Animal Rights/Veganism and Atheism: A Natural Relationship
by Bari Tarmon
I wrote a comment to Paul Pinfield’s piece “But Humans Are Carnivores/Omnivores!” stating that in my opinion, atheism and animal rights/veganism is naturally intertwined. All atheists in my opinion ideally would naturally be ethical vegans, and all ethical vegans should by the same logical reason, be atheists. Here’s why I believe so.
Atheism is the lack of religious faith and belief in a supreme being.
Atheists hold themselves responsible for their actions and answerable for their consequences. Atheists’ moral and ethical world view is that of a lifestyle that is based on freedom of choice that is governed by civilized laws and social mores. On the basis of mutual support for equality and justice for all, I think it should be obvious that it also includes animals and their rights as well.
In contrast, I think that people of faith…
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Thanks for reblogging.