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<p>Joshua Guten, plan
Humans often find their moral values and beliefs in religion. It is
common for a religion to base its beliefs on the interpretation of the
teachings of its "higher power". For example Josh was raised under the Judaic
beliefs, which arose from the ancient teachings of God. Under the Hindu
religion, the dominant religion in India, they base their beliefs on the
teachings of Buddha. As Hindu religious beliefs are passed on from generation
to generation, traditions and common practices develop. These traditions are
the roots and ground rules to the way a Hindu believer should lead his/her
life.
The essay "India's Sacred Cow" explains the Hindu tradition of worshiping
cows. One of the main reasons for the worship of cows in India is their means
for survival. In India they use cows for transportation, to plow their fields,
and to provide milk. It is common in India for a cow to roam about the streets
and receive as much respect as any human would. Along with using a cow's
strength and milk, they use their dung for fertilizer and for cooking. Cow
dung is not an active ingredient, but instead what they burn to cook their
food. "When cows are sick, farmers worry over them as they would over members
of the family and nurse them as if they were children." A quote from the essay
that gives a good example of how important cows are to their society.
In India certain traditions also mark your social class among their caste
system. The untouchables are the lowest class and the poorest class and they
commonly eat the meat of cows who have died naturally. The higher castes will
never eat beef, nor will they ever admit to knowing or accept that the
untouchable class eats beef. The cow is commonly more desired because of its
reproducing abilities, but the oxen are the workers. When times of scarce food
arise, the oxen receive more food than the cows. This is to keep the oxen
strong enough to tend the fields to help make food for the cows. Although it
is considered a sin to kill a cow in the Hindu religion, many Hindu people
will sell a cow to a Muslim who they know will go slaughter the cow. Sarah
pointed out that this is a lot like the "vegetarians" in our society who will
wear something made from cow skin. They won't eat beef because they don't
condone its cruel murder, but they don't mind wearing shoes made from a
murdered cow's skin.
In the U.S we use three quarters of our land to produce food for
livestock. 91% of food consumable by humans is used to feed our livestock. Zan
brought up the point that Americans look at India and wonder why they do not
eat all of their cows, while we use all of our food to feed cows instead of
feeding people. Sarah brought up the fact that American Farmers could learn a
lot about energy conservation from the farmers in India. Josh also pointed out
how the cow is incorporated into India's politics, for example the essay
brings up the "All-Party Cow Protection Campaign Committee". That's it my brain is dead i hope that will suffice call me if you need.</p>
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