Hindu fundamentalists think that those who eat fish and meat are criminals. Fundamentalists of every religion are corrupting these religions. The fundamentalists of all these religions make their living by keeping fear alive in the minds of people. People’s food habits change with time and circumstances and have nothing to do with religion.
I have been thinking of writing an article on this topic for a long time but in the end it was not happening anymore. I have seen many people who are against eating fish and meat saying that there should be love for every animal or human being. To show it better they make different videos and make jokes sometimes they try to show through animation how sinful those who eat fish and meat are. They try to take out various parts of Hinduism to show how wrong we are who eat fish and that we must go to hell after death. Some Hindu institutions further preach that one must go to hell if one eats fish and meat, so these things should be given up first.. I’m not against any religious ideology it’s totally up to them what they eat or not but I don’t support making your own rules and imposing them on others. Vivekananda Ramakrishna These are supreme persons, supremely wise persons, they also eat fish and meat, so I want to know from all the wise persons that they are lacking in any part of their spirituality?. And the biggest thing is that those who don’t eat fish and meat eat something else. For example, let’s say that a vegetable also has life, then they are also killing some life, is it not their sin? If the judgment of virtue depends on food alone then surely I can say that no man in the world is innocent no matter how wise he may claim to be. Some time ago I was sitting in the dark and some mosquito was biting me but still I had spiritual consciousness but still I was killing the mosquito to save myself from suffering then did I commit a sin.?.I want to know from all those learned people who eat from morning till night, directly or indirectly kill any animal to make all the things they use, then they do not sin even if we say that we take plants then those plants also have life then they do not sin.?.
There is no end to such arguments but I would like to clarify this point in mine. I have said earlier that religion was once necessary for people to live properly in the world and these religions were formed depending on the various conditions of the society at that time. For example, Hinduism was introduced from India and the people of India at that time did not like to eat much fish and meat because they thought that plant-based food was more nutritious. But it is not that at that time any one would eat fish and meat, but the number of people was very small. At that time there were not so many people living, now the number of people has increased, the way of life of people has increased and the list of their needs has changed, so now if people take anything other than vegetables, then the fundamentalists have many objections. Now we know that the cheapest food for common people to consume non meat is fish or meat yes i agree there are other ways to get protein but it becomes very costly not everyone can afford that cost. Usually the people who give these advices run their families depending on religion so they don’t have to worry about the expenses but the middle class and lower class people have to think about their families because their income avenues are very limited.
I myself was born in a Bengali family and when I was a child we used to eat certain types of fish but nowadays due to the increased demand and limited supply we have started eating many other types of fish which we did not eat at one time due to which food habits have changed. For example, many marine fish we did not eat before but now we eat them and they are available in the market because it is not possible to supply this huge demand with a limited number of fish. And still if people don’t change their food habits then due to limited number of food the prices will go up so common middle class and lower class people will not be able to eat then my question to all the people who give advice on different things will all the wise people bear the cost of food supply.?. Not only food but many practical things of people have changed. At one time, people did not know what mobile phone is, but nowadays it is possible to bring the whole world in one hand with the help of mobile phone. As long as people’s eating habits, tastes, habits and thoughts will change, these are the natural laws of nature, no one can stop them, so if a person still wants to follow those fundamentalist principles, they can stay, but I think they have no right to impose all these barbaric laws on the society, due to which the common man will have to face a lot of problems.
Religion is not a small thing, it is a very big thing, it is connected with human mind, it is connected with human soul, so it is never possible to measure the extent of religion depending on who eats what. Usually these people who preach that you shouldn’t eat this or that you shouldn’t eat that are said to be some fundamentalist religion they want to live by and they want to make a living by misleading people so they shouldn’t care so much but religion must be obeyed and we should have faith in God. All these bigotry should not exist in any religion today Islam is so backward because the influence of all these fundamentalists in that religion is much more than Hinduism that’s why people of that religion could not be enlightened by the light of education and Hinduism has many fundamentalists who want to bring this thing in our religion so that their livelihood can be done properly. What to eat or not is entirely up to him, the constitution has given him that right, but you cannot force someone to eat something that is not right. This is your wrong approach. One thing I agree with is that if a person doesn’t like a particular food then they shouldn’t eat or talk about that food in front of that person because we should all respect everyone’s beliefs. We can only be truly civilized or educated if we can trust each other and not interfere with each other’s freedom. All these dogmas should be sent far away from us. Today I discussed a little about this topic, but I will participate in many discussions about this topic in the future because this topic has become a very deep topic that needs to be discussed a lot, only then will people’s misconceptions about several topics be removed.
