Ra's Statements About 2D Entities

[Monica]

The system of exploitation has to be replaced completely before any progress will be made on the front of animal welfare.

That's just not true. A few decades ago, veganism - even vegetarianism - was seen as 'extremist' and it was very difficult to ever find any clean foods at restaurants. Now, it's trendy, with many celebrities and even a former president going plant-based. Now, many, if not most restaurants have vegan options, and many cities now have several totally vegan restaurants.

The number of vegetarians and vegans is growing rapidly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country  <<-- check it out - 12% vegetarian in Britain! Also check out the TREND towards more vegetarian/vegan! 

According to research carried out in 2014, 12% of British are either vegetarian or vegan. This number rises to 20% among people aged 16-24.

A 2013 Public Policy Polling survey found 13% of Americans identify as vegetarian (6%) or vegan (7%).[66] A 2012 Gallup poll found 5% of Americans identify as vegetarian and 2% as vegan.[67] A 2008 Harris Interactive poll found that 10% of adults "largely follow a vegetarian-inclined diet," with 3.2% following a vegetarian diet and 0.5% identifying as vegans.[68] A 2000 Zogby Poll found that 2.5% of respondents reported not eating meat, poultry, or fish; while 4.5 percent reported not eating meat.[69]
Many children [in the United States] whose parents follow vegetarian diets follow them because of religious or ethical beliefs, for animal rights, or for the environment or other reasons.[70] In the government's first estimate[71] of how many children avoid meat, the number is about 1 in 200.[72][73] Also, the CDC survey included children ages 0 to 17 years. Possibly, older children are more likely to follow a vegetarian diet, so differences in age could explain some of the difference in results between the surveys.[70]
U.S. vegetarian food sales (meat replacements such as soy milk and textured vegetable protein) doubled between 1998 and 2003, reaching $1.6 billion in 2003.[74]

A few decades ago, it was 1/2 of 1 percent! Now the numbers are much bigger and growing rapidly. Each person who goes vegan saves about 150 sentient beings from a violent death, each year.

That's significant.

Not to mention, the energetic and spiritual effects of all those people opening their hearts to compassion. I know a lot of vegans and they aren't perfect but the one thing they have in common is compassion. How curious, while many self-professed 'spiritual' people in the Christian and New Age communities continue to get defensive about their choice to support the suffering and killing of animals.

As long as profit is the motive for action animals will continue to be exploited, since as we've seen it's quite easy for business lobbyists to drum up demand for animal products.

It's simple supply and demand. If people quit buying animal products, no amount of lobbying would matter.

How can we convince people not to exploit animals when they are complicit in the exploitation of their fellow human beings? We must put our own house in order and if we can develop a more compassionate society than that compassion will necessarily extend to our animal other-selves.

That hasn't worked, has it? Many people have compassion for other humans, yet continue to be in denial about the suffering of animals. Why must compassion be compartmentalized, as though it applies only to humans? That's speciesism.

I will counter your question with some questions:

How can we expect the planet to shift to 4D, when WE are contributing to the oppression and suffering of sentient beings?

How can we 'put our own house in order' when WE are directly adding to the problem, by buying meat and dairy?

How can we be concerned about lobbyists, when WE are adding to the demand for animal products ourselves?