Of course. Luckily, I can try my best to diminish my harm to animals.
That's like saying It's fine to commit mass murder because sometimes we hurt people's feelings.
Yes, but necessarily all religions must believe something about the other religions is untrue, or else they would be the exact same religion.
The fact that you're calling things "Christian" in this way seems to me that you believe Christian ideas are incorrect...
The chosen people means exactly what it says on the tin, lol. That there's some inherent spiritual difference between Jews and non-Jews which comes from being chosen by God.
And the second paragraph, well. It's a meaningless personal attack you're using to diminish the argument of another person. You literally can't know if the other person was a Christian, and even then, being a former Christian has no bearing on whether what they are saying is true.
I for one, was never a Christian nor raised with those ideas, but you told me the same thing.
Thank you for saying what I was trying to get across succinctly!
I don't understand what the other person is trying to get across.
It's literally impossible to believe that (A is true), and simultaneous believe that (A is false) isn't incorrect. In this case A == "God is real".
cash, that way they can buy what they want when they need it. then it never spoils!
i think you're reading in between the lines here, but I'm being very literal. it's just not possible to be all religions at the same time. I'm not saying that makes any religion worse than others, or that means all people feel theirs is better. I'm just saying that in believing one religion, you have to at the very least not believe in some others. it's as simple as that
i don't think you understood what i was saying. the very fact that Judaism has religious beliefs means it must conflict with other beliefs. the very fact that Judaism has a God means that it is inherently incompatible with religions that don't, such as Buddhism. so, by believing in Judaism, a person must be saying that Buddhism is in some way incorrect, for example.
i'm not attacking Judaism here. i understand that Judaism is a lot nicer to atheism than the "big religions". that's just not related to what I'm saying.
It really isn't off base. Every belief system believes it's correct and other conflicting ones aren't. That's just... how it works. It's simply not possible for, say for example celtic paganism and Vajrayana Buddhism to both be correct. And neither of those are monotheistic
no, but it still expresses the idea that Judaism is factually correct and other religions are not, because that's simply just how religions work
luckily, humans are different in one key important way -- we can choose not to
it is morally superior. i don't hurt other beings for pleasure or sustenance. i shit all over it, because it was a bullshit cope so you don't feel bad about the things you do. you know it's a bullshit cope
can you explain to me how you can get meat without hurting animals? tell me how that is being dishonest
That's the thing I don't get. Vegans have to be preachy, it's a moral standpoint. That's like calling anti-nazi protests or anti-sexual-assault campaigns preachy. Of course they are, the whole point is to get people to be more ethical!
Unfortunately for you, you do like hurting animals.
Hurt animal -> get meat -> enjoy meat
Your pleasure comes directly from hurting animals. You cannot separate them.
So my options are:
Lots of people suffering
No people suffering
How is it even a question?
that's exactly why it won't realistically happen. most people are inundated with capitalist propaganda, and those who aren't either don't care enough or have zero real world connections or support from people who do care (like me). very few people have actually done anything...