Any Vegetarians Here?
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I've been vegetarian for about 10 years. I think it does often go hand in hand with a healthy diet although it's always seemed to me that you can have a healthy diet either way. I know plenty of vegetarians who basically eat a junk food diet minus the meat.
I became vegetarian originally for eco / animal rights reasons but I have discussed it with a lot of people over the years and know that there are some very complex arguments on both sides. The only downside for me is that I love to travel and find that it can be a bit limiting when wanting to try local cuisine abroad. All that being said I wouldn't give it up for anything (unless in a survival situation or something, I'd totally eat anything I could).
Good luck with it!
I became vegetarian originally for eco / animal rights reasons but I have discussed it with a lot of people over the years and know that there are some very complex arguments on both sides. The only downside for me is that I love to travel and find that it can be a bit limiting when wanting to try local cuisine abroad. All that being said I wouldn't give it up for anything (unless in a survival situation or something, I'd totally eat anything I could).
Good luck with it!
I am not a vegetarian. That probably doesn't help perpetuate your conversation, but none-the-less I am not a vegetarian.
Other things I am not:
I am:
Other things I am not:
- Fat
- Smart
- Funny
- Good Looking
- Socially acceptable
- Non-flatulent
- A good friend
- pleasant to be around
- doing what I am supposed to be doing
- helping my company stave off bankruptcy
I am:
- a good fisherman
- captain of my pontoon boat "ship of fools"
- goofing off at work
- annoying you with my post
- friend to all squirrels (Though I eat meat, I would never eat a squirrel)
- bored
- flatulent
I just can't get on the vegetarian bandwagon, although from a religious stand point I can respect it.
25,000 years ago, man hunted animals, and scavenged for berries and tubers. We have not evolved past eating meat. But if you're a smart veg. and mix/match your vegetable protein sources right so you don't have any deficiencies, more power to ya!
Now excuse me whilst I devour this whole turkey...
25,000 years ago, man hunted animals, and scavenged for berries and tubers. We have not evolved past eating meat. But if you're a smart veg. and mix/match your vegetable protein sources right so you don't have any deficiencies, more power to ya!
Now excuse me whilst I devour this whole turkey...
In related news:
My son is applying for scholarships to attend his first year of college in the fall. He has to fill out all these survey with a million questions. There was a section where you had to choose whether you had any of the following disabilities. It asked... Are You:
An amputee
Suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from 9/11
A survivor of domestic abuse
Diagnosed as Bi-Polar or Manic
A vegetarian
When he read the last one we both cracked up laughing.
My son is applying for scholarships to attend his first year of college in the fall. He has to fill out all these survey with a million questions. There was a section where you had to choose whether you had any of the following disabilities. It asked... Are You:
An amputee
Suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from 9/11
A survivor of domestic abuse
Diagnosed as Bi-Polar or Manic
A vegetarian
When he read the last one we both cracked up laughing.
Religion and Vegetarian
My brother is a vegetarian. His choice was ethical as he loves all creatures and doesn't deem it appropriate to eat some, but not others. One could easily argue that a pig is smarter then a dog for example.
This being said, I don't see the correlation between religion and vegetarian lifestyle. I am not knocking it in anyway, just curious about the correlation.
I am a methodist, I like meat. No problems. Jesus ate fish. God made turkeys. Doesn't it kind of seem like turkeys are for eating? I mean it's a fat flightless bird with the mental capacity of a sock. Plus it's tasty when fried.
Also, I use the cow as an example. A giant bovine is proportionately around 95% edible. It has 0 ability to defend itself. Kinda seems like food to me. I bet you my last dollar a lion would eat the **** out of a cow. Why not me?
Exodus 16:8
Moses also said, "You will know that it was the LORD when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the LORD."
Vegetarians make these choices for any number of reasons, ethics, health, animal rights (even the conditions which some animals are raised is called into concern). For example many cattle houses are terribly in-humane. I'm not pointing fingers here but........
I'm not saying beef is necessary healthy, especially since I have high cholesterol, but in proportion you wont necessarily end up like this:
All jokes aside, please explain to me the relationship between religion and being a vegetarian. I would like to better understand your perspective.
My brother is a vegetarian. His choice was ethical as he loves all creatures and doesn't deem it appropriate to eat some, but not others. One could easily argue that a pig is smarter then a dog for example.
This being said, I don't see the correlation between religion and vegetarian lifestyle. I am not knocking it in anyway, just curious about the correlation.
I am a methodist, I like meat. No problems. Jesus ate fish. God made turkeys. Doesn't it kind of seem like turkeys are for eating? I mean it's a fat flightless bird with the mental capacity of a sock. Plus it's tasty when fried.
Also, I use the cow as an example. A giant bovine is proportionately around 95% edible. It has 0 ability to defend itself. Kinda seems like food to me. I bet you my last dollar a lion would eat the **** out of a cow. Why not me?
Exodus 16:8
Moses also said, "You will know that it was the LORD when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the LORD."
Vegetarians make these choices for any number of reasons, ethics, health, animal rights (even the conditions which some animals are raised is called into concern). For example many cattle houses are terribly in-humane. I'm not pointing fingers here but........
I'm not saying beef is necessary healthy, especially since I have high cholesterol, but in proportion you wont necessarily end up like this:
All jokes aside, please explain to me the relationship between religion and being a vegetarian. I would like to better understand your perspective.
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In Hinduism and Buddhism they believe that all life is sacred. In fact to them all things are sacred. I know one of the people I practice Kung Fu with is buddhist and he says that out of respect they should try not to eat meat that often. Although if the meat is offered to them, then out of hospitality it's ok to have the meat. Anyone here who is buddhist or hindu please correct me because I don't know too much about either one.
In Asatru we believe in the idea of Yggdrasil. Anyone who's familar with Norse Mythology knows that Yggdrasil is the great ash tree which connects the heavens, the earth, the underworld, etc. Although not too many Asatru people I have met other then myself consider themselves vegetarian. In fact it's quite uncommon knowing for a fact that the Vikings that share the same faith as Asatru, wore fur and eat meat. However when I think of Yggdrasil and the fact that we are all connected and that Yggdrasil is a metaphor to describe the earth it makes sense. For those of you who don't know what Asatru is please read this .
