I often wondered, why for 5,000 years the hindus considered one animal as holy. Yes the cow. Was it because it was gentle ? or had huge expressive eyes ? or because some religous man said so ?
Then I heard a story that every hindu knows , but for some reason , not many non-hindus know ......... they say that when a child is born into the world, first the mother gives it its milk, then the cow gives it its milk ....... cows milk replaces mothers milk and hence for the human baby for the first 4 or 5 years of its life the cow is as important as its own mother ....... hence the cow is considered holy and eating its meat is like eating the meat of the mother ........... hence hindus will kill other animals , but out of respect for this one animal , they will never kill a cow ..........
2007-02-13
16:04:48
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Silver Bullet
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