Meat eaters. Thou shalt not kill is one of the 10 commandments. It isn't stated as thou shall not murder. If that's what it was supposed to mean then you are insulting God's ability to utilise or understand vocabulary no? The slaughter of innocents begins with the senseless and needless dominion, mistreatment, disregard and slaughter of animals. When you are psychologically/subconsciously accepting of and engaging in this practice even without wielding the killing blade yourself, then you become psychologically/subconsciously accepting of the same treatment being carried out and perpetuated on some level elsewhere in your sphere of awareness, such is the way things are. The Deceiver cannot directly remove our free will but requires permission to essentially act through us, and the consumption of meat as we do in the modern world is the act of giving this permission passivly, through ones actions and un-conscious choices regarding such an important part of life - the food we eat and thus literally what our bodies are made from. Plenty of people are fine with ignoring certain commandments or weaseling out of them when their fancies suit them, such is our nature. But there is not even any ritual or reverance given to slaughter or the consumption of meat anymore. The number one cause of death in mammals on this planet? It's not disease, or illness. It's not old age. It is by far, by an obsene, staggering amount - throat slitting. If impartial, un-biased/un-brainwashed aliens/observers happened to look down and watch our planet, they would see we are a planet of bloodshed, and they would see a whooole lot of throat slitting. In so many ways a plant based diet is the way to go. Even purely by looking at it from a scientific health based perspective. I have come to find there is no logical argument against veganism that doesn't rely on misinformation, I'm more than willing to defend this claim as best as I can even though I don't consider myself the best at debating or arguing. Please, take a look at this short trailer for a documentary on this that changed my life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ipx1aDqhfk&has_verified=1