Vegetarian Vs Non Vegetarian

Dada ..why are you roaring like Royal bengal tiger

@ Tiger Souro dada: Agree! Even the rig vedic times and vedic traditions,puja...have MEAT prasad to GOD's.....Is'nt the procedure called BALI....fortunately or unfortunately....GODS are non vegetarian....

I donot exactly know from which point..the vegetarian concept of GOD occured....vedic times..all the offerings of animals was there.....

I think ...not sure....As the man developed.....as he became more civilized...as he learnt growing crops.....as he learnt.....farming ..he learnt proper utilization of the resources in nature.....the VEGETARIAN CONCEPT EVOLVED....I  wonder if people in old stone age....were vegetarians

coming back to Raj ji's question of no NV days of a week.....it just shows that HUMANS somewhere feel in the mind /heart that ..eating NV is not a good thing..its a rakshasa nature...rakshasa...means not divine....so we humans want to understand Daiva (godly ) matters..once in a while...so then ..they want to do only divine things on those days...so some donot eat non veg on those days...

But...

Sunday is for Sun GOD(Surya)   The Devata of Sun  is Siva hence it is also a days of Siva

Monday is for Shiva

Tuesday is for Hanuman      For Muruka and  Kali/ Durga here in Kerala.

Wednesday is for Saraswathi/Ganesh    In Kerala it is for Sri Krishna

Thursday is Saibababa       In  Kerala it is for Vishu

Friday is for Lakshmi      For kali and all other Devi's including Lakshmi

Saturday is for Vishnu/Balaji.....  Here it is for Ayyappa/Sasta

So which day should we skip..which GOD is less

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These just show...some traditions are for our convinience

I agree with your Vedic referenceand explaination about vegetaianisam. In vedas it is clearly said about animal sacrifice.

I think ...not sure....As the man developed.....as he became more civilized...as he learnt growing crops.....as he learnt.....farming ..he learnt proper utilization of the resources in nature.....the VEGETARIAN CONCEPT EVOLVED....I  wonder if people in old stone age....were vegetarians

Even before man learnt farming they used to eat vegetables and fruits, through what's known as gathering. And can you really say that people who are vegetarian are more civilised. Somehow, during the ancient ages when Indians were non-vegetarians, they were more advanced. Later they became vegetarians, and whatever did they achieve?? The vegetarian population of India (especially Brahmins), from the middle ages and even today, associate a snob value to being vegetarian and look down on others who are non-vegetarians. So, what great things have they done by becoming vegetarian?? Infact all rubbush laws and rituals were made by them in the middle ages. And even now when Indians feel so great for being vegetarians, people (including those very vegetarians) are all the time running away to other countries, having predominantly non-vegetarian food habits, for better oppurtunities. Hah, some greatness we're always talking about.

Now Now...Thats what s called extreme generalisation

Not generalisation but the truth. South Indian brahmins who work in temples, won't eat together with people who're non-vegetarians (even if they're having vegetarian food at that time). And many vegetarian act as if how can someone eat non-vegetarian food.

Myth isnt totally Incorrect...Before Man started farming, he gathered food..Bt then such edible plants were not found in one region ie. he needed to search for them...And he  also hunted animals.
After he started farming, He cud grow eatables at a place and hence it became convenient for him to obtain it that way...So FOR THE SAKE OF CONVENIENCE as well, he started Prefering vegetables and cereals over Animals...Pretty natural I wud say...

I'm not saying that whatever Myth said is incorrect. Human are omnivorous, everyone knows that, so consuming meat is also pretty natural. It has nothing to do with civilised or uncivilised and it certainly doesn't prove the same.

And for that Most Indians thing, A lot of Indians are Non vegetarian...Vegetarianism by culture is Rampant only in North India..(evolved becuase of Abundance of Cereals there)
Fish is a major food in West bengal, Goa, parts of South India  etc simply becuase of Abundance...

That's the point, many are non-vegetarian here but those who're vegetarian act superior. What you said I'd already mentioned in another thread, that food habits are mostly determined by availability. But there are some here who try to prove vegetarians as superior to non-vegetarians.

Originally posted by souro

qwertyesque wrote: its human nature. It wont stop or change...until everybody becomes vegetarian....since thats a sure sign of change from a primitive state we started with...and ability to stay that way defines the character..of the species as a whole.

Do you mean to say that vegetarian people don't go to wh*re houses??  Food habits usually depict what is more available in that region, rather than giving an idea of how advanced the people are.

And the ANCIENT AGE If u mean Vedic age ppl were Predominantly Vegetarians only though meat was offered in sacrifices... If  you meant Indus civilisation, wheat and Barley were their staple crops.

We're not talking about staple crops here. Everyone consume vegetables, it's whether they consume meat or not.

AND even today a lot of ppl are Vegetarians by choice.....Not because of any rule.. (That includes me too simply )...

And I personally have never met anyone PROUD of being a vegetarian Though I am definitely proud of The Wide variety of vegeatian and Non vegetarian ( Yummy Mughlai for one) dishes Indian cuisines have to offer

D'uh, can that be because you're a vegetarian yourself. But there are people who act superior because of that. If you want some example look in this forum itself and you'll find it.

Even before man learnt farming they used to eat vegetables and fruits, through what's known as gathering. And can you really say that people who are vegetarian are more civilised. Somehow, during the ancient ages when Indians were non-vegetarians, they were more advanced. Later they became vegetarians, and whatever did they achieve?? The vegetarian population of India (especially Brahmins), from the middle ages and even today, associate a snob value to being vegetarian and look down on others who are non-vegetarians. So, what great things have they done by becoming vegetarian?? Infact all rubbush laws and rituals were made by them in the middle ages. And even now when Indians feel so great for being vegetarians, people (including those very vegetarians) are all the time running away to other countries, having predominantly non-vegetarian food habits, for better oppurtunities. Hah, some greatness we're always talking about.

Now Now...Thats what s called extreme generalisation