[Vegetarianism]'s a better eating disorder than many others, because at least it doesn't make you fat, and in general it doesn't cause you to wither away and die. But it does make you pale, and flaky, and unbelievably tedious to be around.Vegetarianism is a cry for help. A sadly transparent attempt to exercise control over your body, which you feel the need to do for psychological reasons of which you are probably unaware. It's why so many vegetarians have tattoos and exotic piercings (you know it's true). It's why anarchists, squatters, G20 protesters and art students are usually vegetarians. Frustrated that they cannot, and never will, control the world, or anything else of any significance, they starve themselves and carve holes in their bodies. It's as primitive a lifestyle as there is. It's why the very oldest religions eschew meat altogether, and others eschew some forms of it - because one exercises what control one can in the shadow of a mighty God with miserable little gestures of abstinence.
Anything in excess is bad. I am sorry, but you can be a glutton and be a vegetarian.
However, why be on in the first place? The human body was designed such that we are omnivores. Our digestive system is capable of handling both plant and animal food. We have teeth for tearing and we have teeth for grinding - again, suited for both sources of food.
Let me go one step further - vegetarianism is an insult to God. Be a vegetarian if you simply do not like the taste of meat, but not because you hate meat - God set us above the animals and who are we to say, "no, thank you" to God for His gifts? Not me!
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DHS, as you may well be aware, my lineage includes a Grandfather who was full blood Peskotomahkati Indian.
"Vegetarian" is an Amerind word which means, "Sucks at Hunting".
Digi - great post! My son's ex was a veg and weighed at least 180 lbs. and was only about 5'6".
I tried vegetarianism when I was 24 and very idealistic. It lasted about nine months.
We are indeed designed to be omnivores. I'd argue that we're not designed to eat as much meat, with as little effort, as Americans, Canadians, Brits, etc. are able to do at this point in history; and I'd also argue that some of our techniques for raising and slaughtering animals on the scale that we do are unsavory. But a burger is not some sort of crime against nature...good grief.
Besides, if God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them so delicious.
I really like vegetarians....Really! They leave more meat for me to eat!
Howlsatmoon...just about wet my britches...was laughing so hard at your comment....:-)
The healthiest people are the ones who eat a variety of foods--if we have an abundance of food available--for goodness sakes--we don't live in a third world country--we should enjoy the gifts God has given us, and that includes MEAT!
I've always noticed that the vegetarians and vegans are the most unhealthy looking people i've ever seen.
As Homer Simpson once said, "If God wanted us to be vegetarians, He wouldn't have made animals out of meat."
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