possible that once we started eating meat even know we're not anatomically supposed to the vitamin b12 helped us along the way in evolving into what we are today, before we invented technology scientists beleive we were scavengers and only about 5% of our diet consisted of meat, but I know Christians attitude towards science /smirk.

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