Talk:Vegetarianism

While I'll agree that being vegetarian is wrong because steak is so right ... how can you possibly say that vegetarians are evil?? I seriously hope this is a joke. Jrssr5 11:39, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

I vehemently deny that porco-pesco-ovo-lacto-vegetarians do not exist. For I am one such.

I'd like to see a small discussion of the dietary habits of Seventh Day Adventists here. I don't know enough about it, so I don't know what to say. (I don't know if they are obliged to eat vegetarian, but I do know that it's common among them.) Also, if this article mentions the Bible forbidding eating pork products, it should also talk about other things forbidden in Leviticus--shellfish, certain birds and other animals. However, as these laws still allow eating beef, chicken, certain fish, and other animals, I'm not really sure it belongs in an article about vegetarianism. I may fix this later. Kolbe 05:12, 25 March 2007 (EDT)

I made a few corrections. example: Milk is a product, not a byproduct, of a cow. A Pesco-ovo-lacto veggie is also considered just a pescetarian. Rocksteel 02:27, 21 April 2007 (EDT)

Huh? Jesus a vegetarian/vegan or a raw foodist? Evidence in the Bible? I can think of one instance where he is clearly said to have eaten fish (after his resurrection, appearing to the apostles in the upper room) and several where it's implied (the Passover supper and the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, for example). Only raw foodists are pacifist or compassionate? I'm going to delete this reference. Kolbe 03:06, 22 April 2007 (EDT)

I don't think Jehovah's witnesses are obliged to be vegetarian. I once asked one why they disagreed with blood transfusions, and she said it's because it says somewhere in the Bible that thou shalt not drink blood (or something to that effect). I then asked if she was vegetarian, and she said no... Adventists refrain from vices like drinking coffee and smoking, but I think they eat meat. Emmeline 12:50, 8 May 2007 (EDT)

Why "think" when you can "google"? ;-)

• For more than 130 years Seventh-day Adventists (SDAs) have practiced a vegetarian dietary lifestyle because of their belief in the wholistic nature of people. [1] --Ed Poor 09:58, 29 May 2007 (EDT)

Just an FYI, from personal experience, this is not true of all SDAs. I was friends with a family that were SDA in high school, and from hanging out with them and attending a few of their church functions I can attest that they were not vegetarians. --Colest 10:05, 29 May 2007 (EDT)

comment on edit by Rschlafly

There is no evidence that vegetarians need to take any dietary supplements, other than B12 in some circumstances (Elderly, pregnant women, very small children), even then this vitamin can be found naturally:

"Fortified cereals are one of the few sources of vitamin B12 from plants, and are an important dietary source of vitamin B12 for strict vegetarians and vegans. Strict vegetarians and vegans who do not consume foods that come from plants that are fortified with vitamin B12 need to consider taking a dietary supplement that contains vitamin B12 and should discuss the need for vitamin B12 supplements with their physician". http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitaminb12.asp--Felix 12:16, 29 May 2007 (EDT)

Henry Thoreau famously lived a year and a half on food he grew himself, as described in Walden. --Ed Poor 12:18, 29 May 2007 (EDT)