jagatpurush Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 Srila Prabhupada: If there is enough milk, enough grains, enough fruit, enough cotton, enough silk and enough jewels, then why do the people need cinemas, houses of prostitution, slaughterhouses, etc.? What is the need of an artificial luxurious life of cinema, cars, radio, flesh and hotels? Has this civilization produced anything but quarreling individually and nationally? Has this civilization enhanced the cause of equality and fraternity by sending thousands of men into a hellish factory and the war fields at the whims of a particular man? Do not the cows require proper protection for a joyful life by being fed with a sufficient quantity of grass in the field? Why should men kill cows for their selfish purposes? Why should man not be satisfied with grains, fruits and milk, which, combined together, can produce hundreds and thousands of palatable dishes? Why are there slaughterhouses all over the world to kill innocent animals? Should not a king or executive head protect the lives of the poor animals who are unable to defend themselves? Is this humanity? Are not the animals of a country citizens also? Then why are they allowed to be butchered in organized slaughterhouses? Are these the signs of equality, fraternity and nonviolence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 The bible says 'animals are food' The Koran says killing and eating animals pleases Allah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrsinghadev Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Jay Srila Prabhupada! A beautiful and truthful plea for sanity by our beloved acharya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagatpurush Posted March 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 > The bible says 'animals are food' > The Koran says killing and eating animals pleases Allah. provide quotations please. where in the bible and koran does it say this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jijnasi Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Most Americans have pets in their houses. They develop a relationship with them as if they are family also. How is it that a cat and dog are different than any other animals on the planet? It is a hypocrasy that it is considred acceptable to have pets and eat other animal flesh. God created everything beautiful in its own way, we have to respect and love all God's creations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Hare Krishna, Extract from Science of Self Relization by HDG Srila Prabhupada....... Mike Robinson: How do you know that the animal has a soul? Srila Prabhupada: You can know, also. Here is the scientific proof: the animal eats, you eat; the animal sleeps, you sleep; the animal has sex, you have sex; the animal also defends, you also defend. Then what is the difference between you and the animal? How can you say that you have a soul but the animal doesn't? Mike Robinson: I can see that completely. But the Christian scriptures say... Srila Prabhupada: Don't bring in any scriptures; this is a commonsense topic. Try to understand. The animal is eating, you are eating; the animal is sleeping, you are sleeping; the animal is defending, you are defending; the animal is having sex, you are having sex; the animals have children, you have children; they have a living place, you have a living place. If the animal's body is cut, there is blood; if your body is cut, there is blood. So, all these similarities are there. Now, why do you deny this one similarity, the presence of the soul? This is not logical. You have studied logic? In logic there is something called analogy. Analogy means drawing a conclusion by finding many points of similarity. If there are so many points of similarity between human beings and animals, why deny one similarity? That is not logic. That is not science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Hare Krishna! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I offer my humble obeisances unto him! Srila Prabhupada.........you are the greatest!! I love you and your arguments. Thank you for doing what you did!! Haribol! anand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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