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(killing) is absolutely or partially forbidden, she firmly replied, that the old Testament and Jesus Christ have strictly forbidden Himsā. She further said even acts though involving slight injury or harm are also sinful-( Ahimsā ).
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Even in the book-" Imitations of Christ, it is pointed out that knowledge without universal sympathy is useless. Further it is said, one great in love is . really great. A careful reading of passages in the Bible clearly points out mercy for all living beings.
Even the followers of the Venerable, Zoroaster, are recommended abstention from flesh-eating. The three verses dictated by the venerable, Ahurmazad, prescribe mercy, sympathy and compassion towards all creatures and deprecate the slaughter of animals.
Flesh-eaters lay great stress on the taste they enjoy with pleasure in eating meat but they are really speaking groping in the dark. It is not a natural article of food, so the taste remains changing according to the acquired habits of human beings. The taste is not inherent in the thing but it is moulded in conformity with the tendencies and habits of those who use it. A thing which may be once repugnant to the taste, may be delicious at some other time so the argument for taste, is altogether untenable and is successfully contradicted by those who. were in the habit of taking flesh and have afterwords renounced it. Even in the dim dusk of past ages it has been proved by eminent scientists that human beings did not take animal food.
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