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Vegetarianism makes you a better person?
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I have to agree with Kirran's perspective
You sound so reluctant!
Flankerl
Well-Known Member
No it makes you a Vegetarian.
Uh okay.
Do you know any mean vegetarians?
Yes at least one at work.
Not at all .. my only reluctance is the defining of "better" thankfully we tend always to be individuals ..
and i prefer not to judge others ...
Pudding
Well-Known Member
Vegetarian
- A person who does not eat meat or fish, and sometimes other animal products, especially for moral, religious, or health reasons.
Vegetarianism
- the theory or practice of living on a vegetarian diet
Vegetarianism imply a person eats only vegetarian diet.
If a person becomes vegetarian only for the benefit of health and not moral, and they still intentionally buying fur clothing/product and some of them go hunting for animal for joy and waste the animal meat, does vegetarianism makes them a better person?
- A person who does not eat meat or fish, and sometimes other animal products, especially for moral, religious, or health reasons.
Vegetarianism
- the theory or practice of living on a vegetarian diet
Vegetarianism imply a person eats only vegetarian diet.
If a person becomes vegetarian only for the benefit of health and not moral, and they still intentionally buying fur clothing/product and some of them go hunting for animal for joy and waste the animal meat, does vegetarianism makes them a better person?
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Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
I've "murdered" to help feed my friend and her family (and her dad's a lot of fun to be around).
No. We are simply too destructive and too foolish to pretend otherwise, meat eating or not. It's also nature's way. Ideally, at least we aren't eviscerating and eating our prey live, "vice griping" them to death, injecting agonizing venom, or many other ferocious and terrifying hunting methods in nature (such as the typical spider's). We aren't perfect with humane deaths, but many certainly try harder than some.
What comes out of the mouth is a reflection of character (or illness), and what goes in most certainly can defile us. Too much bad language can make you look dumb, but too much bad food can slowly kill you.
Not in real life. But, where I live, eating meat everyday, even with every meal, is very common. Often I've been asked if I went vegetarian because someone sees me eating a meal without meat. So, I've only ever actually met a few vegetarians, with having met most of them at college.Do you know any mean vegetarians?
Ana.J
Active Member
I started the thread because I know a vegetarian who pours so much hatred to the world that I started doubting in if it makes you better by default....
Ana.J
Active Member
Yes, that is true. He is lesser evil.....though I hoped that he would change when he stopped eating meat...
I know of two vegetarians. Neither for religious reasons. One worked at a slaughterhouse and was so traumatised by it that he never ate meat again. The other suffered from migraines and was advised that a vegetarian diet would help. It did. Does being a vegetarian make one a better person? I think you have to take it person by person.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
But you really can't go by the actions of one or even a group of people. In all my years on various religious message boards, the nastiest person I ever ran across was a Buddhist monk on the AOL religious site a couple of decades ago. Another man p.m.ed me and was totally mystified by the monk's words as he not only knew him, the monk was his meditation teacher out in California.
Ana.J
Active Member
BTW, I mostly eat vegetarian, but it obviously has not made me a better person.
Are you sure?
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Do you know any mean vegetarians?
Depends if you consider smug sanctimony a form of meanness or not.
Well, some vegetarians certainly like to believe they have some sort of moral high ground. We've seen an example of that in this thread already. It's rather unsightly.
At any rate, "better" is always a matter of perspective and values. I don't regard vegetarianism as being on any sort of "better" on that scale for various reasons, but this isn't particularly important.
At any rate, "better" is always a matter of perspective and values. I don't regard vegetarianism as being on any sort of "better" on that scale for various reasons, but this isn't particularly important.
I'd rather chow down on bacon, ribs, jerky, burgers, wings, drumsticks, & ham than be a better person.
But you already knew that.
But you already knew that.