krish55 Posted December 10, 2013 #76 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Cows are venerated in ancient religions, simply because of the fact it acts as the Surrogate Mother - Milk, Cheese, Yogurt, Milk based Sweets.... Humans keep drinking milk (coffee/tea) till the end of their life, but when the cow stops giving milk, it is killed - The ancient religions felt that was not ethical. It was equated to killing one's mother. The cow is treated as holy because it gives away so many useful products to farmer / human. No other animal does that. She provides strength to plow the fields; milk, curd, butter to give nutrition to humans; even their urine and dung are useful to us with their medicinal values; cow urine is an insecticide; cow dung is a natural manure, cooking fuel and a disinfectant used in cleaning homes; they are useful even after their death with their skin and bones – all these by eating all kinds of agricultural wastes like paddy waste, oil cakes (waste after extracting oil), cotton seeds (waste after extracting cotton fibre). More importantly cow is gentle nature which represents the main teaching of ancient religions, Cow is therefore an auspicious and valuable git to the humanity by divine. Are they not worth to be worshipped? These cows and buffaloes produce milk for their own calves like our own women. But, on most occasions, the calves are killed immediately after birth not only to rob the milk but also to capitalise on their skin and meat. Cows are extremely intelligent with a strong bondage for their calves. They can identify a beef-eater by smell when approached and feel uneasy while passing by a slaughter-house. We, the real beneficiaries of the stolen milk, consciously are bound to protect these unknown mothers and help in providing a peaceful living. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Spartan Posted December 10, 2013 #77 Share Posted December 10, 2013 well, do you drink your tea or coffee with milk or without? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
your_dark_passenger Posted December 10, 2013 #78 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I don't think it has anything to do with psychedelic mushrooms. Cows provide an awful lot to India's people without being slaughtered for food. They give milk products and their dung is used for fuel. Ironically, India is one of the largest exporters of beef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Spartan Posted December 11, 2013 #79 Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) Ironically, India is one of the largest exporters of beef. Yeah! Very ironic. I am from India. South India to be precise. In the state of Kerala, where I am originally from, all folks eat beef regardless of Hindus, Muslims or Christians. maybe Bhramins are vegetarians, but other folks do eat meat. By the way, Brazil is the largest exporter of beef (contrary to the hyped news that India has overtaken Brazil as the largest beef exporting country) and Argentina is having an annual growth rate of 22.22% per annum while brazil has a % of 7.78 and India a % of 6.06!! statistics available at this link Edited December 11, 2013 by The_Spartan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted December 11, 2013 #80 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Cows are venerated in ancient religions, simply because of the fact it acts as the Surrogate Mother - Milk, Cheese, Yogurt, Milk based Sweets.... Humans keep drinking milk (coffee/tea) till the end of their life, but when the cow stops giving milk, it is killed - The ancient religions felt that was not ethical. It was equated to killing one's mother. The cow is treated as holy because it gives away so many useful products to farmer / human. No other animal does that. She provides strength to plow the fields; milk, curd, butter to give nutrition to humans; even their urine and dung are useful to us with their medicinal values; cow urine is an insecticide; cow dung is a natural manure, cooking fuel and a disinfectant used in cleaning homes; they are useful even after their death with their skin and bones – all these by eating all kinds of agricultural wastes like paddy waste, oil cakes (waste after extracting oil), cotton seeds (waste after extracting cotton fibre). More importantly cow is gentle nature which represents the main teaching of ancient religions, Cow is therefore an auspicious and valuable git to the humanity by divine. Are they not worth to be worshipped? These cows and buffaloes produce milk for their own calves like our own women. But, on most occasions, the calves are killed immediately after birth not only to rob the milk but also to capitalise on their skin and meat. Cows are extremely intelligent with a strong bondage for their calves. They can identify a beef-eater by smell when approached and feel uneasy while passing by a slaughter-house. We, the real beneficiaries of the stolen milk, consciously are bound to protect these unknown mothers and help in providing a peaceful living. I would think chickens should also be worshipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harte Posted December 15, 2013 #81 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Well, I do a highly stylized chicken dance ritual each time before I cut one up to fry. Harte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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