http://www.lanterntorch.com/afterthought/260/universal-morality/ Creative Illumination Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:47:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.lanterntorch.com/afterthought/260/universal-morality/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Hajar Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:21:13 +0000 http://www.lanterntorch.com/afterthought/260/universal-morality/#comment-165 Thank you for sharing this insight. I appreciate it. I am repeatedly compelled to explain to people why I do not eat the meat...even though it isn't pork...and I'm not a vegetarian. Some people actually get confrontational when they find out that it must be slaughtered in a specific way and the name of Allah must be mentioned at the moment it is killed. One Christian lady told me, "We thank God for it before we eat it!" And I told her, "We do too; but we also have to recite the name of God at the time of the slaughter, because God is the creator of the animal's life and we are taking its life." I think she understood then. Thank you for sharing this insight. I appreciate it. I am repeatedly compelled to explain to people why I do not eat the meat…even though it isn’t pork…and I’m not a vegetarian. Some people actually get confrontational when they find out that it must be slaughtered in a specific way and the name of Allah must be mentioned at the moment it is killed. One Christian lady told me, “We thank God for it before we eat it!” And I told her, “We do too; but we also have to recite the name of God at the time of the slaughter, because God is the creator of the animal’s life and we are taking its life.” I think she understood then.

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