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Rothiemurchus
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If I eat meat my body is made from dead things.
So is my body a graveyard?
So is my body a graveyard?
Is My Body a Graveyard? The Truth About Eating Meat
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Discussion Overview
The discussion revolves around the philosophical and biological implications of eating meat and its relation to life and death. Participants explore whether consuming meat makes the human body a "graveyard" and consider the broader context of what constitutes living and dead matter, including plants and cosmic origins.
Discussion Character
- Debate/contested
- Conceptual clarification
Main Points Raised
- One participant questions if the body can be considered a graveyard solely based on eating meat, suggesting that consuming any form of life, including plants, leads to a similar conclusion.
- Another participant points out that all food, whether meat or plant-based, comes from once-living organisms, thus challenging the notion that only meat consumption leads to being a "graveyard."
- A different viewpoint raises the question of whether the definitions of life and death are sufficient to address the implications of consuming living things.
- One participant introduces the idea that plants also consume meat, expanding the discussion to include the interconnectedness of life forms.
- Another participant argues that when something dies, it is consumed by life, suggesting that humans are part of a cycle of life rather than merely consuming dead matter.
Areas of Agreement / Disagreement
Participants express differing views on the implications of eating meat versus plants, and whether this consumption categorizes the body as a graveyard. The discussion remains unresolved, with multiple competing perspectives on the definitions of life and death.
Contextual Notes
Participants acknowledge a lack of consensus on the definitions of life and death, which influences their arguments. There are also assumptions about the nature of consumption and the interconnectedness of living organisms that remain unexamined.
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derekmohammed
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If this is a argument against eating meat it is pretty weak..
If you eat relativly anything that was once growing and now is not, you are eating something that is dead or dying. In that sense you are a graveyard no matter if you eat meat or plants...
(please excuse my ignorance of biological systems I am a physics/math major)
If you eat relativly anything that was once growing and now is not, you are eating something that is dead or dying. In that sense you are a graveyard no matter if you eat meat or plants...
(please excuse my ignorance of biological systems I am a physics/math major)
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Francis M
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Do you just stop at eating meat as eating what was once a living thing or do we go as far as to consider plants living things as well? Just a thought 
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russ_watters
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And don't forget, plants eat meat as well. Going back further, you are among the debris of a star that went supernova some 10 billion years ago.
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Rothiemurchus
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But are we made from dead stuff? Are we dead ourselves? I suppose this comes down to what the definitions of life and death are.
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derekmohammed
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Dear Rothiemurchus:
You must remember that when something "dies" death does ot consume it, life consumes it. To make the statement that by eating dead meat we are eating "dead stuff" really means that we are made of "living stuff" that consumes "dead stuff".
Therefore if your statement is correct we are really just consuming life. Therefore we ourselves can not be dead.
You must remember that when something "dies" death does ot consume it, life consumes it. To make the statement that by eating dead meat we are eating "dead stuff" really means that we are made of "living stuff" that consumes "dead stuff".
Therefore if your statement is correct we are really just consuming life. Therefore we ourselves can not be dead.
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