Why people change eating habits with religion?

Question

When get converted to another religion, most vegetarians become non-vegetarians and nonveges become veges

Answer 1

When people change religions, they change their diet based on what they have learned in their religious studies.

Some recognize the dangers of dairy and therefore prefer to fore go dairy altogether by becoming a vegan. Others don't want to eat unclean animals because they recognize that this is binding for us today as commanded by God in Leviticus 11.

Answer 2

Eating has nothing to do with religion. Jesus said that you have to take care of what come out of the mouth rather than what going into the mouth. However, in the conventional religions, like Hinduism, there has been certain insistence on cleanliness in your food habit. The question of ethics in eating the flesh of a living being is also involved. Even in Hindu, vegetarianism is not prescribed for all the people universally. For those, who are engaged in hard labour, you cannot suggest soft, pure food. A soldier can eat meat. Among the non-vegetarians also, they need to abstain from meat eating on certain auspicious and religious occasions. As one grows old, they may graduate to vegetarianism and aspire for spiritual ends.

Answer 3

hehehe...shows you how much "Oh Nedla" knows about veganism!

there's not one "religion" in the world that practices veganism as a faith-based doctrine....to the best of my knowledge

Buddhism requires one to consider practicing "ahimsa" which translates as "do no harm". If you can eat eggs from a farm, organic honey, organic milk, butter etc...then there's very little harm that's going to come to the moo cow / chook / bee. Leather might be a different story, but "vegan leather" is just wrong in environmental terms being as it's made from petrochemicals...that's certainly not "ahimsa" as I know it!!!

all we can ever hope to do is our best....

This "ahimsa" ideal suits my vegetarian lifestyle choice very well. Can you see the difference here? I chose to be vegetarian then realised that I was doing something that the Buddhist doctrine believes is beneficial. I didn't go blindly into a religion and accept without question all and everything that said religion requires! That kind of unthinking attitude is why there are thousands of US troops in Iraq and why the tradgedy of 9/11 occurred.

Think about what is best for you and your health rather than leaping blindly into any religion is the way I feel.....

and if you do change your diet in any way, do some research on the likely consequences and health effects that such a change will bring about, for better or worse....

to answer your question - it's probably because of the abovementioned silly blind leap.....

Love and Light,

Jarrah
(btw...I've been a vego for 22 years. done me nothing but good. and it pre-dated my adoption of the Buddhist principles by a long way too)

Answer 4

Well, our eating habits are related to our culture and tradition. In our childhood our parents decide for us what, when and how to eat for health and growth. As we progress to adulthood, especially during adolescence, we tend to break the boundary set by our parents. The conversion to another religion also may be considered as an expression of this spirit of adventure and experiment. It is only natural that the newly convert choose the behavioural pattern associated with the new religion to demonstrate his/her total acceptance of the new religion.

Joy Jacob

Answer 5

friend, i'll base my answer on y nonveg turn to veg. i turned a veg at a young age one day simply when i visited the market becoz i could not stand the sight of animals slaughtered. but as i grew up i understood the spiritual significance. eating nonveg direct causes increases in slaughtering of animals. those who believe in karma avoid this as it can give bad karma. besides that the meat that slaughtered carries with it subtle vibrations that affect the mind. thus spritual aspirants r advised to give up nonveg. th hormones that the animal releases when it is killed floods the meat n has an effect on us when we eat it too. but not only non veg, all types of hot, or very sou,r bitter, is avoided as it can increase our passion. so is food that increases sloth. try it friend, u'll notice the difference in ur composure

Answer 6

People change their eating habits with religion. By embracing Buddhism, non vegetarian become vegetarian vice versa with other religions.

Answer 7

people change their eating habits after converting their religion but it must not happen because religion is associated with mind not with food......
religion does not teaches us to become vege or not . we are the people who chose the religion that what we want to be.

Answer 8

The Baghavad Gita helped me to realize the "lust" the Bible talks about is more than just sexual appetite. It is all the senses of the body wanting to be stimulated. And the
body wants and wants and is never satisfied.
It is not proper to go to extremes as the way of Creation is to be in Balance and Harmony. One should care for the body. Not too much, but not too little.

Answer 9

From an Islamic point of view, we know what is halal (allowed) for us to eat and what is ***** (not allowed). If you convet to Islam, you will need to quit ham and alcohol. This is one change. You will need to make sure the meat and birds you are eating are slaughtered as the Islamic system states. These are examples.

Peace

Answer 10

This is just an excuse. What happens is humans would like to experiment and in this quest or eagerness they change their eating habits as well