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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kds1980" data-source="post: 50495" data-attributes="member: 1178">ekmusafir jifirst of all i am really sorry to say word people like you.i am too here want constructive debatefrom past 1.5 years i have participated in many debates including many on meat issue.i ahve mostly read  all the arguement from veggie camp,and non veg camp.honestly speaking mostly it is vegetarians that are misinterprettting gurbani ,changing history.there are many evidences in sikh history that puratan sikhs ate meat which very strict in following guru's order.they would have preferred to die rather than disobeying guru's order.there are many evidences that preffered death rather than cutting hair but there is no evidence that puratean sikhs prefered death over not eating meat.even if you look at some of the families which are strictly following sikhi from  generations also eat meat.so it is quite clear that diet was not an issuein sikhism.on internet i have found this obsession of vegetarianism mainly in sikhs living in western countriesnow coming bcak on guru granth sahi.guru granth sahib is written in mystical metaphorical poetry with many examples of that time.it is better to understand the whole meaning of shabad rather than picking single line to to prove our point.if we all start picking single lines then we will find too many contradictions in sggs.Shalok, First Mehl:In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, people have faces like dogs; they eat rotting carcasses for food.They bark and speak, telling only lies; all thought of righteousness has left them.Those who have no honor while alive, will have an evil reputation after they die.Whatever is predestined, happens, O Nanak; whatever the Creator does, comes to pass.in the above shabad dogs eating rotten carcasses in just an example.obviously whenever an animal eat a carcasspeople just don't like it .i think thats why this example is used.nowhere the shabad is dealing with whether someone should eat meat or notsimilarly the shalok of kabir ji is mainly dealing with issue of hypocracy of mullahs and not whether meat eating is right or wrongon the other hand if we analyse shabad maas maas kar moorakh jhagrey that shabad is totally dedicated to this issueso it is quite clear that diet was not an issue in sikhism.if our guru's really wanted to promote vegetarianism they then they had clearly added shabads which directly says not to eat meat and shabad maas maas kar moorakkh jhagrey had not been in guru granth sahib.even if we look at environment then it is clear that human always eat what is available in their environment.the peopleliving in coastal areas eating seafood from centuries because it is the only thing that is available in their environmentso it too indicate that our guru's were quite practical on this issue.</blockquote>

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