In regards to eating meat

[Aaron]

Gemini, i think you have to look in yourself to know if you want to kill mice. no religion is going to tell you what the answer is. personally i think one shouldn't kill mice, but i can understand people do what they feel they must. i've killed bugs thinking it was the only option but i regret that. if you're searching for religions that give permission to kill i think you're looking for a get out of jail card because there's a part of you nagging that it's not right. so i'd look at that part of you and contemplate. also, i think chewed up clothes isn't enough reason to kill a mouse for. i mean, maybe you could store your clothes in a place the mice can't get to? i think there are other options.
Monica, what do you suggest pets eat then, if not meat? i'm not for meat eating but i don't know what else to feed a pet who is carnivorous by nature. some say it's pet abuse to put them on a vegetarian diet. although some have done that. but i haven't looked into it much.

I know it was directed at Monica, but I'll answer... If you have a snake, for example, that eats only meat and is built to eat only meat, you must feed it meat in order for it to continue to survive. There's no choice involved there. The choice for the animal is in potentiation. It hasn't evolved to a point of self awareness to be able to make the choice of diet. On pets where you would have a choice, (omnivorous animals) the choice is made by you and reflects on your own polarity. Because you can't choose for another being, pet or not, the choice is made as if you're feeding an extension of yourself, the portion of your pet that you imagine to be able to care about its health or the planet's standing or the welfare of animals.