In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

I have plenty of specific examples with post #. Here is just a small summary- where meat eating was compared to disgusting crimes like rape (of a child) several times, meat eating being presented as soul killer, meat industry compared to slavery, meat industry as an illegal crime in future, meat eating as repulsive as eating human flesh.

Those are opinions. Are you saying that differing opinions are not valid? Are you saying that someone expressing their opinions is the same as trying to impose a religion on others? when did anyone ever say that anyone must be a vegetarian? As I recall, we did the opposite: several of us went out of our way to say that vegetarianism isn't a prerequisite for STO harvest. We also went out of our way to acknowledge that many spiritual people aren't vegetarian. Can you cite an example of when anyone claimed that the vegetarian lifestyle was the only valid path...or that meat-eaters weren't as evolved or as spiritual?

I am confused. Are you saying that those who have different opinions should not share their opinions? Isn't that imposing a rule, a dogma? Why would those who eat meat be allowed to express their opinions, but not those who think the unnecessary killing of animals is cruel?

I don't understand how sharing our reasons for being vegetarian is being interpreted as imposing a religion on others.

You have clearly found my opinions (and those of the other vegetarians) offensive. I feel saddened by this. I invite you to reach out with your heart and try to understand what it must feel like for us, who find the unnecessary suffering of our younger other-selves offensive.

We offered those examples because we seek to be understood, as well as to understand. These opinions have been offered, and these questions asked, in the context of the Law of One. No one has yet answered the question as to why the unnecessary suffering of younger other-selves is acceptable, from a Law of One perspective. I am confused as to why asking these questions, in a discussion about this very topic, is considered imposing and offensive.

Can we all reach out in love and compassion, and try to understand the other point of view?

peace