The Garden of Vegan According to creation theory, humans were vegan long before we turned to a sinful diet of dead animals. The religions of Buddhists, Hindus, Seventh Day Adventists, Jains, and Rastafarians unambiguously assert that meat is never permissible, and admonish their followers to harm no animal, and to treat the body as a temple by ingesting healthy, non-animal based foods. If you are a follower of Judaism, Christianity or Islam, look no further than the Garden of Eden. It was a vegan haven, and Adam and Eve were the first vegans on this planet. Its very revealing to examine how each society, culture, race, religion and ethnicity justifies eating certain animals, denying them their inherent right to be happy and free, while attempting to never harm other animals that theyve arbitrarily decided to protect. If people from all nationalities, races, religions, and creeds ever got together for a meal, only veganism could yield a meal that wouldnt offend. At this table of peace, Americans would say, Were not eating dogs, cats and horses! Muslims and Orthodox Jews would say, Youre not feeding us pigs! Indians would say, Were not eating cows! Seventh Day Adventists, Buddhists, Hindus, Jains, and Rastafarians would rule out all the other animals and animal products because theyre all vegetarians or vegans. The only things left to eat that everybody could agree upon would be fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, grains and legumes. Veganism can resurrect Eden and create heaven on Earth. We can have a place where humans view animals in awe, and animals view humans with a curious aloofness. Its time to reconnect to the natural world for the sake of the animals, the environment and humanity. Protecting the weak is the first step to enlightenment and being truly civilized. Without animal liberation, as author Milan Kundera explains, there can be no peace on Earth: Mankinds true moral test, its fundamental test which lies deeply buried from view, consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 02:39:56 +0000
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