Sacred Cow is in India only, not overseas.

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^^ interesting topic :)

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Plus it is chock full of flavonides and great for health. Alas, i stiil love my rib eye steak.

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and i luv my chicken :( being a veggie is hard.
anyways i just find the whole concept of 'feeding animals is sawab' funny....when u eat them too.

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it makes it halal .

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Good to hear that!

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My reading from History, Cow was declared scared since it was
1. Animal of toil - Hence used in agriculture
2. Milk - Hence Food
3. Urine - Used in those times with Gobar - It kills germs
4. Eats simple grass, doesn't need specific food to grow..

Hence it was economic lifeline of Agricultural Economy.
Though over time like many other practices in many religions, it has been taken literally and has created many problems for many of us..

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I think all farmers will agree with the 4 points you mentioned here but that dosent mean you start worshipping a animal
What next dog “man’s best friend”

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Good point is that we are agreeing on something, and I do agree that not necessary to worship animal. I said that in my last post itself.
Though clearly practices in religion take time to change. There is animal worship/sacredness in many of the religion. I have seen Pig raises tempers with Muslims, though I don’t know why.
In Hindu’s most of us have started eating meat, which was a taboo till 20-30 years back. Its a flexible religion with guidance to live life. There are still sections where Cow is important, 70% of Hindus in India still do agriculture.
Many a religious practices are indicated based on time when the religious book was written.

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Pigs are considered unclean by muslims and jews.Not because they are sacred

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Not necessary unclean any more, the way pigs are raised in US farms.

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That is your opinion

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simliarly - What should be or should not be worshipped is your opinion. If worshipping means only giving importance in one group. While the path to GOD is Spritualism.

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i guess then man made religon is different in different parts of world...

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You mean just following rituals with no spritualism? Yes that is wrong too but rituals with spritualism togather shape your faith

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how come china japan and europe survived eating pork?

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nobody is saying that pork is poison,but because pig is a scavanger it is forbidden to eat its flesh,but if no food is avalible and there is a danger to life then it can be consumed

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Yeah that is why all the vegetable eating Hindus of Gujrat were all that “peace loving” when they committed the massacre of Muslims. I guess that’s what you call “pure thoughts”

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you can't wait to be 40?
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Absolutely.
Though I have never heard that praying to a GOD not related to one of the incarnations would give a person salvation. Like Hanuman gives material strength, though salvation is by Ram. This would be complex for some people. Though its like concepts are different.

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how about wine?

The key to reaping the health benefits of red wine seems to be moderate consumption. Drinking one glass a day for women and up to two glasses a day for men may decrease the risk of heart disease, cancer and stroke. Excessive or binge drinking, however, doesn’t produce the same benefits. In other words, when it comes to red wine: more is not better.
http://www.red-wine-and-health.com/

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Cow in india or overseas......... and wine..two very related topics!:)