Modern veganism is an eating disorder that is rationalized as a virtue, the same way covid-19 has given free reign for hypochondriacs to indulge in their phobias. In many ways, secular society is an open air asylum. Modern westerners can be extremely picky about food, and often show irrational aversions to certain textures. This sort of pickiness about food is naturally more common in children, but usually adults grow out of them as they mature. Nowadays we seem to have an increased retention of childish traits persisting into adulthood, such anthropomorphizing animals. Ideological vegans are the sorts of people who would be willing to sacrifice their grandma's traditional home cooking or a thousand years of Italian and French cuisine in order to get everyone on pills.
Yet, from a spiritual perspective, eating is not just about putting the "right" nutritions into your body. It is the act of putting together multiple ingredients into one meal, and sharing it with others. It is about learning to appreciate delicacies that seem 'off' like blue cheese, by developing your taste buds to pick up the nuances. It is about the joy of catching a fish and cooking it. The morality of food is not so much "what" you eat as how you eat. Food alone does not make us healthy, as the dietists seems to imply - suggesting that our bodies are unconscious machines. Fasting is as important as eating - since having an empty stomach is not equivalent of being hungry.
Veganism is a rejection of the carnal, thus a rejection of the body, and ultimately a rejection of nature - of not being able to cope with the realities of nature, seeking to avoid them by solipsism, urban seclusion and meat substitutes.
Yet, from a spiritual perspective, eating is not just about putting the "right" nutritions into your body. It is the act of putting together multiple ingredients into one meal, and sharing it with others. It is about learning to appreciate delicacies that seem 'off' like blue cheese, by developing your taste buds to pick up the nuances. It is about the joy of catching a fish and cooking it. The morality of food is not so much "what" you eat as how you eat. Food alone does not make us healthy, as the dietists seems to imply - suggesting that our bodies are unconscious machines. Fasting is as important as eating - since having an empty stomach is not equivalent of being hungry.
Veganism is a rejection of the carnal, thus a rejection of the body, and ultimately a rejection of nature - of not being able to cope with the realities of nature, seeking to avoid them by solipsism, urban seclusion and meat substitutes.