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your survival NEVER EVER is dependent upon eating animal flesh... I extend that to all creatures who are given life and breath from God, as part of my belief

SITUATION
Trapped in a mineshaft: Joe and me and Tim. Days away from rescue. Strength must be maintained to help lift Tim out. No way to get food down collapsed mineshaft. Only other occupant of mine: Fluffy, the Mining Poodle.

QUESTION
Who gets eaten?

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Every time one rinses with mouthwash, one kills millions of bacteria -- tiny animals, each given life by God. (To a bacterium, Listerine is like hydrochloric acid is to us -- they dissolve in it.)

Is it wrong to use mouthwash?

Every time one rinses with mouthwash, one kills millions of bacteria -- tiny animals, each given life by God. (To a bacterium, Listerine is like hydrochloric acid is to us -- they dissolve in it.)

Is it wrong to use mouthwash?

Killing those bacteria is self-defense of your health. The bacteria can cause gum disease leading to heart problems and tooth loss.

LOL! Thanks for the grin! Are you sure that while are trapped in the mine in this manner, you want to expend the energy necessary to kill, dismember, and digest raw Fluffy (and ick, process the remains while trapped) when the human body designed by God is usually perfectly capable of surviving without food in these circumstances for at least 3-4 weeks (and is usually the better for it)? Now, you cannot be without water, on the other hand, for more than three to four days, and I don't think Fluffy is a good source of water. Starvation under these circumstances is HIGHLY unlikely.

As to the mouthwash, go ahead and be healthy! Gargle in peace! There are perhaps billions of living organisms on the plants we are given to eat, and I hardly think that bacteria, or those invisible organisms we ordinarily consume along with our food qualify as "animal flesh". Questions like these are why I'm a vegetarian, and NOT a vegan (now some of those people are really nit-picky!).

BTW, there is an EXCELLENT book dealing with vegetarianism written by President Bush's former speechwriter, Matthew Scully, called: "Dominion, the power of man, the suffering of animals, and the call to mercy". It is extremely well-written, and helps prove that conservatives can eloquently make the case for compassion towards animals, even if everyone doesn't become vegetarian.

Again, thanks for the post!