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Post by sharp on Jan 4, 2019 1:30:46 GMT
Is eating Halal or Kosher supposed to make you more moral? Do people believe their god will reject them if they don't skip certain food? And how important is that?
Does it make sense logically or is it a sort of faith thing where you do it because someone said so?
It's something I try to respect, but it also makes me wonder.
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Post by wolf on Jan 10, 2019 22:12:41 GMT
Even if they believe so themselves, belonging to a religion doesn't make people more moral and eating religiously prepared or accepted food doesn't, either. It doesn't matter if you follow all food restrictions to the letter as long as you still behave badly.
As long as we should respect others for following religious customs, we cannot use that as a reason to evaluate their morality.
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Post by sharp on Jun 16, 2019 23:07:49 GMT
So, wolf , that should indicate that Jews and Muslims aren't more moral because of their dietary restrictions. Another issue that has been bothered me for a while is the ethics of animal welfare in the slaughter process for these groups. |
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Post by wolf on Aug 10, 2019 23:40:22 GMT
Earlier this year, Belgium banned ritual halal and kosher slaughtering based on animal welfare, whereupon the affected groups accused the authorities for violating their religious freedom and announced that they will file law suits as a result, particularly since they fear that they are becoming targets of bigotry under the guise of animal protection, both in Belgium and other countries.
To me, it's a bit strange that some people base parts of their ethical foundation on the slaughtering methods according to religious practices.
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Post by sharp on May 25, 2020 23:28:00 GMT
This is probably borderline off topic, but new (age) religions seem to base some of their practice on a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle by banning meat and fish from their members' diet.
How does that fit in? Can such people be regarded as more moral than those belonging to 'old' faiths with members that still slaughter animals for food, regardless of the methods and how the meat is being prepared?
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