Poor choice of words on my part, perhaps. Maybe, if I chose "mind, instead of the more poetic word "soul" people would not reply about how an embryo is not ensouled.

But please tell me, was your original comment about racism towards animals sarcastic? It is sometimes hard to tell, and it seems almost like a position someone would hold.

[–] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm genuinely a vegan because I think racism is wrong.

Single cells don't have a mind either. Minds are made of neurons. An embryo begins developing neural cells during the fifth week of development. That's just a few neurons, though, not a full brain. A fetus doesn't get smart enough to process sounds until the late second. If a mind isn't even complex enough to process any sensory information, is it more deserving of life than a cow? Cows like to run in the grass and play. They have social relationships. Fetuses aren't that complex.

[–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Obviously I am not talking about fetuses. I responded to the racism comment and the inner lives of people are generally not that complicated when tbey are in the womb. I am just using this as a reason to value humans over animals.

Also, minds are not made out of neurons, brains are.

[–] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 1 points 3 hours ago

If one human's inner life were more complex than another's, would you value their life more?