In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

I just deleted a wall of text...I do not want to pick a fight with anyone.

Just one thing, Monica: you are mistaken if you believe that vegan eating is cheaper than meat eating just cause it is for you.

I will answer this since you specifically addressed me.

I didn't say vegan eating is cheaper. I said vegetarian eating is cheaper. (The term vegetarian just means no meat...it can include eggs and dairy.)

Are you saying 2 eggs costs more than a serving of chicken or cow meat? Are you saying a serving of rice and beans costs more than a serving of chicken or cow meat?

If that is what you're saying, then I stand corrected. Surprised, but corrected.

If that is not what you're saying, then please clarify.

Eggs? 10 eggs now cost around 2 euro. That is 50dkg+ filled turkey/chicken meat (without bone).

But you aren't comparing equivalent serving sizes. No one is going to eat 10 eggs at one time. Usually it's only 2 eggs in 1 meal. Maybe 3, tops.

The only way one can say he is vegetarian and lives cheaper than a meat eater if he takes out the meat from the sandwitch (yaay? pure carbs?), eats only brown rice for dinner, and adds cheese instead of meat on the table, but that is really a question whether it has become healthier, or just more carb-based. If you are buying beans, soya, etc, then it is astraight-up cost increase.

Here in the US, we can buy a bag of pinto beans for about $2. Not sure how many cups in a bag, but I think about 8. We use 1 cup of pinto beans to cook a large pot of beans. The 4 of us eat those beans over the next few days. We get about 10 meals out of that single pot of beans.

A single serving of meat would cost around $2, I think (not sure - it's been a long time). Maybe a can of tuna might be less...not sure. But even if we only got 4 cups out of that $2 bag, that is still 40 servings of beans...for $2 + a few cents for the water used to cook them.

I can't fathom anyone getting meat cheaper than that, but if you can please explain!

Are you calculating the price per meal, or the whole bag of beans, when you say beans cost more than meat?

Edit: also, just one tiny thing. If meat eating would be such a serious spiritual crime, at least Ra/Q'uo would have said that it is ILL-ADVISED to eat so.

Not necessarily. Remember, we have a veil, and the whole purpose of the veil is so that we figure it out on our own.

Also, there are a lot of things Ra didn't mention. They didn't say anything about stealing, rape or murder either.