I think most veggies and vegans just don't think outside the box much when it comes to how they live. And they're very much in the minority - the rest of the planet doesn't live that way, yet they insist that their way is the best (only) way. Funny, I thought God's way was the best way: eat everything, but in balance. Meat, eggs, fish, fowl, pork, fruits & vegetables. According to God, it's ALL edible. And hey, call me crazy, but Jesus was NOT a vegetarian, no matter what Peta tries to tell us.
Here's is a very interesting post from someone who should know, and she titles her post "Why most vegans are stupid." (her words not mine!) She's put a lot of thought into the whole vegan "schtick" pointing out the obvious, that vegans (and many vegetarians as well) "are fairly self righteous about their lifestyle and often feel certain that the way they live their life leaves the smallest ecological footprint on the earth."
http://www.makinwaves.org/2006/08/why_most_vegans_are_usually_st.html
Even the comments are great - my favorite by a guy named Marc who stated, rather tongue in cheek:
A real vegan would set a good example by walking all the way from wherever they are to the forest or jungle or whatever of their choosing to lay down and die and let nature consume them.
it is sad of course that any animal must be denied its absolute freedom to be raised for food. but i feel the same way as well for the salad i eat. i even take thought to the salt on my fries which came from either the rock itself or the ocean.
but i dont fanaticise because i trust in humankinds decency to reduce the necessary evils of self perpetuation as much as possible. just breathing will always take more from the earth than we can ever give, that plant could have photosynthesized something else other than your breath.
shouldnt it be okay for vegans to drink milk from a cow anyway, since if a cow is not milked it can cause an infection in its udders and cause it to die needlessly?
what do vegans feed their cats or dogs anyway?
eating seeds is like abortion.
why is eating plants and grains any better than animals, who grow just as naturally.
i have to make a vegan meal for someone whos attending my christmas turkey dinner and its a total hassle. i cant even serve them a slice of cake because theres a couple eggs in it.
vegans could at least set aside their differences *sometimes.* the world is alot less savage now than it was in the past.
You vegans can swallow your pride for a meal and eat a turkey dinner, and next time ill suffer myself to eat a plain salad next time, the karma will be balanced and the world wont spin a little less.
Genesis 1:28
28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
Acts 10:9-15
Peter's Vision
About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat."
"Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."
The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."
