[Lilllabettt]

Interesting.

I don't want to be a stick in the mud.

But I'm not particularly fond of that title: "Some Catholics Believe ProLife Means Vegetarian." It seriously rubs me the wrong way.

I guess because there are those parish bulletins out there, with a whole page devoted to good things like protecting the environment and helping kittens at the local animal shelter. And not one mention of the human babies that are in need of protection. I mean, we have human slaughterhouses in this country. They're called abortion mills.

What am I trying to say? The problem is, "Some Catholics Believe ProLife Means Vegetarian." And that's all they think it means.

[mockingbyrd]

The funny thing is, I don't think a single one of those saints mentioned were vegatarians in order to not kill animals. They avoided the limited offerings of meat, monastary living, vow of poverty and all that, in order to deny themselves and offer it up. I seriously doubt it was any sort of political statement.

However, I am sure they all would have had something to say about the slaughter of humans on a daily basis.

[fruitarian108]

Dear L,

To God all the creatures He created are sacred.
He drove the moneychanging butchers out of the temple.
The Essene Gospel of Peace is one of many texts indicating
that Jesus was a member of that vegetarian Galileean group.

If you heard the screams of the slaughterhouse, perhaps
you would understand.