Comments on: The Church Of Vegan http://www.vegansoapbox.com/the-church-of-vegan/ vegan theory, vegan activism, vegan video, vegan food and vegan resources for vegans, vegetarians, animal rights activists, animal liberationists, and abolitionists Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:55:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Convenient Vegan http://www.vegansoapbox.com/the-church-of-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Convenient Vegan Tue, 13 May 2008 10:12:43 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=443#comment-727 Alex and Eccentric, I certainly agree. Alex and Eccentric, I certainly agree.

]]> By: Eccentric Vegan http://www.vegansoapbox.com/the-church-of-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Eccentric Vegan Mon, 12 May 2008 16:27:01 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=443#comment-722 I like both of your ideas. I think it makes sense to occasionally treat veganism as a religion in order to protect vegans legally. But I don't think it makes sense to treat veganism as a religion in general, because it's not a religion. It's a group of beliefs and practices that stem from basic morality. I like both of your ideas.

I think it makes sense to occasionally treat veganism as a religion in order to protect vegans legally.

But I don’t think it makes sense to treat veganism as a religion in general, because it’s not a religion. It’s a group of beliefs and practices that stem from basic morality.

]]> By: Alex http://www.vegansoapbox.com/the-church-of-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Alex Mon, 12 May 2008 16:03:35 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=443#comment-721 Quote: "A vegan doesn’t just “believe” a certain way. A vegan actually knows." I think that's accurate, although Veganism is an appeal to our collective morality, which is different in kind than "knowing science." Veganism is an appeal to our moral intuitions, our common empathy, justice, etc; however, to label this ethical system a "religion" is to suggest that our collective belief that racism, for example, is immoral is also like a religion - a position that would be uncomfortable for most. Alexs last blog post..<a href="http://www.not-quiteright.net/tvg/2008/05/if-presented-with-two-food.html" rel="nofollow">"Real" or faux - what does our choice suggest?</a> Quote:

“A vegan doesn’t just “believe” a certain way. A vegan actually knows.”

I think that’s accurate, although Veganism is an appeal to our collective morality, which is different in kind than “knowing science.” Veganism is an appeal to our moral intuitions, our common empathy, justice, etc; however, to label this ethical system a “religion” is to suggest that our collective belief that racism, for example, is immoral is also like a religion – a position that would be uncomfortable for most.

Alexs last blog post.."Real" or faux – what does our choice suggest?

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