Ok – rant incoming.

I keep my blog postings very neutral, I don’t try and force my opinions or beliefs on anyone, I just share vegan alternatives and tips. I’m never rude to meat eaters and I don’t show too much emotion when online but today I have something on my mind I just need to get out.

I hear every now and then comments like ‘humans are supposed to eat me’ and more recently I was told ‘humans were designed to eat meat.’

Ok cool – who designed you?

This person wasn’t religious, they believed in evolution. Evolution isn’t design – it’s the natural development of something though?

evolution
ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n,ˈɛv-/Submit
noun
the process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

design
dɪˈzʌɪn/Submit
verb
do or plan (something) with a specific purpose in mind.

So already I am confused – you were either designed by someone or something, or you naturally evolved – which one is it?

‘I evolved’

Ok fine. What did you evolve from?

‘An ape.’

Ok – an ape. Also fine, but apes in the wild are herbivores/omnivores?

Before man learned to hunt, we were gatherers. Plants and roots were gathered and eaten, then man-made a conscious decision to make tools to then go and eat animals.

And if you really want to get into the scientific specifics (just because I am on a roll now lol), let’s compare humans to herbivores and carnivores.

Humans and herbivores don’t have claws like carnivores.
Humans and herbivores don’t have fangs/huge sharp canines like carnivores.
Humans and herbivores have possess and intestinal tract which is around 10-12 times our body length, unlike the carnivore who’s intestinal tract is around 3 times their body length so they can break down and process meat quickly.

Do you see where I am going with this?

If I was designed to eat meat, then I wasn’t designed very well.

The point I am trying to make here is that I was not designed to do anything. Just like the cavemen who made a decision that they would like to start hunting and eating animals, I have made the decision that I do not want to eat animals. I you want to eat animals that is your decision, but I just won’t be told by anyone that I was designed to do anything I don’t want to do.

So to conclude my little rant I will leave you with this;

As a human, I am not designed to do anything or eat anything I don’t want to. I won’t just eat meat because ‘everyone else does’ or because other people think we should. I don’t want to eat meat because I think it is wrong. (I am very healthy and happy without it btw.)

I wasn’t given claws to eat animals, but I was given a conscious to think for myself and decide and act upon what I think is right and wrong. If you want to challenge me about eating meat, you need to come up with something better than this ‘design’ stuff.

Perhaps I need re-designed. Anyway rant over! Enjoy the rest of your day! Jess xx

P.S I feel so much better now lol