Becoming Vegetarians ?!

Becoming vegetarians? Not so long while ago, I said “Hell No!” to it. Since I kinda start cooking vegetarian meals (specifically “Pescetarian” diet: OK for seafood, not meat), I start thinking it isn’t as bad as I thought. You can cook various tasty dishes with only vegetables – Mexican, French, Italian… You name it! Vegetarian meals can be super awesome and tasty! I didn’t get used to use tofu instead of meat at the beginning, now I’m OK for the concept. I used to crave “BEEF” a lot, but my appetite for meat gets lesser now.

Do you want to know the reasons why I’m not vegetarian (yet) ?! These reasons prevent me from becoming vegetarian: 1) I love animal foods -it’s tasty and nutritious. 2) I acknowledge the fact that human being is a sinful creature that can’t survive without eating animals. (I mean in healthy way as our bodies require) 3) I’m not convinced enough the reasons why I should become a vegetarian as vegetarians claim. I wanna talk deeper about the reason No. 3.

Health, animal rights, religious or other beliefs, environment, parental preferences… Those are the most common reasons for becoming vegetarians. It’s your personal choice – I get that and I respect that. Yeah, it’s cruel how we raise and kill animals – just to eat. But what’s gonna happen if we didn’t do so – in charge of what and how much to eat?

Many Vegetarians also claim that killing animals are NOT OK, but eating plants are OK. Don’t forget the FACT – it’s not just my personal opinion – both animals and plants are alive. That’s why they grow. Why can we say which lives are more important than others?? Why can we say killing animals is Not OK but eating(KILLING) plants is OK?? When did we (especially Vegetarians) become the GOD to judge it?

I do think we all need to realize that we human being are the sinful creature that can’t survive without eating alive creatures – BOTH animals and plants. For me (hope not just me), both lives are EQUALLY important. Vegetarians might claim animals have emotions – they cry. Who the hell can we say plants DON’T have ones? They might have them – we just don’t know: I saw an episode of “Myth Busters” (TV show that tests urban myth scientifically) that they grew 2 identical plants in a hostile environment (loud music & nasty comments toward the plant) and in a pleasant one (natured music and benevolent comments) at the same time. Guess what? The latter lasted longer…

I do appreciate whatever I eat because of my understanding of food intake and meanings of life. Hence, I’m not convinced enough for the reason why I should eat only plants as they claim. If you give me good reasons, I’ll become a Vegetarian and support “Becoming Vegetarians”!!