Because it sometimes makes me feel better about there potentially being some purpose to us if we were created intentionally, provides a placeholder explanation for what’s out there besides the universe, makes life more fun, and does not harm anyone (I’m not religious).

TIL, I thought we usually kill the older animals first.

Yeah, but they living ones are not asking “hooman, what happened to Stacy?”

Considering that negotiating with livestock would be a hassle, probably just pretend we can’t understand them