People have different perceptions on food and religion. But calling food 'religion' is something that draws immediate attention and we end up asking ourselves how the food that we eat can be a religion. It might be something new for some (like me) but for others it might not be a foreign belief. While searching online on this topic, my attention was drawn to a particular YouTube video clip under the heading, ‘Danger!! Raw Food Religion And Fanaticism !!’. In this video a raw food (only vegetables) activist talks about how food can become a religion. He also compares the raw food movement as a connection between religious fanaticism and health fanaticism and points out that it is similar to a war.
Can you imagine eating uncooked
food even in winter, would you not
long for a steaming hot dinner on a
cold winter night. I am sure I wouldn't
last long without cooked meal.
long for a steaming hot dinner on a
cold winter night. I am sure I wouldn't
last long without cooked meal.
I admit food plays an important role in keeping us alive, but surely to consider food in the same light as a deity is pushing the boundaries of belief, is it not?
I agree, Food cannot be seen as a deity but probably as the greatest gift from God, how and what you choose to eat is entirely up to the individual.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you, it is a personal choice to eat what one thinks is right for her/him. But in religious sense the followers of a religion will eat what is permissible in their religion. However new ideas develop over time, and I think seeing food as one's deity is one the new development.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Shane A, it is up to the individual how they eat their food, but only up to a certain degree. Fruit is eaten as it is, and vegetables can be consumed raw, but what about meat & fish? I, like you would prefer my food piping hot(& cooked!)in the winter. I think that the 'religion' here could be that they stick to the diet very strictly, hence they follow it like they would do a religion, maybe.
ReplyDeleteYes, that could be the case, strictly following the diet could be compared to following a religion. Regarding the meat and fish, they are not part of the raw food diet, as the raw food diet I was talking about was pure vegetarian.
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