I don’t use animals. It is not necessary to be healthy/happy/whatever.
I do not believe in a higher being. It is not necessary to be moral/happy/whatever.

They do have a point, though – I haven’t seen any posts posing any of these questions to meat-eaters. It’s almost as though being in the majority – or being “wrong”? – means that we don’t need to express our opinions.

I would be happy to explain why meat-eating is not inherently unethical (modern meat farming being another story altogether), but it’s clear that my opinion is not wanted here, so I’ll refrain.

Cathy’s assertions are not only ridiculous, but the Colombia U. research found that meat eaters were far, far more prone to B-12 deficiency that pure vegetarians. Busted!

What’s this?

Belief in the supernatural of any kind (karma, Jesus, The Secret) is pretty much a dealbreaker, but so is eating animals.

In my experience, a good heart and ethical consistency makes for better relationships – even if they believe in some annoyingly stupid things.

So i’d have to begrudgingly prefer the veg*n christian. There’s no way i’d get seriously involved with someone who eats animals when we simply don’t have to. In fact all the data says it’s a bad idea to eat animals. the ecological and health evidence mounts every day.

That said, i’d have to admit that if i was really desperately horny, i’d even fork Sarah Palin – but only in the ass, so that it would really hurt.

And a vegan who sleeps with a meat-eater is what we call a carniwhore. Yes, i know, i’m a slut. A full prostate gland is a terrible thing.

Please, won’t you give to the the Prevent Prostate-Brain Logic Override Disease Foundation? We don’t test on animals… only really hawt women.

PS Cathy’s assertions are not only ridiculous, but the Colombia U. research found that meat eaters were far, far more prone to B-12 deficiency that pure vegetarians. Busted!

I wouldn’t eat meat or go to church (unless the church had a sale or something) and I wouldn’t expect them to give anything up. I would mock their religious beliefs mercilessly and affectionately refer to her as “my Jesus Freak” but I’d expect to be called “the heathen” or “the lettuce muncher”. Relationships are about give and take after all.

She’d also need to understand that I wouldn’t leave my current girlfriend because relationships are about honesty too.

Peace.

XVX for life, R.A.S.H. ’til death.

Atheism and rational thought are critical components of my world view–I can’t see myself being with anyone who didn’t share those, I don’t feel I could make such a strong connection with someone who expressed religious preferences. Nothing personal though!

although if someone invents a vegetarian chorizo, and I may reconsider.

Start reconsidering because there are now several vegan chorizos and they taste great!

i think vegan is to diet as atheism is to reason. Once i realized what we’re doing to non-human animals is being done just because we can made it impossible to stay complicit. I see veganism as part and parcel to my new found skepticality.

Anybody who held on so dearly to eating animals when there is no good reason would make me seriously question them. I do understand it cuz though because i was the biggest meat eater of all. To be fair i know several vegans who date omnivores and usually the omni will eat alongside the vegan except for outings without them etc. This could be a compromise.

Whereas for somebody who was religious i would be hard-pressed to ask them to be atheist “at home”. Still, i realized even as teenager that god was some f-ed up bullshit. Believing in that crap as an adult would make me question them even more.

I don’t believe that love know bounds created by stupid labels. While I think religion can sometimes be corrupt and a driving force of discrimination and hate in the world that doesn’t mean I think all religious people are bad people.

Just as I wouldn’t want a religious person to write me off as being immoral without getting to know me first, I refuse to make assumptions about religious people that would keep me from dating one (if I were still single, that is).