Philosoraptor

I'm not a vegetarian. I did consider to become one as the idea of killing animals to be my food does disturb me a little. I am however an aspie and it gives me trouble eating plat food due to the texture of that kind of food and in order not to endanger my health or to torture myself I didn't push the idea through. My condition in this is not to be underestimated so be careful with your judgment. I need to say this as much of things aspies suffer from are easily swept under the carpet, but enough about that.

Now eating the vega way is not necessarily better for you. Meat does contain stuff you need, however there are other ways to get the stuff... well most of it. Eating meat only is of course also a bad idea when it comes to your health. Some people claim it's better for the environment, but if you do more studies into their argumentation you find that one busted as well. The stories they tell are only part of the truth not the whole truth... (hushing about vital facts, makes the facts you mention imply a different truth... facts can bring forth a lie... odd but true).

One vegetarian I know had some reasons that do make sense. He was against it that animals are solely bred for the purpose of being killed and eaten, and most of the meat you find at the butcher were set up that way. He was realistic enough to feed cats meat though, knowing that cats will die horribly without meat. He is a bit in conflict about some kinds of fish. Some are caught in open sea, and then you have animals who were not bred to be eaten but simply caught in a kind of hunt (although in professional fishing the amounts are a bit big, which is also a point for discussion). Today much of fish in the store is however bred in a special kind of farm, which was also against his position.

As I said I am not a vegetarian, but I am against the waste of meat. I am against the waste of food in general, but meat in particular. I always pains me when I have to dispose meat, and I always try to prevent it. The idea an animal died in vain pains me.

It is annoying to have on mind that you're eating something that got killed for you.

I personally find it disgusting tbh.

I've learned to deal with it... I had to. I try not to think about it too much, but I also don't want to forget. I am therefore also very interested in artificial meat, in which they only need a few cells of an animal and can grow it into fake-meat. In Dutch called "kweekvlees", I don't know what the English name is. It would be a big help for me.

Yeah that would be good, I think artificial meat will also help Muslims too, since its pretty hard for us to find halal meat in non Muslim countries.

There is this artificial meat thing called beyond beef. It looks like ground beef and tastes like it and its made entirely out of plants. Buttt, its high in sodium so we dont get it all the time which sucks cause its tates so good xF

Oof

ikr.

Do you mind if I ask you about your faith in Islam?

What does halal mean

Like is OK, like is not bad...u get it? Like.... OK so killing someone is haram (not OK / forbidden/ prohibited) the opposite is halal (isn't bad / allowed)

Ah oki thanks I've been wondering what it means for a long time

Lol yw

Wdym by yw

Your welcome

Oh lel

Really? In the Netherlands (where I live) most supermarkets do sell halal meat, of course I live in a neighborhood with loads of Muslims, so it's only natural the supermarket adapted... better for business after all. And there are some Islamic stores in my neighborhood too. Many (non-Muslim) people have even recommended me to buy meat there is it's often cheaper too... I really need to check the prices, though.

Now of course, regular supermarkets selling halal stuff did anger some nationalists here, I need to be honest about that, but as supermarkets are free to sell what they want when it comes to these things, there are no ways for them to ban the practice. I guess that's a problem you'll face in all non-Muslim countries.... And some of the people who preach that are found in grill-rooms where the entire menu is halal... Hypocrite, don't you think?

I do know know if the Islam allows artificial meat. I have been wondering about that though. And of course the same question applies to Jews who have similar rules about this.

Well yeah, at this moment it's expensive to make, but the main reason is because they have to do it all manually at the present time, as they are still experimenting how to get it right. The first hamburger created this way was not fat enough, and so they have to find out how to work out things further. Once they are fully sure of how to do it, they can start building the machines to automate most of the works, and then the prices will likely drop like crazy.

When it comes to the ritual butchering of animals I must say that I do not know all the rules and their origin. I will have to make some study about that. All I know is that some rules apply. I may have to ask an imam (is that the English word for a mosk-priest?) maybe... They should know more, right?

Yeah it is the right word, and they have to study the Quran and the suna to be one, so for sure they do know, we usually ask them if we don't know if something is halal or not.

Problem with the Quran is though, that it was written before the anybody ever thought up that it would be scientifically possible at all to create meat artificially, so when it comes to that I am not sure they know, but how the rules about meat in general came to be, they should definitely know more than I do, and I am really not sure where in the Quran to look.
I do think I should read it in general though in order to get my sights bigger. I've always been interested in religion in a non-religious way... that is without believing the content or living by the rules, but to analyze it from a more neutral point of view. For the same reasons I am also interested in Greek and Egyptian mythology... Not that I'm an expert, though...

It’s good for you

Oh wow, thats exactly the opposite of what my stepmom said XD

DUDE I JUST BURNT MYSELF IN THE COOLEST WAY EVER

How

OK, so its a bit hard to explain, but look, so I was trying to make egges, and then...and then..... And then our ...not oven...the thing above...why the heck would I even forget what its called..what's wrong with me.. Its the thing that makes the fire, so simply I opened the gas thing, and I lit the match...and then the match fell beside the thing...then when I picked it up, it caught fire with the gas thingy.. But my hand was in the way... So like the fire touched my fingers (it doesn't hurt) and the cool part, is that it burnt the little hairs on my fingers. Idk how to explain it, but it was so cool xd.

Wow : O

Lol yeah

LOL I SAY THAT ALL THE TIME AND NO ONE GETS ME

I know

To live longer lol

Lol

i eat anything

Lucky, I hate meat and chicken. And I can't stand eating anything that isn't homemade.

wow, bummer

Tru, I'm not a big fan of food anyways

that is offensive to me. lol

Lolll no I just font like eating that much xd.

ok

1. its good 4 u. 2. i have certain allergies to certain foods. 3. I'm an athlete w/ a history of eating disorders so i need to follow the diet that was given to me by a dietician.

Oh OK, also, I don't Get it, how is it good for me?

Plant protein is lower in saturated fat and higher in unsaturated fats which is wht ur body needs along with the concentrated protein that it contains. Like tofu. And going vegan/vegetarian can help with health problems ALOT and prevent health problems from coming.

Oh nice

ya.

Im a vegiterian , i be been like that for about a year now.

I'm not an animal lover, I actually hate most animals, (which include chicken and all other animals that are eaten) and I feel disgusted when I eat them.so I don't.

b/c studies show that animal products cause cancer, & the ppl that suggest that it's good 4 u r paid off by a lot of chain restaurants (they took this information off the internet when documentaries came out about it tho).