Don't trees/plants have feelings just like other animals?!
think of all the faerie's houses you are destroying!
and don't you think taking an apple from an apple tree is like taking a child from its mother?
is eating meat that wrong when you are out there eating vegetables? yes, cows mature, but so do apple trees and they both eventually give birth
so really, is eating an apple much different than a cow?
Answers: maybe some of you may think killing another animal against their will is wrong, but what if trees and plants have feelings too? aren't you taking them without their permission?
think of all the faerie's houses you are destroying!
and don't you think taking an apple from an apple tree is like taking a child from its mother?
is eating meat that wrong when you are out there eating vegetables? yes, cows mature, but so do apple trees and they both eventually give birth
so really, is eating an apple much different than a cow?
Of course plants have feelings!
Time and again, scientific studies have shown that plants respond to social and emotional stimulations.
Just think of the horror asparagus must feel when their spears as snipped off below ground level. Or consider the anguish of wheat when the seeds it so carefully nourished to propogate the species goes into the flour mill.
Or consider the plight of the poor defenseless watermelon. Thumped and prodded, torn from its roots in a warm sunny field and shipped thousands of miles to a concrete jungle only to be pawed, thumped, poked, and ultimately gutted like a hog in a slaughterhouse.
The shame of it all!!!!
That means that all vegans should quit eating vegetable matter as well as meat and live on filtered water and vitamin supplements until they starve.
As for me, I'm gonna eat a meal of beef, potatoes, carrots and onions in gravy, with biscuits on the side.
Doc
well than just eat dirt if plants AND animals are too good for you to eat......and sleep in a tree
I was just thinking about this the other day!
But the thing is, if people stopped eating meat and plants, all you would have left to eat are nuts and water.
And you would die from eating that for the rest of your life.
So i say, eat what is on the earth, but dont over pick plants, or over kill animals.
There is my opinion. =)
P.S.
And then if we found out that nuts and water had feelings and were alive, and we couldnt eat them, all the vegetarians and vegans would die. So eat what God has given you!
don't trees/plants have feelings just like other animals?
No, they don't. There is no "brain" to process the sensations, therefore any reactions are merely chemical or electric without any suffering.
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My punchline to your joke is:
* feeling are in the brain. Plants don't have a brain
* Plants aren't abused all their life
* Humans are not carnivorous.
*Plants are the healthiest way to get nutrition
as for fruit, they're meant to be eaten, so as to spread the seeds.
ok lets get this totally clear
plants do not have feelings, emotions, thoughts, or any animal charastericts. they are"alive" meaning they can grow and die. the only harm in cutting down or destroying plant life is less oxygen. animals on the other hand do have feelings, emotions, thoughts, etc. both plants and animals were put on this earth for the higher on the food chain the humans and we need both to live.
no, you need to have a nervous system to be "conscious" and to "feel". humans and animals do, plants don't. if you don't think you're important enough to deserve the nourishment you need to survive, you need to re-think your priorities.
And then if you think about it......If we can eat cows (meat) or plants (veggies) or fish... What in the heck will we eat. And by the way water comes from clouds and if we drink water aren't we in fact drinking "Cloud Babies" eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww
YOU ARE SOOO WRONG!
The point of a tree's life is to make a fruit so animals can eat it and drop the seeds soo a new plant can grow.
Plants have feelings..but not the extraordinary like animals.
people say plants are living things because they can produce food, but they do not actually "suffer" like animals do.
AND no taking an apple from a tree is not like taking a child from its mother.
The point of the mother is to make the fruit so others can eat it and drop seeds. (seeds are dropped through droppings in animals)
that is why plants make their fruit have a taste to attract animals.
Also..plants DO NOT think..what they do is almost automatic
EDIT: Bacteria dont have brains and dont feel either!!!
And if they did have brain wouldnt you think scientist have already discovered them?!?!
DURRR!!!!!!!!!
No. Plants do not have feelings or emotions, and no, they do not have brains.
Are you bored?
Plants do not have personalities, souls, and nerves that generate pain.
If you really think a pet dog or cat is the same as an apple you should rethink things.
I'm not for cutting tress down anymore than the next person-and I certainly do not do so-but plucking an apple is no more harmful to them then it would be to cut your hair.
As a medium and vegetarian I can assure you- Trees have energy but they have no soul or identity that has a life of it's own. It is from God. However, I have seen souls and identities from fish, dogs, and cats and other animals.
Trees should be respected and planted if one is chopped down-but that is not comparable to an animal that feels abuse , pain, and torture.
You want to justify their pain by comparing it to an apple? Would you do the same about a human baby that cannot speak? compare their pain to that of an apple?
Shame on you...
justify your beliefs some other way.
Or else, I hope you find comfort in your theory.
Hahahahahahaha...oh my God...my sides hurt. A brain in its nucleus???...hahahahaha...what YOU know about biology, my friend, can be written on the side of a rice grain. Do you even know what a nucleus is? I'm not even going to waste my time replying to this ridiculous question...anyone who compares an apple tree to a cow doesn't deserve an answer.
It all depends on your point of view. If I was the Apple I would would say it is better to eat the cow. The fact is that we are human and our bodies are basically made up of the food we eat. What we eat literally becomes part of us. Some people don't want animals that live horrible stressful lives to become part of their body while some people don't care what they choose to become part of their body. But we have to eat something to stay alive. I would rather be a vegetable killer the an animal killer, but I guess we can still call it killing something that was alive so we can live.
It's the same hostile questions in here, over and over again. And they're all rooted in the defensiveness meat-eaters feel when we confront them with their own dietary choices.
Plants don't have nervous systems. They don't nurture their young, form social groups, or feel pain. If you can't figure out the difference between an apple and a cow, I really can't help you, but I do feel very sorry for you.
I really hope that you are trying to be a smart a** here and you really don't think that taking an apple away from an apple tree is like taking a child from it's mother.
Eating a cow IS completely different to eating an apple which happened to be fertilized by cow manure. Plants don't have a nervous system so they can't feel pain. Its NOT the same thing as killing as animal. Besides we need to eat something we can just go out side and photosynthesize. This question and similar have been asked at least 200 times.
Traditionally vegetarianism is practiced by most cultures for reasons of compassion and reverence for life and non-violence, and the Jains are no exception to this. However, the definition and understanding of non-violence by Jains goes much deeper than others that this author has come across. The medical reasons for being a vegetarian are relatively a modern phenomenon mostly during the past half a century or so, during which period developments in the modern medicine have established links between certain ailments and the non-vegetarian diet. The very fundamental question that is often asked of a vegetarians is, "If non-violence is the basis of vegetarianism, why eat plant based foods?
Don't plants have life?" In this respects Jains perhaps were the very first ones to acknowledge that plants are a life form, long before it was established by the modern day biological sciences. Jains recognize five physical senses namely touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing as the principal attributes of living beings. All life forms in the universe are then classified in terms of the senses found in various creatures. Here as a word of caution, the senses should not be confused with other attributes of life, such as breathing, circulatory and nervous systems, heart and brain etc. that are dealt with as a separate topic in Jainism. The lowest life forms are those with only one sense, the sense of touch, such as the plant life, the highest life forms have all the fives senses such as human beings, mammals and most of the animal kingdom. The other intermediary life forms are the living beings with: two senses - touch and taste such as an earth worm, three senses - touch, taste and smell such as lice, and four senses- touch, taste, smell and sight for example mosquitoes. Senses appear in various living beings strictly in the order specified, i.e., touch is the most primitive of all senses, and hearing is the last sense found at the most advanced stage of development. No other combinations of these senses are known to exist. This in itself may be the most remarkable contribution of ancient Jains to the modern life sciences on the evolution of living beings.
Having classified all life forms in this manner, and realizing that human beings must eat to derive their nutrition and to survive, life with only one sense, that is basically plant life, is the only permitted food for human consumption. To reconcile the principle of non-violence with the consumption of plant based diet, and to preserve plant-life as best as possible, there are strict dietary codes of practice recommended for day to day living. These include prohibition on the consumption of some vegetables and fruits, restrictions on procurement of produce, restrictions of times and timings, fasting, recommended occupations etc. Such codes, with their feasible interpretations follow.
3. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS ON PLANT BASED EDIBLES
Vegetables and fruits that grow underground (roots of plants) are prohibited as a general rule. Clearly enough, to procure such vegetables and fruits, one must pull out the plant from the root, thus destroying the entire plant, and with it all the other micro organisms around the root. Fresh fruits and vegetables should be plucked only when ripe and ready to fall off, or ideally after they have fallen off the plant. In case they are plucked from the plants, only as much as required should be procured and consumed without waste. Grains, such as wheat, rice, maize, beans are obtained when the plants or the pods are dry and dead. Cutting down of green trees for wood or any other use is strictly prohibited. This is indeed a shining example of "conservation" in ancient times, which modern civilization is still trying to find ways for.
An orthodox Jain fasts twice a fortnight, on the eighth and the fourteenth day of the full and the new moon cycles of the lunar calendar Some fast even thrice, including the fifth day of the two lunar cycles. During fasting only food prepared from grains is consumed and no green vegetables or fruits are eaten.
In context of "root vegetables and fruits," most modern day Jains have devised self-imposed restrictions, not sanctioned by the religion. The majority of Jains with the exception of the orthodox, traditional ones, eat most of the underground vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, turnips etc. for reasons of social convenience (after all they fall within the regime of a vegetarian diet). Even amongst these exceptions, a large percentage still do not eat onions and garlic. The reasons advanced is their strong odor and that they are Tamsik, food that leads to lethargic action.
It is a common saying that "One is what one eats". But Jains go much farther in defining the character of an individual. According to them "One is what one thinks", a fact that any criminal and social psychologist shall confirm. Violence in thought is as detrimental to the development of character as violence in action. To this extent, candies and chocolates shaped as animals are generally not consumed in Jain families. Imagine a child going around eating the "head of a rabbit" or "leg of a man". What will be his/ her psychology and personality? If you want to eat chocolate, just do that, why lace it with an unappetizing thought of cruelty to animals and/ or cannibalism. Orthodox Jains do not even eat cooked/ prepared food from the shops. All food should be prepared within the house under the most hygienic conditions.