The Only Diet for a Peacemaker Is a Vegetarian Diet

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The Only Diet for a Peacemaker Is a Vegetarian Diet

 

By John Dear, National Catholic Reporter. Posted July 12, 2008.

 

 

 

Vegetarianism a key ingredient in the new life of peace, compassion and

nonviolence. Tools

 

In Fort Lauderdale, Fla., last week to speak at the National Convention of

Unitarian Universalists, I met my old friend Bruce Friedrich. We spent eight

memorable months together in a tiny jail cell, along with Philip Berrigan, for

our 1993 Plowshares disarmament action. A former Catholic Worker, Bruce is now

one of the leaders of PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. He gave

a brilliant workshop on the importance of becoming a vegetarian, something I

urge everyone to consider.

 

I became a vegetarian with a few other Jesuit novices shortly after I entered

the Jesuits in 1982 and later wrote a pamphlet for PETA, " Christianity and

Vegetarianism. " I based my decision solely on Francis Moore Lappe's classic

work, Diet for a Small Planet, a book that I think everyone should read.

 

In it, Lappe, the great advocate for the hungry, makes an unassailable case that

vegetarianism is the best way to eliminate world hunger and to sustain the

environment.

 

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With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first

thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.