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Is Vegetarianism integral to a moral life.

" My opinion is well known. I do not regard flesh food as necessary for us at any stage under any clime in which it is possable for human beings ordinarily to live. I hold flesh food to be unsuited to our species."

Mahatma Gandhi
 

Willamena

Just me
Premium Member
Because animal life has a central nervous system that feels pain. Humans dont need meat so why do they need to hurt other beings ? It is only for personal pleasure.
That is a good consideration, and the best reason I can think of, but why does pain become the tie-breaker that makes one life (animal) valuable high enough to preserve, and the other life (vegetable) valued low enough that we'd eat it? What if vegetables feel a pain that we can't, as yet, describe?

Is it ok to eat someones dog then ?
Now, that is a question of personal preference, as we attribute dogs as friends. Even a cow who is a friend would be turned down as food. :)
 

Caladan

Agnostic Pantheist
I tried to be a vegetarian, it worked for about two months until I could no longer resist the craving for meat.
There is no substitute for meat.. for me.
And yes, I do love it, and it is a part of my life that I appreciate.
I don't think it should be on the top of the list of 'how to improve the world', there are some critical things we need to solve before.
 

3.14

Well-Known Member
vegetarians chose to damage there body by refusing to eat meat because meat is the primary source for alot of your body's needs. and can you truly moral and compasioned if you let your own body suffer needlessly
 

Willamena

Just me
Premium Member
vegetarians chose to damage there body by refusing to eat meat because meat is the primary source for alot of your body's needs. and can you truly moral and compasioned if you let your own body suffer needlessly

Studies show that you can get all of your nutritional needs in a Vegertarian diet. In fact on study done in England shows that Vegertarians have a higher IQ. ( I am just pushing the hell out of my argument with my last comment )
 
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Comicaze247

See the previous line
We are at the top of the food chain for a reason. There must be a balance to life, and part of that balance is life and death. That life and death isn't just limited to human beings, but to all life.

Think about this: rabbits breed like crazy. Why? Because they are the main food source for many animals. What if those animals were to stop eating rabbits? The rabbit population would grow too large and they'll end up eating up more food than nature can keep up with producing. It's a similar scenario for humans.

DISCLAIMER: I am not criticizing India, Hinduism, or their way of life in any way (I live Hinduism)
Even in India, the fact that they refuse to eat cows is a problem. Cow dung in the streets has actually become a health hazard in India. See the imbalance causing problems?

Upsetting the food chain can have dire consequences. If all human beings stopped eating animals, the animal populations would increase at an incredible rate.

I could go on with how human beings have already upset the balance by BEING at the top of the food chain, but that's unrelated to the topic, haha.
 
vegetarians chose to damage there body by refusing to eat meat because meat is the primary source for alot of your body's needs. and can you truly moral and compasioned if you let your own body suffer needlessly
Tell me what vegetarians do not get for a healthy life and i will tell you it is ********.
 
Even in India, the fact that they refuse to eat cows is a problem. Cow dung in the streets has actually become a health hazard in India. See the imbalance causing problems?
No problem... Infact, in rural India, cow dung is used as fuel for a fire. A living healthy cow can produce milk which is needed for dairy products. There is no imbalance, or problem.

I have been to India, and the cows are so beautiful. You just walk past them and they do no harm. They are mostly clean, well all the ones i see (i must have seen a good 500 or so) Do not see this whole "imbalance"
 
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