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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
I read your rant about raw food recently. Have you actually read about the principles behind it? Some of it is somewhat flaky, but other parts make sense. I think eating a larger proportion of our food as raw would be a good idea, but a lot of food is just begging to be cooked.
What Harrelson did was disrespectful considering his diet is based on his belief from a materialistic view, rather than a moral or spiritual (I think---I'm not sure raw food proponents go beyond the molecular in their beliefs).
The thing I always say about being a guest is that even Buddha ate meat if it was served to him. The only exception was that the meat should not have been killed specifically for him, i.e., in his honour.
There are also ascetic Buddhist monks who live only by the compassion of others through alms. If these alms include meat, they will eat it just the same.
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My big thing on raw diets is the why, no more than that. I just can't wrap my brain around someone not wanting to cook their food. Not in a no-meat way, just a "why limit yourself to raw foods" way. I just don't understand it, but that's all there is to it. I understand not eating meat, just eating raw throws me into a "Duh.... What?" state of mind.
People all over the world eat food in different ways and that's fine with me. The Indians (country India not native americans) I met on the cruise ship were mostly veggies (they did eat some shellfish) and I sat down to their simple meals everyday without saying a word. I could have been a dick and said, "You guys should put some meat in here", but then I wouldn't have been invited back. I ate like they did because that is what you should do.