Message #40755

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Since I had both almond butter and what you see in the photo below ( it somehow turned upside down when i downloaded it but it shows 20 grams of protein per serving,  I have already had more protein than the amount at the top of your list and it is questionable if i even need it. But I think you may be getting into further disagreement with mccoy here, who has questioned the need to even have so much protein in the past. He has made the argument and points from dieticians that so much protein is actually deleterious to the health of most people our age.

I do not think people recognize they are doing things out of habit and pleasure instead of what is good for the planet and for their own spiritual welfare. People become self-satisfied and often act smug when told different, to the point of actually accusing others of what they didn't do or say...... in so doing they can protect their own interests and state of mind and ignore what may be better for them. Although i would agree with you that 'knowing thyself' is very important in spiritual progress it is also at times imperative to knowing the intentions of others with differing views, otherwise you could easily be put in jail in this country as i have personally witnessed.

You make the comment that ‘humans originally hunted and killed out of necessity’. Perhaps in your mind,  but i think if you read Genesis you will find that statement is only your opinion. The 'necessity' you speak of was not a necessity before in the garden of Eden.

Genesis 1:29 Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

Killing for food is only a necessity for those who have no other way of eating. Killing in war is also necessary when it is determined impossible to stop an aggressor with any other known means who is determined to act with unkindness and unrighteousness behaviors to attain his or her selfish ambitions.


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