Jains and Their Immune Systems

Damasta · Post by **Damasta** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:38 am

So, I just thought I'd defend myself since FNA was rather judgmental.

My question was serious, but wasn't an attack on Jain beliefs or an attempt to demonstrate that said beliefs are untenable. I genuinely wanted to know how they reconcile their goal of nonviolence with cases where violence literally can't be avoided. It's an intriguing moral dilemma and I wanted to know how they tackle it. So, it would've been more like a non-LDS asking how Mormons reconcile their observance of Word of Wisdom with the fact that tea has many health benefits.

I had a neo-hippy friend who tried to implement ahimsa in his life and when I asked him this question his only answer was "I guess I have to kill myself". (Aside: Westerners make horrible Jains/Buddhists/Hindus.) Other than that, I don't know any practitioners of ahimsa, so I asked the board.

The answer itself was very informative, to me, but the diatribe was, I felt, unwarranted and somewhat lacking in the very charity werf implored of me.

NerdGirl · Post by **NerdGirl** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:57 am

I thought it was actually a pretty interesting question and answer. It didn't sound to me like you meant it maliciously. It's really difficult sometimes to get the right tone across over the internet. I'm about to ask the board a question that may come across as "why the heck do you weird people do this weird thing" but it's really just something I'm curious about that's pretty foreign to my way of thinking. It's a political question though, not a religious one. So we'll see how that goes.

Gimgimno · Post by **Gimgimno** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:00 am

I just want to throw out there that I really did murder that L&T wrap in cold blood. And thems was delicious.

Damasta · Post by **Damasta** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:13 pm

Gimgimno wrote:I just want to throw out there that I really did murder that L&T wrap in cold blood. And thems was delicious.

I never doubted you for even a second. You heartless veggie-cide!

FN Agnostic · Post by **FN Agnostic** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:38 pm

You're right, I was too harsh. I read stuff into your question that wasn't there, and I apologize. Sometimes I feel a bit protective of anyone who isn't us, and I get grumpy about it.

Damasta · Post by **Damasta** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:28 am

FN Agnostic wrote:You're right, I was too harsh. I read stuff into your question that wasn't there, and I apologize. Sometimes I feel a bit protective of anyone who isn't us, and I get grumpy about it.

Water under the bridge, FNA. Water under the bridge.