1) With all the tricks and games going on today with the food...
I don't believe there is such a thing as hallal meat unless I personally kill it. And I would have to have a good reason to do that. (ie: Life or death in a starvation situation)[/quote]
Here^ he said one reason which seemed to be a matter of Taqwa. But in the parenthesis he stated his real belief.
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2) Animals raised for food today spend most of their lives in conditions that are beyond horrific. As a muslim I'm supposed to stand against oppression. (If you see something wrong, try to change it with your hand. If you cannot, speak out against it. And if you cannot, then at the very least feel that in your heart and this is the weakest level of Iman )
Here^ is another reason which has nothing to do with avoiding meat consumption.
[quote]3) The very first convesation Allahسبحانه وتعالى has with Adam(pbuh) is Genesis 1:29 (Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.) There's no mention of eating animals
4)
Sura 24:41 All creatures praise Allahسبحانه وتعالى in their own way.
Sura 6:38 All creatures form communities like us
Sura 25:48-49, 32:27, 79:31-33 That in Allah'sسبحانه وتعالى point of view animals are equal to humans and that HE talks with them just like HE does with us.
Also the Qur'an applies the world "Muslim" not only to humans but also to other animals and the inanimate world. Now if someone wanted to consider that in the gospel of Matthew 25:40 (Saint Jerusalem bible)... The prophet Jesus(pbuh) said, "truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me" Since all creatures worship Allahسبحانه وتعالى and submit to them.. It's easy to see that on some level, we're all brothers and sisters. As such killing and eating an animal purely for the pleasure of the taste is wrong.
5) It takes 7kgs of grains to make 1kg of meat. Without good reason to eat meat, this is a waste and tQur'an, 7:31 makes it very clear that Allahسبحانه وتعالى hates wasters ("eat and drink and be not extravagant; surely He does not love the extravagant")
6) Sura 6:141, 6:151, 16:67 and Sura 23:19 - Allahسبحانه وتعالى puts emphasis on eating fruits and veggies in order to be healthy
7) Abu Umama - He who takes pity
even
on a sparrow and spares its life, Allah will be merciful on him on the Day of Judgement
8) The Prophet(pbuh) said "Allahسبحانه وتعالى will not give mercy to anyone, except those who give mercy to other creatures."
9) An-Nasai, 7:206,239 There is no man who kills
even
a sparrow or anything smaller, without its deserving it, but God will question him about it."
10) The killing of animals without a justifiable reason is a major sin, "Avoid the seven obnoxious things
deadly sins
: polytheism; magic; the killing of breathing beings! Which God has forbidden except for rightful reason." (Sahih Muslim: Kitab-ul-Imam (Ref. No. 46); Chapter. XXXIX, Vol.I; p. 52. Bukhari, 4:23.
himself slaughtered animals and this nonsense was saying that it was violation of mercy to kill animals etc etc. He was lucky because I didn't notice this thread when he posted.
ate - some are altered beyond recognition. How we treat animals is not the way our beloved Rasulullah 
