[Carol]

Izz, from one perspective you are absolutely correct. To kill and to eat another animal is wrong from several spiritual perspectives.

Then there is the reality that if the body goes without meat in 7 years it loses the capacity to produce its own vitamin B. In fact, some bodies become anemic without meat and just do very poorly. Blood type O needs meat where another Blood type doesn't. Who is to say what is right here? We chose not to eat meat for spiritual reasons and then chose to eat meat again for medical reasons.

I did speak to a Buddhist about this once and there was a lovely story she told which referred to how the consciousness of that which was eaten was raised by the act of becoming one with person who needed food to live. That if not eaten, consciousness would stay at the same level. I wish I could remember the story to pass it on as it did help me personally come to terms with this delemma.