Message #18144

[Jitendra Hydonus]

I was expecting the "plants have feelings" argument to come along any minute.        It's a bit of a desperate argument really, isn't it ?   Do you honestly feel the same way about killing a dog, a cat,  or any other animal as you do about cutting into a cucumber or a carrot ?    With all due respect to Dr. Bose, there is no way that a vegetable feels the same pain and emotional stress as an animal.    Plants are alive, but they are not sentient.   There is a big difference.    Here's what Dr. Will Tuttle, author of The Peace Diet, said in response to the same question ……

http://gentleworld.org/plants-feel-pain-too-whats-a-vegan-to-do/

Like it Laila i was looking for this and you handed it to me:

"Right now, for example, we are destroying about an acre per second of Amazonian rainforest in order to grow soybeans to feed imprisoned animals for meat, dairy products, and eggs that are consumed right here in this country. Cutting down an acre of rainforest is not just killing trees; it is also destroying webs of life that took millions of years to evolve, resulting in loss of habitat for both animals and plants, and driving the largest mass extinction of species in 65 million years. The oceans are similarly being overfished for fish for both human and livestock consumption, similarly driving extinction, climate destabilization, and environmental destruction.

With more research, I began moving toward a vegan lifestyle, and I learned that forests throughout the entire world have been, and continue to be, destroyed in order to grow corn, soy, alfalfa, and other feedstock for enslaved animals. I discovered that people who research the impact of animal agriculture on forests estimate that a person who switches from a standard western diet to a vegan diet saves at least 100 trees every year! It takes a small fraction of land, water, and petroleum to feed someone eating a plant-based diet, compared with someone eating a typical meat- and dairy-based diet. So it became crystal clear to me that anyone who professes to love plants and trees is unequivocally called to practice vegan living."

Will continue reading.... i think we must remember that we came from the mineral kingdom and then the plant kingdom to the insect and then the animal kingdom before having the ability to express divine consciousness as humans. With this succession in mind it is easier to understand that fruits and vegetables should be our food of choice. We are encouraging our pets and animals to move up in the evolutionary scheme. This is not too possible if we are eating them. Need more time to digest so much wonderful info u are submitting here... thanks Laila

Steve