Are humans meant to eat meat?

My step dad said that humans were not meant to eat meat,and that our intestines are really long,and unable to digest the meat properly. So I was thinking about becoming a vegetarian(not a vegan)and replacing meat with beans.
This way I still get the...

proper protein.

Humans are omnivores... meant to eat meat is not the right way of putting it, humans can survive on a vegetarian diet... we're very adaptable, in certain places some people had to survive on vegetarian diets, and in some places meat was more available... if we werent meant to eat meat, then we wouldnt have been eating it for thousands of years... also humans were hunter gatherers long before they formed mainly agrarian societies...

Yes. We are, but it doesnt mean we have to. We are omnivores, so we eat both plants and animals. so we have the choice!

Of course we were meant to eat meat, what am I supposed to BBQ my salad?

if you think you are being a vegetarian for the right reasons.then go for it.im a vegetarian also but you dont have to eat beans to replace meat.there are other things like veggie burgers,veggie chicken,veggie ham/turkey and stuff like that or you can just take a protein supplement. but anywayy do what you think is right.

p.s if you are going to do the bean thing dont get refried beans.get the vegetarian one.cause the regular ones have animal lard(ew)
so good luck and mssge me if you have any questions=)

uh DUH. Why do you think we have SOOO many meaty animals...if we didn't eat them there would be more of them than us...possibly...lol and I like salad just not all salad.

lol well I know animals are on this planet,but doesn't neccesarily mean we have to or should eat them.
All I know is that I was told that eating meat really isn't good for you because we cannot digest it properly.

God putt animals on the earth for us to have food.
we are meant to eat meat.

I don't believe in God,sorry.
Your so called God made a commandment that thow shall not kill.
So then anyone of us who eats meat is going to hell.
Well I've been eating meat all of my life,so I'm headed there kiddies.
Can someone please tell me the scientific reason why people are not supposed to eat meat and not some religious reason,(that isn't a reason,they are stating it as a fact) God put animals on earth so we can eat them. Ok.. that's sweet of you to say,but are our bodies actually supposed to eat them,do we need them to live? Etc.

I don't eat meat, and I'm still alive, I'm vety tim..its hard to not eat meat and be fat lolZ so their is a good side lol and I don't know what eles to say do what ya wanna do..meat eaters sux veggies rock(veggie is like my nickname )

uh ok **aperfectcircle , if thats someones reason for eating meat, let it be. Lets not turn this thread into another pointless religous debate. and im sure when God said thou shal not kill, he meant more along the lines of eachother? I don't know thats just from the top of my head =l.
Anyway, SCIENTIFICALLY the meat animals have contain nutrients that we need to survive, now back in cave man days where you ate to live not lived to eat, I dont think that they had soy sh*t so the ate meat, SCIENTISTS say that when you are lacking a nutrient that you crave it, and its like you know where to find it, like some guy who got lost in the ocean for weeks, and he ate fish eyes because his body craved the nutrients in them, when normally he would have heaved at the thought of eating them... and I heard that typically, vegetarians dont live past like 60 or something..lol, but thats just what I heard, its not based on a fact.

yes we are ment to eat meat. Meat gives us certian proteins and nutrients that we need. If you dont eat meat you have to take vitamines which provide you with those proteins you get from meat in order to be healthy. Yes you can live on a veggie diet, but in the long run you usually develope some health problems unless you realy know your stuff and know the vitamines and other veggier stuff that insures good health. There is nothing wrong with eating meat all things eat in order to survive. Also if it was bad for us we would not have survived this long, and progressed as much as we have. We now live longer, are taller and healther than our ancestors who live on a veggie diet only.

I believe the answer is actually in our teeth. When scientists use bones to identify the diets of fossilized animals they look to see what teeth they have. Flat molars for grinding plants indicate vegetarian creatures like cows. Sharp pointed canine teeth for tearing meat like a wolf's tell them the animal was a carnivore and incisors like rabbits and squirrels have show that the animals need to gnaw and chew things like roots and nuts as well.

Humans have all 3 types, so by that scientific approach we are logically meant to be omnivores, (as many people have suggested) but of course if a person chooses to alter their diet for health reasons, religious traditions, or personal beliefs that's his or her prerogative.

to confused13876 ... just because animals are put on the earth does not mean we should or have to eat them. I’m sure you do not eat cats, dogs, otters, crows, elephants, etc... well they are animals so if no one eats them I ask you what is their purpose? They have a purpose like us, to LIVE and ENJOY their life. Not to be tamed, caged, tortured, and then brutally slaughtered for your selfishness in enjoying dead animals. Just because you are told by your parents, the media, and who ever else that eating cows, chicken or whatever else you eat does not mean this is okay. It is sick and twisted.

Meant to sounds like it has been ordained by God or is something we cannot choose to do. I think it is better to say that meat eating is natural to us. But something can be natural for us to do without being necessary. Maybe there isn't one diet that is good for all people at all times. Maybe it is better to eat a locally raised cow or chicken than to import mangos and avocados from other countries to sustain our vegetarianism, at the cost of adding more pollution to the air (which I am sure kills other animals as well as humans)? People in affluent societies can easily talk about the morality of eating, while those in impoverished societies eat whatever will heip them survive a while longer.