The Myths of Vegetarianism

http://www.mercola.com/2000/apr/2/vegetarian_myths.htm ^ | April, 2002 | Stephen Byrnes, ND, PhD, RNCP

[sanchmo]

Omnivorous bump for later reading while eating a cheese-burger.

[mad_as_he$$]

How about cat - the other white meat?

[Malcolm]

I got one question for vegetarians: if every person on the planet were a vegetarian, would there be enough vegetarian food to feed everyone? I believe the honest, factual answer to that question is no. And BTW, all of you out there that think eating meat is a sin, the Bible says that Peter, an observant Kosher Jew, was told at a certain point that ANYTHING can now be eaten. (See reference below). So if you weenies out there lose sleep because someone ate a hamburger this evening, the Almighty doesn't share your dietary requirements, thank goodness.....

ACTS Chap 11: 4 Peter began and explained everything to them precisely as it had happened: 5 "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was. 6 I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air. 7 Then I heard a voice telling me, 'Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.' 8 "I replied, 'Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' 9 "The voice spoke from heaven a second time, 'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.' 10 This happened three times, and then it was all pulled up to heaven again.

[NYer]

This should be distributed to every pediatritian, school administrator and school child in this country! That's where the PETA crowd has made the biggest dent.

Excellent post!

[Big Bunyip]

Vegetarianism makes you calm, loving and peaceful? Well, it didn't work that way for Hitler.

[ArrogantBustard]

I'm not totally opposed to eating vegetable matter. Beer, wine and whiskey are ultimately vegetable matter.

[stanz]

Mad Cow disease is no myth.

[JRandomFreeper]

Actually, cat is a dark meat. I would rather have rattle-snake or alligator.

/john

[always vigilant]

for later

[detsaoT]

Thanks for the article. I'm filing it for later reading, so I have ammunition against the vegan (Chevy Vegan?) froot loops next time I run across 'em.

:D ttt

[Dust in the Wind]

bttt

[jpl]

I love animals, they're delicious.

[Arabesque]

Thank you for this article; took my printer 20 minutes but I am so glad to have a copy. After a lifetime of trying to live with little meat so I could extend my dancing and running career, ill health put meat and basically a low carb diet on my plate and I am the leanest and healthiest of my life and running 50 to 70 miles (albeit slow miles) a week. If meat kills, I'm a goner! THanks again!

[Dust in the Wind]

We don't come back from the grocery store every week with several pounds of meat, but once a month or so I come home with several hundred pounds of various species cut and wrapped for my convenience.

[RippleFire]

Bump

[Sub-Driver]

I don't eat meat because I'm a Veterinarian........

[Nik Naym]

Know what makes a militant in-your-face style vegetarian go into apoplexy? Just ask them, in a serious tone "If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then why are they made of meat?" Torques them off every time.

[servantoftheservant]

oh that's brilliant. kinda like when Jeff Dahmer said to me, 'If we're not supposed to eat humans, how come they're made of meat?'