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Articles in the category: Religion

• Veganism and the Church

  Category: Christianity
  For more than two decades, we have been struggling with the conflicts that ethical vegans have faced within the Church. People who have a deep empathy for every living being upon this earth naturally seek to live more compassionately. They do everything in their power to end the sufferi...
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• Vegetarianism in all aspects, a Jain article

  Category: Others
  VEGETARIANISM IN ALL ASPECTS by Mrs. Preeti Yogendra Jain "Man must live and let animals live in freedom" is the strong message of the ingeniously produced Indian film entitled "AAZAADI KI ORE" (Towards Freedom). This film contains some thought-provoking arguments in favor of vegetarianism....
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• Fatwas on Vegetarianism

  Category: Islam
  Many Muslim jurists have issued legal rulings that show vegetarianism is certainly permitted in Islam. Please see those below for a small sample of rulings from across the spectrum of Muslim jurists. Some fatwas on vegetarianism: ...
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• Animals in Islam

  Category: Islam
  It is often said that Americans spend more money and effort on rescuing a beached whale or suffering animal then they do on the average human being. In the United States there are a large and growing number of national animal rights and protective...
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• Is Fur a Jewish Issue?

  Category: Judaism
  Jewish worshipers chant every Sabbath morning, "The soul of every living being shall praise God's name" (Nishmat kol chai tva'rech et shim'chah). Yet, some come to synagogue during the winter months wearing coats that required the cruel treatment of some of those l...
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• Are Jews Obligated to be Vegetarians?

  Category: Judaism
  In promoting vegetarianism since 1977, I have been arguing that Jews have a choice as to whether or not to be vegetarians. In support of the view that Jews need not eat meat today is the Talmud (Pesachim 109a states that since the destruction of t...
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• Judaism and Animal Rights

  Category: Judaism
  Although it is not well known, Judaism has very powerful teachings about the proper treatment of animals. If Jews took these teachings seriously, they would be among the strongest protesters of many current practices related to animals. Acc...
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• Frequently Asked Questions About Judaism and Vegetarianism

  Category: Judaism
  1. What is Jewish about vegetarianism?
  2. Why did God give people permission to eat meat?
  3. ...
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• See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Speak No Evil

  Category: Christianity
  Are we to be like the three monkeys who see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil? According to our Biblical teachings, we are to be exactly the opposite. We are to observe and hear about the evils in this world and then speak out against them....
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• Animals in Heaven - A look at Revelation 4:6-9

  Category: Christianity
  There are many people who believe that their companion animals have souls and spirits just as we do, and as the Bible confirms (see below). Upon the death of a beloved companion animal, many people suffer a double tragedy: they are in deep mournin...
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• Ignoring One of God's Most Beautiful Prophecies

  Category: Christianity
  Isaiah 11:6-9 is one of God's most beautiful and often quoted prophecies, yet it is also one of the most ignored in practice, because most of us seem to fail to believe it. Let's take another look at it. 6. And the wolf ...
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• Vegetarianism as Stewardship

  Category: Christianity
  Christians are becoming vegetarian for several inter-related reasons: Vegetarian diets are excellent for health.
  Many Christians choose vegetarianism for its health benefits, which have been recognized by various diet...
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• Animal Rights - As Buddhists what do we think of t

  Category: Buddhism
  There are two basic premises in Buddhism based on which I propose to talk to you on this subject of animal rights this evening. At the very outset, it is good to remind ourselves that more than two and half millennia ago, the Buddha had a vision o...
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• Vegetarianism and Zen Practice

  Category: Buddhism
  Buddhism has long been associated with vegetarianism. Ask someone outside of Buddhism about a Buddhist diet and she will probably mention not eating meat. Jains, many Hindus, some Muslims, some Christians , and some other spiritual communities als...
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• The Buddhist Diet

  Category: Buddhism
  In this paper I will examine the Buddhist diet - its restrictions, significance, symbolism, and the reasons behind these guidelines. Most of the world's great religious or spiritual faiths have some sort of guidelines, restrictions, recommenda...
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• EATING MEAT: PEOPLE EATING OTHER PEOPLE

  Category: Buddhism
  For hundreds of thousands of years, the stew in the pot Has boiled up a resentment very hard to level. If you want to know why there are calamities and wars in the world, Just listen to the sounds from a slaughter-house at midnight...
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• On Stopping Killing!

  Category: Buddhism
  People who eat meat often make the excuse that it is natural to do so, that people were meant to eat meat. They promote this idea, and then freely indulge in taking the lives of their fellow creatures, thereby creating extensive hatred and enmity-...
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• A BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE ON ANIMAL RIGHTS

  Category: Buddhism
  NEWS I want to relate to you two striking examples of animals acting with more humanity than most humans. My point is not that animals are more humane than humans, but that there is dramatic evidence that animals can ...
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