Thanks a lot for all your kind words!
Even as a child I always found it very odd what these people were talking about in the church. A man who died on a cross and then resurrected? What? I am a very rationally thinking human so as I became older I realised this just couldn't be right and that it was against the laws of nature.
As for vegetarianism/veganism I have to say that I always loved animals. My "aha moment" was when I first saw Earthlings on the internet. I was so shocked. I read all these articles about what really happens to animals (mostly by PETA) and decided I couldn't support this any longer. I was about 16 years old at that time. The reason why I didn't really became a vegetarian back then were mostly my parents. When I told them I didn't want to eat meat any more they startet to laugh and thought I was kidding. As i explained my reasons for this decision they put the usual "arguments" of health and "how it's always been that way". (Maybe one day will understand.) Since I really didn't have much self esteem back then I just couldn't convince my parents to allow me to eat vegetarian only. So i postponed my conversion to vegetarian until I moved out and here I finally am, having a mostly vegan diet.
I really think that every being that can feel should have the right to life and physical integrity - animals (and not only the fluffy and cute ones) and humans alike. I actually don't care too much about health, so I'm "only" doing it for the animals.
ArmouredAbolitionist wrote:How easy or difficult do you find it to be vegan in Germany? I've been to Germany several times to visit family, but that was before I was vegan (or even vegetarian).
I think that eating meat is something deeply rooted in German culture and since I'm from Bavaria it's even more extreme. (Google "Bavarian food"
) In rural areas (where I grew up) it can be difficult but I am now living in a big city and it's much more easier here to live vegan.
(They are heavy meat-eaters and don't (want to) understand why I'm vegetarian.)
