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Originally Posted by Glice
...I suspect a lot of veggies - by no means all, just a vocal minority - are pious by account of their supplanting religion with a 'moral code'....malaise of searching for faith without believing in any of the major religions...
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hello again.
Glice: I basically agree with the bits I've edited out, and I kappreciate that you've stressed that your argument doesn't appply to all vegetarians, but I'd just like to say a few things.
Morals don't have to supercede or replace religion. They can exist alongside religion, and can exist without religion. They do not neccessarily indicate any desire for 'faith' or faith substitute, they can just be the natural result of waning to be a good person.
I made this point earlier, and it's true that there are vegetarians who are just as bad, but in my experience (and that of others) I have to say that it is often the 'meat' eater who displays the signs of dogmatic close-mindedness. It is often the meat eater who will become abusive, forceful, scornful and oblivious to the rights of others (the 'fascistic' attitude that porkmarras rightfuly mentions).