“The main reason not to eat or wear animals is because of the immense cruelty inflicted upon them. Such treatment is condemned by the Bible.”
And…? Shaving your beard and cutting your sidelocks is also condemned by the Bible, but I’m going to venture a guess that the webmasters are not sporting the Hasid aesthetic. Please don’t be one of those elitist Christians who only espouses those edicts that allow them to adopt a morally superior position. It’s what gives Christianity a laughably bad name.
The “because the Bible tells me so” argument only works if you follow every teaching, not just the ones that you can easily adapt to your pre-existing beliefs and motivations. So far, the previous Michael’s argument of “meat tastes good, therefore I will eat it” is far more compelling.
Michael