{"id":2699,"date":"2012-04-18T05:32:35","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T12:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2699"},"modified":"2012-04-18T05:32:35","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T12:32:35","slug":"should-mormons-be-vegetarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2012\/04\/18\/should-mormons-be-vegetarians\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Mormons be vegetarians?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>From a logical perspective, Foster explained that killing animals causes them harm, and it is morally wrong to cause something harm unless the benefits outweigh the harm caused. But he feels that raising animals for food causes more harm than benefits, and therefore killing and eating animals is morally wrong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/hardnewscafe.usu.edu\/?p=7687\">Hard News Cafe \u00c2\u00bb Blog Archive \u00c2\u00bb Should Mormons be vegetarians? 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