Sometimes I feel like extreme vegetarianism and extremist religion are one in the same. In the way that both are so obsessed with recruiting new members and prosecute those who won't follow them. Not to mention both have to do with the moral of humans and how they treat fellow kind, and usually are self contradictory because of violent and discomforting fear tactics they use to get their word across. What I wonder, is why I meet so many extreme vegetarians (not vegetarians who simply don't eat meat and don't make it their life goal to completely annihilate all consumption of animal products.)

Lets take, for example, heaven and hell. You go to hell if you don't abide to the laws of religion, but go to heaven if you do. Thats a fear tactic.


Now, with extreme vegetarianism/veganisim, they will shoot videos of animals being slaughtered to make food, or give out information about how many animals are killed each year and yadda yadda yadda. Now, this is a fear tactic in the sense that moral guilt is brought into play. If you eat meat, that means you enjoy and promote animal cruelty, or so thats what extreme vegetarians seem to want you to think.


So what I am wondering, is why something so similar to religion hate it so much? In fact, almost all religion promotes vegetarianism. And putting extreme value in a life is the same as putting value into a soul.

I meet so many extreme vegetarians/vegans who are atheist.
How come that is? Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Anyone who is extreme vegetarian (as in you've tried to convince someone else to become a vegetarian or tried show them videos/phots of animal cruelty to "convert" them) or knows someone who is, or even has an idea of an answer to this question please answer to me why you or so many other extreme vegetarians have no faith in God?

I myself have nothing against vegetarians, or religion, just wondering.