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In reply to the discussion: Why is Hunting Part of Republican Culture? [View all]ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)it is about a belief that animals do not have spirits/souls.
your backwoods credentials mean nothing. i grew up in the woods too...we killed to eat and feed others with that we did not need. we were very in touch with the ecology around us... so take your holier than thou baloney elsewhere. you weren't the only 'culture' aware of how the world works.
when did you or one of your relatives say a prayer to an animal in thanksgiving? (ONEDIT : ok, that was unfair...maybe you are pagan or animist. but you would be in a huge minority were that true) that it what I am talking about here...not hunting in an ecologically friendly manner...which can certainly be done without praying to your kill. that is what has drawn derision...it is a vastly ignorant statement. maybe animistic and pagan cultures do this...they PROBABLY do...but your blanket statement is just wrong.
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OnEdit : i honestly hope you don't think the Shepherd's Prayer is about reverence for sheep...that is just... i can't even believe you wrote that.