In regards to eating meat

[yossarian]

First of all, I'm not mad. I'm just writing in an animated fashion. Call it "passion" if you like. Second of all, I wasn't really responding to you with my post, but more so to Pickle. But be as that may...

Absolutely.

No freakin way. I don't believe it. Your own quotes and Pickle's are *maybe* debatable, but not yossarian's. No way. Those quotes clearly indicate that everybody should be a fruitarian. A fruitarian!

There was a guy in naturopathic school I knew who was a fruitarian. He was very tall, with a sallow complexion, brittle nails, and sunken in eyes. He liked to go around telling everybody how fruitarianism was the "one true way". He graduated, and became a doctor. A doctor. Advising others with severe illnesses how to eat.

He got stomach cancer. I can only wonder how his patients held up under his "expert advice".

Beyond that- they are in the very beginning of the thread... so I think those are the types of comments most people are responding to when they come into this thread. As I was.

Actually, I am growing weary of this marathon thread.

Monica- I truly mean this as a service and not a personal "attack" but I have noticed that you have a tendency to get "weary" or "tired" in a thread whenever a point is brought up that demonstrates a glaring contradiction in your words. Just an observation to ponder as you will.

Beyond this- you have stated multiple times in this thread that you are just "trying to understand" how a spiritually-inclined person can reconcile meat eating with their beliefs. I have seen very intelligent and well-thought out replies by multiple people, including (but not limited to) Ali Quadir, wintersun, fairyfarmgirl, Richard, irpsit, Whitefeather, Lorna, thefool, litllady, Bring4th_GLB, Bring4th_Aaron, Bring4th_Steve, Pablísimo, Meerie, Namaste, @ndy, transiten, kycahi, abridgetoofar, TheEternal, and myself.

Each of these people has offered very thoughtful and genuine replies. Yet- you appear just as "confused" as you were three years ago. My apologies- I mean no offense- but this causes me to be a bit incredulous about your stated desire "to understand" where others are coming from. Seems to me that you have already decided that a spiritually-inclined person eating meat is "not understandable" to you, no matter what they say.

Sorry, but I am calling BS. I don't think you really want to understand this.

I wasnt a fruitarian. I ate veggies, nuts, and seeds as well. I thought you said that each person has their own special dietary needs, but now you're saying fruitarians are unhealthy?

For me, raw food veganism was an ethical modification to the Paleolithic diet.