Week 5/ Expert Lecture

I found the lecture by Sam Harris to be very interesting. He had some interesting points on religion not being compatible. I agree that all religions aren’t compatible with each other. There are a lot of discrepancies when comparing one religion to another. I think the religion of choice depends on the person involved. I think the Harris said it correctly when people will follow good reasoning no matter what the subject. I don’t think that all this will be resolved until there is substantial physical evidence proving that there is a God. The title of his lecture was on the End of Faith. The end of faith will only exist when the physical evidence of God is found. This will eliminate any need for faith and what faith exists for.

The video on why we should become vegetarians was a little disturbing. One of the reasons is so that we can use the feed to feed the poverty stricken people of other countries. If everyone were to become vegetarians wouldn’t we need to use that feed to feed ourselves? I know that eating meat can lead to heart disease but that is why it should be eaten in moderation. I know the animals feel pain too but that is all part of the circle of life. Cricks said in one of our earlier readings that they don’t feel as much pain as we do it slowly. I know that there are ways we could kill the animals that we eat if we used methods that killed them instantly. It might be a little more humane and would remove the condescending sayings by the vegetarians that we meat eaters are less than they are because we eat animals that are smaller than we are.