Re: Meat is murder?

People think Jesus ate a whole lot of meat because the Hebrew word for "food" was translated in the king james version of the bible as "meat." Of course, in the renaissance, the kingdom ate excessive amounts of meat and meat became synonymous for food. Nobody expected anyone to live past 40 or 50 back then, because of their lack of knowledge of healthy habits (including eating). The truth is, the only readily available form of meat for many non-coastal Jews at the time was their sheep. But they only sacraficed them for food RARELY because they needed them in order to make all their clothing. Had they dined on sheep as often as "meat" is mentioned in the bible, they'd have no more sheep.

It's an interesting thing about God, though. Saints tell us that God is consciousness, unattached to anything. When consciousness moves, energy is created. In the case of God, being omnipresent consciousness, Its movement causes the universes to form under perfect laws. All things are made from consciousness and the vibration that ensues from its movement. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made." The Greek word from which this was transalated is "logos", which has several meanings: thought, sound, word, etc.. In any case, everything is conscious. But there're bodies born on earth through which consciousness has greater and lesser expression. Consciousness sleeps in rocks, water, air, etc; it begins to feel, move, grow in plants; and starts to wake in animals; and, finally, the highest form of expression of God's consciousness is through the soul in the human body. Most God enlightened wo/men advocate a vegetarian diet. If all living creatures must feed off the living (and really, everything being consciousness, what doesn't live to a degree?), then let it be off the lowest, with the least potential that CAN be eaten. Plants are also far more nourishing than a meat-based diet, as they often comprise of far more nutrient components than meat. People who falsely decry vegetarianism because its "lack of protien and iron" are really trying to defend their one conscience from the simple truths about vegetarianism, because of their strong attachment to meat. Horses, bulls, and other animals are exceedingly muscular, and all they've ever eaten in their existence is gress and grain. What would a person make that doesn't include animal products?!? That's the largest hurdle the carnivore has to overcome to make the switch to vegetarian/veganism. It's also, ironically, the easiest hurdle to get over. A few good cookbooks will make anyone see.

I turned my grandma vegetarian after I brought her to a vegan restaurant and she raved about how fantastic the meal was. She bought herself a book on being vegetarian and now talks to me all the time about how much fun she has creating new dishes with the creativity that not using meat has lent her. And I have to say, she has quite a strong knack for good vegan dishes! Tweet