I have been a Vegetarian since birth. I turned Vegan recently. Watching all the horrific videos of animal abuse has affected me a lot. I have started thinking about the condition of animals very deeply. Humans are tormenting and exploiting animals in heinous ways and nature is also cruel. Food chain is cruel. Basically all the animals go through tremendous physical pain either inflicted by other animals or humans. And this bothers me a lot. Why is the fate of animals so horrific? There seems to be no end to their suffering. Herbivores are 100% screwed. The reality of animals is very very terrifying. It’s like they are born only to suffer so much physical pain. There is also emotional trauma (Mother Cows crying for their babies when they are taken away). There is no end to the list of vile and depraved things man does to animals. All kinds of worst pain is inflicted on them. It bothers me that this has been happening since many years. Some people are fighting for animals but even so still millions are getting tortured, orphaned and dying a horrific death every single day. The universe does not give a damn because it is also cruel (food chain). God obviously does not care. I’m getting thoughts like, what if I was an animal. Just imagining about it terrifies me. I think about this issue everyday and scream why. When will this animal cruelty end? Why are animals destined to live a life of immense suffering at the hands of humans and nature?

May 21, 2017

Response

J.S. Thompson’s Response:

It’s horrible… that’s true but first things first! There are people that are getting the exact same treatment in the world. I believe our first concern should be for human beings. As far as the universe not giving a damn about the way people act, it does but it also must give us free choice, without which we could never evolve into divine beings. Without freedom of choice, the freedom to make mistakes; we would be nothing more than robots. On a good note, the animals whose lives are ended so horribly are immortal, just as the people who are also mistreated. All in all, the ending will always be a happy one.

Thanks for your question!
J.S. Thompson