03-19-2015, 06:52 PM
(03-19-2015, 06:38 PM)Monica Wrote:(03-19-2015, 06:17 PM)ricdaw Wrote: The Law of Free Will applies to animals too. I will accept that the captivity and torture of animals certainly does a disservice to us humans, but the choice of those animals to incarnate here/now and be subject to such treatment must also be part of the equation. Whether they are here out of a freely chosen desire to serve us (so we can eat them) a freely chosen desire to experience pain and suffering (to advance their spritual growth) or a freely chosen desire to model human emotions back to us so that some of us will become outspoken champions for animal rights (you Monica), they are still here by exercise of their animal-version of free will.
On some level, the woman chooses to be raped. Does that mean we should participate in rape?
You already are, else there would be no rapist. What you have the ability to stop reflects your role in a given situation of experiences but what you cannot stop must also be. If you stop a rape, it was never meant to be.