Re: ARTICLE : vegetarianism

Posted By Vivek Sadananda Pai (vivek@cs.rice.edu)
29 Mar 1997 00:18:06 GMT

In article <ghenE7qoIE.4H8@netcom.com>,
N. Tiwari <ntiwari@rs3.esm.vt.edu> wrote:
>Vivek Sadananda Pai (vivek@cs.rice.edu) wrote:
>: In article <ghenE6vtIB.57@netcom.com>, GOUNDER <S96007831@usp.ac.fj> wrote:
>: [...]
>: >Iam myself a vegan and Iam proud of it that Iam following the word of God.
>: >Iam in my late teens.
>
>: Given the importance of butter, honey, and yogurt in Vedic texts, how
>: does one go about claiming that veganism is the word of God? Krishna
>: is known as the butter thief for eating a very non-vegan product.
>
>Vivek_ji:
>
>To each his own.

Apparently not, if you look at all the Muslims in India being "asked"
to hand over sites that are now believed to be of utmost importance to
Hindus. Then again, that's probably a great way to grab property of
interest - make up a belief, claim that Hindus believe in "to each his
own" as a fundamental principle, and then take what you want. After
all, everyone who kills someone in a riot can later claim that he was
just "following the word of God".

However, if you're interested in correctness, then it might be
worthwhile to explain how a butter-eating God is supposed to preach
veganism. Or, it might be interesting to note that Rama's name was
being used to justify the most heinous acts, when He's supposed to be
the ideal of the most fair ruler.

-Vivek

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