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saying grace before you feed

not4unot4u Posts: 512
edited January 2007 in A Moving Train
When eating flesh or muscle do you thank god? or the animal that has been slaughtered?
we don't want war, but we still want more?
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  • LazLaz Posts: 118
    good question, did the animal knowingly kill itself to provide me with its flesh?
  • MeatwagonMeatwagon Posts: 108
    I thank Weber for the nice grill I get to cook that dead cow on!!!
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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    yes i do
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  • Eliot RosewaterEliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    Well now I feel guilty for ordering the pasta with chicken at lunch today. Thanks a lot.
  • sonicreducersonicreducer Posts: 713
    actually i give thanks to chuck norris,...
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  • EvilToasterElfEvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
    You know, I don't really believe in God, but I submit there is a possiblity of his or her existence

    I am not very religious, obviously

    But everytime I put a tasty morsel of formerly living flesh in my mouth, taste the juice, and the fibers, and swallow it down. I thank the Lord God Almighty to the ceiling
  • Cuntified CCuntified C Posts: 114
    not4u wrote:
    When eating flesh or muscle do you thank god? or the animal that has been slaughtered?
    I think it's been some 20 odd years since I've said Grace.
  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    Not religious at all so the answer would be, no never.
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  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    Who's Grace...is she hot...?
  • even flow?even flow? Posts: 8,066
    inmytree wrote:
    Who's Grace...is she hot...?


    The last time I said Grace before I ate. My girlfriend freaked out that I forgot her name. Didn't get to eat that day. ;)
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  • AbuskedtiAbuskedti Posts: 1,917
    even flow? wrote:
    The last time I said Grace before I ate. My girlfriend freaked out that I forgot her name. Didn't get to eat that day. ;)

    lol
  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    even flow? wrote:
    The last time I said Grace before I ate. My girlfriend freaked out that I forgot her name. Didn't get to eat that day. ;)

    ha ha ha...busted...!!! you dog, you... :D
  • hailhailkchailhailkc Posts: 582
    inmytree wrote:
    Who's Grace...is she hot...?

    Grace? She died twenty years ago...
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  • AbuskedtiAbuskedti Posts: 1,917
    I don't, but I think its kinda nice to take a second to appreciate things..
  • chopitdownchopitdown Posts: 2,222
    I say thanks, but not just for food...I also say thanks for my fur coat and my cowhide boots too
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  • *given*to*fly**given*to*fly* Posts: 325
    the only person to thank for the the food on my table are the hard working ppl who put it there
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  • Staceb10Staceb10 Posts: 675
    Well I don't "feed"... I "eat". Anyhoos, not really. I will if someone else there wants to but I don't do it normally. Not that I'm not thankful to have food.
  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    Before all meals. If I'm in a home that doesn't I just silently say it in my head. If you're in my home I expect you to respect the 30 or so seconds it takes.
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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    I thank who ever cooked the meal.
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  • AbuskedtiAbuskedti Posts: 1,917
    mammasan wrote:
    I thank who ever cooked the meal.

    Me too :)
  • hailhailkchailhailkc Posts: 582
    Staceb10 wrote:
    Well I don't "feed"... I "eat". Anyhoos, not really. I will if someone else there wants to but I don't do it normally. Not that I'm not thankful to have food.

    Hypocrite ALERT!!!!!!!!!!! ;):D
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  • Eliot RosewaterEliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    First of all, referring to meat as 'flesh or muscle' just made me throw up in my mouth. There are many reason why I don't eat meat often and you just added to the list. Although I can appreciate the words you used, especially 'feed' because it points out the animalistc nature of eating meat, especially something like ribs or wings where a civilized and even proper human being can be found gnawing on animal bones.

    As for saying grace.....I try to pray before meals but I often forget to. When I do, I certainly thank God and whoever prepared and/or provided the meal. And even if I'm out with people or at someone's house who doesn't pray, if I remember I'll still say a silent prayer in my head.
  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    Rub a dub dub, thanks for the grub, yay God.
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • not4unot4u Posts: 512
    don't gimme no wrote:
    First of all, referring to meat as 'flesh or muscle' just made me throw up in my mouth. There are many reason why I don't eat meat often and you just added to the list. Although I can appreciate the words you used, especially 'feed' because it points out the animalistc nature of eating meat, especially something like ribs or wings where a civilized and even proper human being can be found gnawing on animal bones.

    As for saying grace.....I try to pray before meals but I often forget to. When I do, I certainly thank God and whoever prepared and/or provided the meal. And even if I'm out with people or at someone's house who doesn't pray, if I remember I'll still say a silent prayer in my head.

    i agree with you alot here. I mostly thank the earth for nourishment (if i remember) and the life of any animal that i have taken for granted by not hunting it and using it myself (although foolish me, i have never hunted besides fishing). I rarley eat meat also, and to see someone feeding on ribs and especially chicken wings makes me naushis aswell.
    we don't want war, but we still want more?
  • LazLaz Posts: 118
    EvilToasterElf wrote:
    You know, I don't really believe in God, but I submit there is a possiblity of his or her existence

    I am not very religious, obviously

    Religiosity has nothing to do with belief in God or even gods... Isn't religion just a set of beliefs regarding the nature and purpose of the universe? Atheists can surely be religious for they have a set of beliefs regarding the nature and purpose of the universe, do they not?
  • AbuskedtiAbuskedti Posts: 1,917
    Laz wrote:
    Religiosity has nothing to do with belief in God or even gods... Isn't religion just a set of beliefs regarding the nature and purpose of the universe? Atheists can surely be religious for they have a set of beliefs regarding the nature and purpose of the universe, do they not?

    I'll buy that
  • not4unot4u Posts: 512
    Laz wrote:
    Religiosity has nothing to do with belief in God or even gods... Isn't religion just a set of beliefs regarding the nature and purpose of the universe? Atheists can surely be religious for they have a set of beliefs regarding the nature and purpose of the universe, do they not?

    pretty kewl statment. kind of justifies my reasons for being spiritual instead of religious. then again its my spirituality that makes my religion.
    we don't want war, but we still want more?
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I've only seen it done in the houses of American families I've visited, but I've been happy to go along with the convention not just from politeness but because it added to the pleasantness of the meal. It didn't hurt me to do it, and it made the hosts happy.
  • DPrival78DPrival78 CT Posts: 2,263
    hailhailkc wrote:
    Grace? She died twenty years ago...
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    the blesssiinggg!!
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  • thankyoupearljamthankyoupearljam Posts: 12
    I am a vegetarian so I don't eat any meat what so ever. Also, I am not religous at all. So I don't say grace but when I am around people who are eating meat it makes me sick and I have to wonder if they even realize that it was living a while ago.
    Nature has it's own religion, gospel from the land...
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