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Subject: Well I don't consider myself christian or belonging to any sect of christianity. Author: chadi [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 20:30:40 01/06/03 Mon In reply to: Sister Bunny 's message, "How about a detailed discussion about the specifics of vegatarianism?" on 19:29:47 01/06/03 Mon My parents are maronites and maronites are part of the catholic church. However I don't believe in christianity. why? because christianity like all the so called theistic religions considers that God gave man the permission to do whatever he wants with the animals, plants, natural resources... there's no clear statement of respect to the planet he lives on.In their beliefs, the theistic religions contradict the theory of evolution well proven scientifically Besides, I don't believe that Jesus was God himself incarnated. I believe that at least he wasn't the entire truth and that's what christians claim.... Anyways, back to your question, I believe that a well balanced diet free from any animal product is the "best healthy" diet to humans. Whether man "can" eat meat or has been eating meat along man history does not contradict vegetarianism. Quality of life in terms of health, rather than survival is in question. For instance, buddhism exists since more than 500 years BC and most buddhists were vegetarians and lived long healthy lives, and many hindu also .... And diet is not enough to be energized, well being through adequate body and mind handling and control play also a crucial role... that's what i think [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Not entirely true! Sacred Poontang 20:56:23 01/06/03 Mon It was just two years ago or so that the pope declared that catholics can believe in evolution. I think that the reason was that he couldn't contradict science more; otherwise the church would lose many believers. From all the scriptures,saints etc.. i found only saint Francis to be clearly for the respect of nature and the animals. -- chadi, 21:29:50 01/06/03 Mon and at the time of that saint, the church used to persecute him, as usual, calling him demonic or other ignorant things, as they used to do with most scientists and even people who they used to burn and later name "saints". (NT) -- chadi, 21:48:04 01/06/03 Mon Believe me, I'm no fan of the Catholic church! I like the meditative aspects, but it ends there. -- Sacred Poontang, 21:55:25 01/06/03 Mon I didn't comment about that part of your previous message since I don't know much about it. I only commented on the catholic part and I didn't assume that you were in favor of catholicism. (NT) -- chadi, 22:09:23 01/06/03 Mon And sorry if I wasn't accurate....I meant in theistic religions only the "abrahamic religions"... and at the end of the first paragraph I meant that most christians believe that Jesus is the only entire truth... (NT) chadi 21:36:42 01/06/03 Mon Okay. I was really just asking about vegetarianism, and how to go about being vegan. Sister Bunny 01:29:45 01/07/03 Tue There's a certain red alga called "Hijiki" that contains vitamin B-12 and is the best source of calcium. It contains much more calcium and Iron than any cow milk. Iron is also found in many vegetable sources, im not sure if it's found in broccoli I know that it's found in leaves like spinach but needs to be taken with a vitamin C source (e.g lemon juice) to be adequately absorbed. -- chadi, 01:57:38 01/07/03 Tue Does soy milk provide the full protein that comes in meat? And doesn't spinach also contain Vitamin C? (NT) -- Sacred Poontang, 03:00:49 01/07/03 Tue yeah it provides all the essential amino acids to humans, though you can also get them by proper cereal-legume combining. Both cereals and legumes lack one essential amino acid, but not the same one!! (NT) -- chadi, 03:34:40 01/07/03 Tue Many soy products are deadly. -- Antichadi II, 04:22:47 01/07/03 Tue