Religious people will say the same. They think God made those animals for us. Cows solely exist to provide us food, so why should they feel bad that it got killed?
Edit: people downvoting me haven’t had this conversation with a reformed Christian.
Oh man, I knew one guy who actually said this to me out loud after admitting his family abandoned a cat in the middle of nowhere because they didn’t like it.
They also had an incredibly overweight black lab that smelled awful. Bad enough they warned me about it beforehand. As soon as I could smell him I knew it was a severe ear infection, it was the worst yeast-smell I’ve ever experienced. They just weren’t interested in taking him to the vet to get it fixed.
It’s not like this family was struggling money-wise, either. They were upper middle class.
Religious people will say the same. They think God made those animals for us. Cows solely exist to provide us food, so why should they feel bad that it got killed?
Edit: people downvoting me haven’t had this conversation with a reformed Christian.
Oh man, I knew one guy who actually said this to me out loud after admitting his family abandoned a cat in the middle of nowhere because they didn’t like it.
They also had an incredibly overweight black lab that smelled awful. Bad enough they warned me about it beforehand. As soon as I could smell him I knew it was a severe ear infection, it was the worst yeast-smell I’ve ever experienced. They just weren’t interested in taking him to the vet to get it fixed.
It’s not like this family was struggling money-wise, either. They were upper middle class.
Exactly. How convenient.