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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 2604458" data-attributes="member: 7240">Are you suggesting that your vegetarianism rises to the level of religious faith? Are you a Buddhist or Jainist? Actually, Buddhists are a poor example because for Buddhists, vegetarianism stems from a desire to avoid doing harm rather than from some kind of ritual impurity covenant breach. Most vegetarians I know are simply trying to avoid causing themselves or animals harm to the greatest possible degree; this is very different from keeping kosher or halal which stems from an idea that ritual impurity damages the link between the self and God. Anyway, I can't answer for the original poster but I think there are legitimate reasons to view secular vegetarian food proscriptions differently than religious purity rules.</blockquote>