Carnivores...

[GeratTzedek]

Thats simply food acclimation. If I were to eat lots of meat for months then suddenly jump to eating vegetables I would most likely get sick too.

Also, many vegetarians have formed a mental block against meat, they consider it disgusting and revolting so of course if they eat some its more than likely going to trip their gag reflex.

I must agree with this. You will sometimes find the same gag reflex among observant Jews if they find that they have been tricked somehow and the meat is treif.

 

[WatersMoon110]

Thats simply food acclimation. If I were to eat lots of meat for months then suddenly jump to eating vegetables I would most likely get sick too.

Also, many vegetarians have formed a mental block against meat, they consider it disgusting and revolting so of course if they eat some its more than likely going to trip their gag reflex.

And thats fine, thats a personal choice for you. But its not something that works for me and I will continue to eat beef and chicken.

I thought it was more of losing the thick mucus lining to the stomach and some of the helpful bacteria that allows humans to break down meat based proteins. Same thing with the enzymes that break down dairy (in peoples who retain this mutation after infancy), they will go away if not given dairy products. And, I believe, the bacteria who break down plant matter probably also need consistent plant matter.

Though I do agree that many vegetarians will eventually find meat unappetizing. I don't know if it is a mental block or not (I always thought it was because their bodies couldn't easily break it down anymore).

Anyway, more on topic, I would say that if God created everything, He obviously planned for some creatures to eat plants and some creatures to eat creatures. A feline is not capable of breaking down plant matter, no matter what the Bible says on the matter. Carnivores are built to kill and eat meat. Herbivores were built to break down plant matter. Omnivores, like humans and raccoons, were built to handle both. I don't find any of these immoral, and I don't think that God does either!

 

[TeddyKGB]

You are not eating other animals, you are a human who eats animals.

Oh, good grief.

 

[Pogue]

Thats simply food acclimation. If I were to eat lots of meat for months then suddenly jump to eating vegetables I would most likely get sick too.

Also, many vegetarians have formed a mental block against meat, they consider it disgusting and revolting so of course if they eat some its more than likely going to trip their gag reflex.

And thats fine, thats a personal choice for you. But its not something that works for me and I will continue to eat beef and chicken.

That's true- I've never eaten meat or fish before and I'm pretty sure I'd be very ill if I ever tried it.

 

[Steezie]

I thought it was more of losing the thick mucus lining to the stomach and some of the helpful bacteria that allows humans to break down meat based proteins. Same thing with the enzymes that break down dairy (in peoples who retain this mutation after infancy), they will go away if not given dairy products. And, I believe, the bacteria who break down plant matter probably also need consistent plant matter.

Though I do agree that many vegetarians will eventually find meat unappetizing. I don't know if it is a mental block or not (I always thought it was because their bodies couldn't easily break it down anymore).

Part of it is physiological, your body gets physically and mentally accustomed to eating a certain type of food and switching can make you sick.

Take a junk food junkie and make him eat salads and tofu and I promise you he will get sick

 

[Aeris]

Well if God created everything, wouldn't it have been smarter to make sure animals such as rabbits, mice etc don't breed so much, so they don't overpopulate?

Yes but apparently he didnt do that, which could mean one of three things 1) he doesnt exist, 2) he isnt very smart, 3) he wants to see poor innocent animals suffer

 

[Aeris]

You are not eating other animals, you are a human who eats animals.

Well theres a couple problems with this statement, first the thread is on carnivores, humans are omnivores so obviously this thread is about animals that eat other animals, not humans that eat other animals. Second humans are just another type of animal the only difference being that most of us have more intelligence than other animals.