Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Does Eating Genetically Engineered Food Make One A Cannibal?

I've been musing a bit, wondering.

Does eating food genetically engineered with human proteins/genes make one a cannibal?

Who did the proteins in genetically engineered plants with human proteins come from?

Does eating food genetically engineered with insect or animal genes mean that a vegetarian may be eating animal or insect?

Is it wrong for a Jew or Muslim to eat food with porcine or insect proteins engineered into it?

Should vegetarians and/or those of certain religions be given the freedom of choice over their bodies and what they put into them, or is patented genetic food more important than this individual right?

Hmm. This gives an interesting new meaning to that proverbial "abomination of desolation" people speak of, often meaning swine in the temple. Our body is a temple too. Perhaps, the abomination is within us, not in a building of stone. We are what we eat--corn-fed, processed, pink, and shot full of preservatives. Mmm mmm.

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