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Giving an animal respect and thanks after the kill is not something "new" created by modern hunters. Hunters since the beginning of time have worshiped the animals they hunted
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Thanking the Lord for giving us the animal
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I see it no different than saying grace over the food set in front of us when we sit down to eat.
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One (or possibly both if you want to be "open" minded) of those beliefs is false. They certainly can't both be valid and they certainly are different.
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Kinda like inferring that those that show an animal respect not only in life, but in it's death, are not quite as manly as they should be.
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"Respect" is different from essentially praying to the animal or "thanking it" for giving something that it did not willfully give.
It would be like if two kids are on the playground and one had a toy that the other wanted. The one kid fought and kicked and beat the other until he got the toy, then got on the ground next to the other kid and kindly thanked him for "giving" the toy.
How silly would that be? At least the kid has the capability of willfully giving the toy even if he didn't. The animal has neither the capacity to choose to give nor did it actually give. It also has no capacity to receive thanks. You might as well thank a block of wood for "giving" you heat when you burn it.