Beth, You might be interested in this website http://www.jesusveg.com. The opening page is hilarious. It says "Jesus was a vegetarian...follow him" and shows a picture of Jesus with an orange halo...and I mean a real orange. Let me assure you that I am not a vegetarian. I saw the web site advertised on a billboard in Baton Rouoge, LA. I tend to eat meat exclusively (a meatatarian?). I think many vegetarians and PETAs do not understand the spirituality of hunting or have ever experienced the satisfaction of providing food for one's family. Brad Cooley > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 22:30:27 -0700 > From: "Elizabeth L. Bess" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: vegetarianism > > Hey guys! Boy you two, Ken and Todd were really carrying on! Very = > entertaining! > > I'd like to throw my own little bit of weirdness into the mix..... > > My perspective as an evangelical Christian is not quite so esoteric. = > Rather, I see the whole thing as a simple hierarchy. As the most = > spiritually significant corporeal species on the planet, man holds = > supremacy with both responsibility and privilege. Animals exist to = > provide us with food and in some cases clothing and shelter (primitive = > skin dwellings and the like). I actually believe that God made them for = > these express purposes. The responsibility we hold towards them as = > "Lords of all we survey" is one of Biblical orientation. The Bible = > states that a righteous man cares for his (domestic) animals. And while = > the Bible does not address the issue of species extinction, I do not = > believe that God made all of these wonderful creatures only to have us = > decimate them.=20 > > I have a very hard time with the modern livestock production techniques. = > But I do not have a problem with slaughtering an animal I have raised = > for feeding my family. I would never wear a fur because they are = > ridiculously expensive, not because I feel sorry for the cute little = > minx.....and yet my dog is a treasured member of the family and he is = > both cute and expensive. I suppose humans are complex and sometimes = > contradictory. I for one am grateful for guidance from an entity of = > greater wisdom than myself. > > For whatever it is worth, you both sounded terribly clever! And although = > the undiluted vegetarian philosophy at core may be rational I have met = > too many vegans who eschewed eating "flesh" and yet did not find it at = > all incongruous to indulge their addictions for chemicals of varied = > kinds, from sugar to heroin (thereby hurting themselves).=20 > > Just my two cents, > > Beth=20 >