(11-22-2010, 03:50 AM)Meerie Wrote: I am sure you all know that Hitler was a vegetarian… not eating meat does not automatically make you a better person. It is not what goes into your mouth that counts but what comes out of it… some Jesus quote.
I have a colleague here who is a die-hard vegetarian… you should see her. She is pale as a sheet, spotty complexion, prone to hysterics and always goes on about how she is so conscious of everything she eats and eats so healthy blablabla… not to mention she suffers from extreme anemia. Doctor found out her iron levels are non-existent. I sometimes think “it would not do her harm to eat meat occasionally”… meat can also help to ground a person (she is hysterical, as I already mentioned) But she will jump into your face if you talk about eating meat.
I have a problem with the fanatism that shows in so many vegetarians / vegans… that does not seem truly spiritual to me. Spirituality and fanatism is incompatible in my view.
I should mention that Hitler was NOT 100% vegetarian. And his downfall is a result of subtle coercions and schizophrenia brought on by his dietician through poisoning.
Jesus did not at any time promote the killing of animals, nor the eating of flesh. The Bible specifically gives us 120 years of life until the allowance of eating flesh, then allows for 70 years of life. Do not underestimate the ability of man to modify the Book to more squarely fit into the culture of the time.
I come from a largely meat eating background. I did not abstain from meat because of compassion for animals. The reasons were purely to regain health. Now, what I find amazing is that AFTER cleaning up, suddenly compassion appears. Along with Empathy. One of my favorite pastimes is visiting the zoo. My last visit somehow put one of the animals minds inside of mine, and I experienced the dimmest spark of existence in it, which made me kind of shocked, and sad at the same time.
It is possible to get sick from becoming a vegan or vegetarian. It is the result of no research, low nutrient density foods, and primarily ignorance.
Maybe think about the concept of higher density forms that feed on lower densities. Would it suddenly become a bad thing if they decided to do the less acceptable diet (injestion of humans) or would it be just fine and dandy, since certain groups of that form decided we tasted better? (maybe use of empathy would better cause decision for that one?)