A Recipe For a Family Fight

I highly doubt you eat more of a variety of foods than an omnivore but foreclosing a bunch of different options.
But you are right, in God's perfect world, we didn't eat animals.
I have compassion and mercy on animals, but I do eat some of them too. Maybe I'm a hypocrite, but I'm not ready to give up my meat. Believe me, I've tried the best faux-meat options out there... they don't taste like meat. Not only that, I don't like processed foods. I don't want to get cancer from crappy Tofurkey when I can have the real deal in moderation and as long as I am conscious about how the animal was treated in life and handled in death, I'll probably stay just as healthy as you.

OH, and I highly recommend the movie EARTHLINGS, you can type it in google, under the video section and watch it there.

It could change your life.

Even God's perfect world was "vegetarain". We=vegetarains= eat more varaity of yummy foods than those who eat corpses. Why killing masses of God's creatures to pass them through our bodies and bring about all kinds disease and an early death to ourselves? What's wrong with compassion and Mercy on animals?
We don't need animal corpses. We have all good alternatives now.

Response to Phillips
The this is same song I hear from every Vegan, they use the ???meat production ??? line to try to convince you that you shouldn???t eat meat. So why must I choose one extreme or the other, Veganism is just as extreme as eating ???meat production???. By nature, our bodies are meant to eat meat, just look at your teeth and tell me why you have premolars or can you name one vegi eating animal that has premolars?
There is moderation, I don???t need to buy meat that was produced by poorly treated animals, we have many other options.

from time2evolve
"2) Meat eaters in this post have gotten mighty rude and defensive. After years of pondering, I???m certain though that this is merely because they didn't think of being vegetarian first. It can be very challenging and hurtful when some snooty vegetarian implies they are not as evolved as the vegetarian is, that they are stuck in a "herd state" going with the crowds and tradition out of comfort and can???t see how unnecessary killing multitudes of turkeys and other animals is. Well what can I say? It???s never too late to improve oneself."

Years of pondering? How many years is that? What exactly is it about you that makes you feel that you are more evolved than everyone else who eats both vegetables and meat, because your a vegetarian? And what exactly is it about this "herd state" crap that you're talking about?

I can see where you feel that being on your high horse gives you the (somewhat disillusioned) right to be condescending to others, but it is a high horse, and you need to step down. I appreciate people of all culinary preferences except snooty (insert preference here), only because, just like you, they become disgustingly condescending to others simply because their choice is DIFFERENT. It's this kind of crap that perpetuates hate and mitigates change, tolerance, and acceptance.

Thanksgiving is about giving thanks. I can see how being a vegetarian in non-vegetarian families can be difficult, but that's not Thanksgiving's problem, that's not tradition's problem, that's your family's problem and yours alone. These challenges are SOCIAL problems between members of families, and it is up to them to make a change.

But calling people who eat meat or even eat meat and vegetables being part of a "herd state," being "unevolved," or anything else your ego can come up with makes you no better than the people in this article making fun of their vegetarian family members. In fact, your worst.

Response to Phillips
The this is same song I hear from every Vegan, they use the ???meat production ??? line to try to convince you that you shouldn???t eat meat. So why must I choose one extreme or the other, Veganism is just as extreme as eating ???meat production???. By nature, our bodies are meant to eat meat, just look at your teeth and tell me why you have premolars or can you name one vegi eating animal that has premolars?
There is moderation, I don???t need to buy meat that was produced by poorly treated animals, we have many other options.

Rparrish, that's good for you.
Its a choice you make for moral and health reasons and that's cool.
I like that you didn't push your choice on everyone else here. Very....evolved....of you.

after reading some of these posts...glad im an omnivore,not a carnivore like some mentally challenged people call us=)

she said God didn't say it. Well, at least TWO holy books say he did. (that would be Torah and Bible for all of you folks who are religiously impaired).

I was merely attacking her absurd assrtion obviously made without even the thought of backing up her statements. Think of it as an attack on her credibility. If she's making baseless claims about that, her whole post could be an assorted mass of baseless claims.

Can anyone tell me who actually wrote Genesis?? Was someone there taking dictation from God?

I have been a vegetarian for almost 1 yr after watching a video about the meat industry and I do not miss eating meat at all. Thanksgiving will not be hard for me because when I see that poor turkey on that table I will remember how much he suffered to be on the table. I sure don't want it I don't need to eat meat to survive. I feel and look a lot healthier since I stopped eating meat and dairy products . I lost weight the healthy way without pills and diets. cholesterol dropped. It's good to be vegan.

What about the vegetables! Who will speak for them! I for one will swear off broccoli.

1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. Genesis 9:1-3.

You probably shouldn't talk religion, time2evolve, before making a quick google search to make sure you know what you're talking about. So I guess it actually WAS GOD who told us we could eat meat. Huh.

And as for karma. Good for you. That's not an element in Islam, Judaism or Christianity. It's NOT an element of every religion.

Now... the vegetarian diet can be healthier than an omnivore's diet. Of course, it's much easier to become anemic when you're a vegetarian. But I suppose you don't want to mention that. Or the fact that the people groups that live the longest in this world (see Sardinia, Okinawa) are not vegetarian. Moderation is key in life. I don't think you need to eat Turkey to celebrate thanksgiving, but I doubt your relatives are thankful that you're around to squawk and trumpet about how much more evolved you are at the Thanksgiving table. If I don't like the yams I don't eat them. I suggest you shut up and do the same regarding the turkey.