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Originally Posted by augie_
speciesist is a funny word.
religion has nothing to do with it. 99.99% of people are speciesist including most vegans.
Do you think when black people was slaves, bible was something what slavery advocated who is Christians was able to use to justify they believes about it being right way?
Using bible quotes like:
Leviticus 25:44–46 44 “However, you may purchase male and female slaves from among the nations around you. 45 You may also purchase the children of temporary residents who live among you, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, 46 passing them on to your ...
Luke 12:47–48 47 “And a servant who knows what the master wants, but isn’t prepared and doesn’t carry out those instructions, will be severely punished. 48 But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.
What big difference between racism/slavery then and speciesism now?
For example bible have quotes like:
Ge 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Ge 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
After the Flood, God tells Noah: "Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything." God also makes a covenant, not only with Noah, but "with every living creature that was with you--the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you--every living creature on earth" (Gen. 9:3, 10).
What seem clearly promote human specie using other species as food and dominate over them in other ways. I agree early in days human specie develop they needed use other species for food but today is 90-95%+ can easy live without using animal products not creating demand for theses products making use less animals for them.