Agent Washington
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Most religions have sacred rules about diet, Islam has sacred halal food, Judaism has sacred kosher food, Hinduism have a sacred lacto-vegetarian diet. Chinese interestingly regard food as an ancient Chinese medicine.
And the purpose of these religious diets is not rational but has a spiritual purpose, in terms of spiritual purity, and as a personal show of loyalty to the particular deity.
So it is only natural that the New Age movement has a sacred vegan diet.
Enlightenment ideas of rationality can hardly apply to pre-enlightenment era, and in fact it is dangerous to use post-enlightenment standards of rationality as a litmus test for
ehh do i really want to get into this argument