Diana Wrote:The classic example, and one canvassed many times here, is Ra's advice to Carla as to what to eat for her health
I don't agree with you on this, Diana. Don asked a very simple and straight-forward question, and Ra gave a very simple and straight-forward answer. Naturally any vegan won't love the answer Ra gave, but alas, there it is, in black and white. I agree that the Ra material shouldn't be taken as gospel, but you can't take something that straight-forward and say "people interpret it erroneously", simply because it contradicts the vegan point of view.
I'm sorry, I don't really want to open a can of worms again on the meat eating business... but this just bugs me. I'm happy with someone saying "I'm vegan because of compassionate reasons", and I feel the same as you, I also lost my appetite for red meat after watching factory farming videos, but I won't attempt to "reinterpret" Ra's words to complement my own sentiments on the matter. It's a personal thing for me, for which I don't require external validation.