tory

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  1. Not to me. I think almond milk is the best :) and chocolate almond milk....and vanilla...As for the eggs, I used to love them, but now I don't miss them at all.
  2. Yes, but I don't want any animal fat in my diet. I'm not a nutritionist or anything to say what amounts of different fats we need, but I know 7 people (my grandfather's lifelong friends) who have been vegetarians for 20-40 years now and they have no health problems and look and feel way better than other people of their age. And then I see people getting heart attacks, strokes, and other things because of the animal fat and cholesterol they consumed their whole lives. So, I better stick with "good" fats and oils from plants (olive oil, coconut oil, avocado, nuts).
  3. LOL I actually wash my vegetables really well before eating them to make sure there's no eggs and webs. Don't you?:) And I cut off all the black spots/dots and peel them if possible (e.g. cucumbers, apples, etc.) Yes, I do eat an occasional free-range bug, but there's nothing I can do about it. I'm vegan, but there's no such thing as 100% vegan. 100% vegan is a dead one :) All I can do is try to eliminate animal/insect suffering to the extent possible.
  4. Like I said before, I just wanted to vent about that particular Sunday. I'm the one who was being attacked; so, naturally, I got defensive. I would agree with everything you said if I was the one starting to argue. I do use emotionally charged words, but only after being called "an apostate" or "ungrateful of God's creatures". Usually, people get all worked up seconds after learning that I'm vegan.They start quoting that scripture without understanding the meaning of it. That scripture is not against vegetarianism, but against requiring people to be vegetarians as the Shakers did. So, I actually love that scripture just as the one after it that talks about "no need":)
  5. No, I don't think that veganism is required by the WoW. However, I do think that D&C 49:21 requires me to be a vegetarian given the circumstances I have right now. Living in a developed town where I have no problem getting any kind of food I want, I would be lying to myself, to God, and to everyone else if I said that I "need" to kill animals (or pay someone else to do it for me). Yes, one of the reasons I'm vegan is the conditions in which these products are produced. I could buy "free range" stuff, but you can't always trust this sticker, plus it's more expensive. And no matter whether it's a "free range" "happy" cow/chicken or a factory farm one, in the end they all end up on someone's table. So, by eating eggs/milk I would be supporting the meat industry. Also, I don't want all the stuff that's in milk/eggs like fat, cholesterol, hormones, blood, pus, etc. entering my body. It's not good for me and simply gross.
  6. Well, normally I'm not the preachy type. I keep quiet, but if I get attacked I get defensive and then start preaching :) Here I just wanted to vent about that sunday school lesson that was brought up.
  7. That particular Sunday was my least favorite Sunday of all because I got attacked by everyone for being a vegan . Yet, it's ok when they stuff their faces with animals corpses everyday and call it "sparingly" They kept quoting D&C 49:18-19: 18 And whoso biddeth to abstain from meats, that man should not eat the same, is not ordained of God; 19 For, behold, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and that which cometh of the earth, is ordained for the use of man for food and for raiment, and that he might have in abundance. Helloooo, it doesn't say "And whoso abstaineth from meat is not ordained of God". This verse only means that you shouldn't tell/require someone to not eat meat as the Shakers did, it's an individual choice. And it's funny how the next verse is being ignored: 21 And wo be unto man that sheddeth blood or that wasteth flesh and HATH NO NEED. (Footnote to that verse: JST Gen. 9: 11 And surely, blood shall not be shed, only for meat, TO SAVE YOUR LIVES; and the blood of every beast will I require at your hands. (I capitalized those words so that they don't get overlooked)) "...hath no need." I do not eat animals because I have no need for it. It's been proven that you can stay alive and healthy without eating dead animal parts. In fact, I feel way better now than when I used to eat them. Yes, some vegetarians do get sick, but I think it's most likely because they're not being smart about it. Variety is the key. I will get sick if I eat only rice or only beans or only salad everyday. As long as I have a variety in my diet, I'm healthy. Right now my diet includes some vegetables, grains, and seeds that I never even heard of when I was eating meat. The only element that plants don't have is B12, so I get it from fortified cereals, soy milk, and nutritional yeast. Going back to verse 18...I can not say that vegetarian diet is the way everyone should live. It's up to an individual to decide. Everyone has different circumstances and lives in different parts of the world. Say, if I lived in some remote town/village in the middle of nowhere, and there was only one store that didn't have a lot to choose from, then yes, I'd eat what is available including animals. But I live in Provo, Utah. I can go to any one of the countless grocery stores here, and I can buy vegetables, fruit, seeds, nuts, beans, juices, etc. no matter what time of year it is. Therefore, there's no need for dead animals. The only "need" that I used to have was that "it tastes good". But I'm glad I finally realized that it's not a need, it's just a want, and that I am accountable for every animal that suffers because of me. One girl even said to me that by not eating animals I'm not being grateful and respectful of Gods creatures Well, I am being grateful and respectful, but I do it in a different way. She respects them by killing them, and I respect them by saving and preserving them and by eliminating unnecessary suffering. (Sorry if my English sounds weird, it's not my first language :))