vegeterian or not vegeterian - who's right !!?

Question

i always have this doubt in my mind , that whos is right - vegeterain or non vegeterian- basically i believe all the religion , and respect their principles too,,, but isnt too contrary that different things preach different ideas to lead the life,,,like one side some people say that killing a any living beings is wrong- for your food-, but otherside some one say its all about enjoying life, - when i went abroad- i found non vegeterain is core food for the majority, but when i went to some other place back home - they were having complete veg foods- N talking different priniciples and against non veg, i really do not understand who is rght or who is wrng- help me to have a clarity

Answer 1

Anthropological evidence shows that Homo Sapiens' large brain size is mostly due to eating meat. I would have to say that if it wasn't for eating meat in our past we as humans would not be where we are today. As for today i feel meat is very important for babies' development. Women who eat salmon during pregnancy are five times more likely to have a child with better motor skills at an earlier age and high I.Q. in some children who's parents ate fish high in omega3 (like salmon) mm-mm good

I live in Oregon on the coast near a river and the salmon and steel-head are so delicious and good for you. yummy!!!! especially smoked salmon jerky uuhhh to die for. And who can deny Organic fresh steak on the BBQ as long as you go organic your stomach won't say no!!!

Answer 2

I started being vegetarian about 4 years ago just because I couldn't bear the thought that and animal had had to DIE just so I could eat. Then i moved to Spain and that put me even more off it since they treat the animals even worse than in England (yes, it is actually possible!). Then I found some websites and they are even putting me off dairy. I never realsied the cruelty that goes on behind the cheary packaging. It is so sick. The other reason is that by farming animals it is ruining the environment (look on the following websites for more info). Also causing hunger in third world countries. Then there is the fact that it is the most unhealthy way to eat, and just simply not necessary. It wil make you live longer being vege since you have less chance of heart disease and cancer. Vege food also tastes 100% better. So i really can't see the point in eating meat, it's just a waste of life (in the animals and people) and ruining everything with absolutely NO benefits. Do you accept murder of people? Animals can feel the same pain.

Answer 3

There are many reasons for a person to become a vegetarian.

1/ Philosophical = the belief that it is wrong to kill animals. This in some ways is the extension of the Jewish/Christian/Islamic Creed of 'Tho shalt not kill'

2/ Economic = Belief that one can grow very much more food on the land occupied by animals. This is indeed true

3/ Health = Eating high amounts of meat is not as healthy as an all vegetable diet.

4/ Self sufficient = Its easier to grow your own then bread your own. a family of 4 can grow all the veg they need on a 10 pole plot.

For a meat diet

1/ we have evolved to eat meat.

2/ meat gives a lot of protean

3/ its easy to get

/4 most quick food outlets sell 'with meat' only

All i know is, that since we have, since we have been on a very hi veg diet, we have lost weight (with out slimming), become healthier, slepped better.

Answer 4

Being a vegetarian is not about what is right or wrong but what is good for your mind and body. If you pay attention it will tell you what it needs. I can do for awhile w/o meat but then something in me just wants more protein and so I eat some meat for awhile. You talk like this is a religion and eating meat is a sin. That sounds a little flakey to me but if your mind is there, let your body follow. Try fasting. That really feels like a religion and it can be very cleansing if you don't let your mind hurt your body by doing it too long. It's kind of a Zen thing. Meat is not evil and you are not evil to eat meat. If you feel this is religious then you can read in the bible where God says all the beasts are put here for you to eat. Hhhhhmmmmmmm

Answer 5

After reading this surge of "non-judgmental" answers I will be bold enough to say Vegetarianism is right, and meat-eating is always harmful to a body -- whether it's saturated fats, antibiotics, or toxins like mercury; and also no friend of the environment, nor animal rights, while vegetarianism minimizes all the detriments had by meat-eating.

The only justification for eating meat is: "It tastes Good"
Why not call a spade a spade?

Moreover, Saying "it's a personal choice" makes it sound like its the same thing as abortion. You know abortion is wrong but you do it anyway..... that doesn't make abortion defensible, or possibly "right"-- it's always wrong, if you need an abortion, something went terribly wrong. But you choose to eat meat everyday, even though you don't have to.

Answer 6

Hey big brother

See I think both are right

now let me tell you why

See those who belive in only veg are mostly in india why is it so is because we have 33 crore god and godess and we find vegetables so esily and cheap so our inharritents told us to be veg as it was good for our helth because we are living at the place where we do not need much energy to survive from cold

now in case of outside india
say america you will find lots of people to eat nonveg even jeasus christ was eating fish and sea food that was because they need more energy to survive from cold and if you go there you will find vegetables are more costly than meat so this is the reason why you have this question

its like two sides of coin you can not ignore 1 by looking 1 side and beliving that there is no other side

hope now you have your answers

wid luv
sugar boy

Answer 7

People who say it's a matter of personal decision are lying. Our food intake that consists of animals in Western Society comes at a hefty price for the other people in this world. The consumption rates of this society are excessive and decadent. It's gotten to the point where six billion animals are slaughtered every year just to satisfy the western appetite. God doesn't matter in this argument, religion is irrelevant. The consumption of animal flesh is a detriment to the environment and to other people who only perpetuate the problem further by relying on meat as their sole source of nourishment. How do you think these animals survive? They take up land that could be used to grow crops and feed nations, instead these animals are grown on land, then killed and fed locally, thus preventing any kind of positive spread.
Bottom line: the most political action you can do happens at the dinner table. If you meat, you contribute to a vast and growing problem.
Furthermore, people who say we're just here to eat the animals because God put them here are probably the most ill educated and naive of them all. The animal does belong to a food chain and if we were in a state of nature dependent on the animal for survival, then yes, this chain would be acceptable. This also applies to the anthropological argument. Furthermore, studies have recently surfaced that most early humans were lactose intolerant and unable to drink milk until a mutation occurred internally. We live in an age of Wal-Mart and Boca burgers, not prehistoric Africa. There is no reason for this behavior except that too much has been invested in the food industry and McDonalds is not about to collapse, etc.

Also, well rounded diet?
Anyone ever heard of vitamins?
I forgot to also note that Western society is incredibly lazy and full of excuses.

Answer 8

You have to decide for yourself what you feel is right for you. Certainly from a health standpoint being a vegetarian is probably better for you. Would North Americans be so unhealthy & obese if they were vegetarians? Vegetarians may appear more right from a moral perspective as well since they are not killing animals for food. Vegetarians tend to be more peaceful, less aggressive people. Proof of this is that there are no vegetarians in prison. Violent criminals are meat-eaters.

However, if you take into account the fact that man is an animal & that many animals are carnivores (lions, wolves etc) then it seems only natural for us to eat meat. You wouldn't consider a lion morally wrong for acting on instinct & killing another animal for food. Although we are no longer hunter-gatherers. Picking up a Big Mac at the Drive Thru isn't really acting on an animal instinct and wouldn't qualify as hunting for food! Many of us crave protein however & aren't able to get it in sufficient quantity from other sources.

As far as saving animals goes (if that is part of a vegetarian's argument against eating meat), even if everyone stopped eating meat you wouldn't be saving the lives of chickens, cows & pigs. They just wouldn't exist anymore. Farmers wouldn't raise them if no one was buying them. These animals are bred as a food source. They aren't out in the wild running free. You won't save their lives, you'll just prevent them from living at all. Livestock is a market like anything else. If there is no profit then no one is going to raise them.

I would like to be a vegetarian. I think it's admirable. Unfortunately I was raised a meat-eater & I can't seem to give it up entirely. I don't eat enough vegetables to be healthy without meat. I need the protein and iron. I do limit the amount of red meat that I eat. I'm a visual eater as well. If I have a steak it has to be well-done. I can't have anything that has any trace of blood, bones etc. I mostly eat chicken & some beef. I don't eat pork since the colour & texture freaks me out & I heard that it is the closest meat to human flesh (!) which is creepy beyond words! I have never & could never eat animals that I don't think of as food (rabbit, lamb, duck, deer or moose -- venison). That just seems wrong to me. Those animals aren't meant as a food source in my mind. They're more like pets or animals that you'd see in the wild. Plus I've smelled lamb cooking & it's just rancid! Awful!

If I had to kill my own food I would starve to death! I can't think about the animals too much or I couldn't eat it. When I hear "chicken" I think of food. If I saw the chicken walking around I could never eat it. I could never live on a farm!

No matter what the argument is, both sides will believe that they are right. You have to examine both sides & decide what seems right to you. Don't let anyone else tell you what to do. You make up your own mind.

I can understand both sides! I'm somewhere in the middle.

Good luck.

Answer 9

Ajay, sorry to say this, but when it comes to eating food and the liberty of a person to choose what to eat, there is no right or wrong. This question will ultimately end in a stalemate. From the point of view of nutrition, it is naturally advised that we eat a balanced diet, meaning a balanced diet of vegetables, meats, fish and fruits.

People who abstain from meat usually do so for religious reasons. We cannot take that liberty away from them. Being vegetarian is not wrong, but taking away that liberty from them IS. If you have a spouse or mate who is vegetarian, and you don't agree with him/her, then you must let RESPECT win the day. You must find ways to make the vegetarian meal more nutritious, because this is also possible. In fact, it is very, very possible. There are a lot of books out there right now that deal with this subject. A vegetarian meal does not have to be boring and one-dimensional.

Finally, and this is my answer to your question: when you eat, happiness must be at the table. A bad conscience during a meal will bring indigestion. I know of people who are vegetarians and yet have lived a long life. My brother-in-law's mother is one such person. She's now nearing 85!! And then again, my stepmother's dad, being poor, lived mostly on salted fish and simple meals throughout his whole life, and he lived to be 90!!!!!

Answer 10

actually i am surprised this question turned up so late...or maybe it is bcos all of us think its futile to answer a ques like this which u cant be sure if its right or wrong.
i am a strict vegetarian well it is partly bcos my religion calls 4 it but a lot of ppl in my family n friends eat meat. I have d liberty 2 switch 2 meat anytime but i wouldnt... call me weak hearted but i just cant imagine how butchers cut up a cow or a goat when its almost bleating its throat out to say please leave me alone....why would God have put in voice boxes in animals n not in plants?? y does a plant show no emotion wen u cut it up ant eat it whereas animals express almost all emotions dat humans do....therefore i am not stressing on d point dat everybody should b vegetarians if ppl prefer 2 b a non vegetarian let them be...but next time u eat a chicken or even an egg just think of how u r spoiling d dreams of both d hen and d chick yet 2 emerge.....and 4 all dose veggie eaters next time au see a peson eating non veg dont close ur nose and put on a face of disgust cos its their right to live the way they do ,sit next to them try talking them out of it , and if they still dont change leave it to them but be proud of yourself to b a vegetarian

Answer 11

When in Rome. When you go home, stick with the customs of your people. Its not about the ultimate right and wrong. If you go to a primarily carnivorous nation, then you could think about this. Your culture developed a theory of food, that feed the environment that they live in. Adding foreign culture may cause unforseen problems. THis happen in Mexico, when Flour was introduced and people died from the lack of nutrition caused by the new grain.