Category: Veganism / Pro-Life

Biblical Vegetarianism

April 8th, 2009
by Vasu Murti das According to the Bible, God intended the entire human race to follow a vegetarian diet (Genesis 1:29). Paradise is vegetarian. Rashi (Rabbi Solomon von Isaac, 1030-1105), the famous Jewish Bible commentator, taught that "God did not pe… more »

Doing Enough for Animals

December 21st, 2008
by Vasu Murti das "One man's meat is another man/woman/child's hunger." This slogan is part of the "Enough" campaign, with its aim of reducing meat consumption. The campaign highlights the waste of resources involved in feeding grain to animals.… more »

Interview with Abolitionist-Online in Australia

September 26th, 2008
In your book "They Shall Not Hurt Or Destroy” you say a few years ago Norm Phelps came to the conclusion, such as I myself have, that the animal rights movement will never succeed until we 'convert' the churches, mosques and synagogues to our cause. Is t… more »

Refuting 'Not Even Close'

September 17th, 2008
During 1986–1988, when I had access to USENET, a nationwide computer network linking corporations, military bases, think tanks, universities, etc., I paid close attention to the abortion debate. The subject of animal rights always came up, albeit i… more »

The Height of Hypocrisy

June 14th, 2008
Jyoti Marie writes: Where I work I am particularly disturbed about all this boasting of people becoming "yoga teachers" and still eating animals. What do you think about the idea of co-writing an article on what I am calling "Faux-ga Teache… more »

Cow Protection

November 15th, 2007
Regarding vegetarianism vs. veganism, man is the only species that drinks the milk of another species. All other species drink the milk of the mothers of their own species until they are weaned. Cow's milk is the perfect food—if you're a baby c… more »

Reverend Janet Regina Hyland

October 22nd, 2007
Author, God's Covenant with Animals born: November 30, 1933; 4:25 a.m.; New York, NY died: October 8th ?, 2007; Sarasota, FL (Shortly before passing away in early October 2007, Regina agreed to have a Hindu astrologer analyze her astrolog… more »

Pro-Life Liberals

September 22nd, 2007
Respected pro-life columnist Nat Hentoff is a self-described "liberal Jewish atheist." Not your stereotypical pro-lifer! The pro-life movement desperately needs religious diversity, and someone like Hentoff gives it credibility in secular ci… more »

America Needs More Vegan Politicians!

September 14th, 2007
Dennis & Elizabeth Kucinich I'm sympathetic to the Kucinich campaign. America needs more vegan politicians! Having been born and raised in this country as a member of a religious minority, I believe in a secular society, but I'm not a secular… more »

Veganism and Krishna Consciousness

September 3rd, 2007
Srila Prabhupada has written, "Real philosophy is nothing more than this: friendliness to all living entities." Elsewhere, he writes, "If people are to be educated in the path back to Godhead, they must be taught first and foremost to stop… more »