Ralph Wilms I know and you are right, but the discussion is that law of not killing in the Book of Exodus could not apply to animals, because in the same Torah like the Book of Leviticus, were Animals by the commandment of Jahwe were killed and sacrificed in the Temple, and a lamb hath to been eaten by the commandement of Jahwe, which was a shadow and this only ended at the coming of the Messiah Jesus Christ.
Meena Devi Dasi
In searching for correlations in the different teachings, and since
there is only one God we would expect to find correlations.... there is
provision for killing and eating animals in the Vedas also. But it is
done under very specific conditions and never a cow. Usually a goat or
some other animal.
The offering is not made directly to Lord Vishnu but to a demigod and the idea is that for people who will insist on eating meat they may be allowed to do it but in such a way that they can still have some opportunity for advancing in God consciousness.
So there is provision in scripture for animal sacrifice in the different cultures for very specific reasons. That is not the general rule that anyone can just go and start an animal slaughtering business. The law is Thou shalt not kill. Then if the Lord or His bonafide representatives have to make some amendment to it from time to time for very specific reasons that is also there.
The offering is not made directly to Lord Vishnu but to a demigod and the idea is that for people who will insist on eating meat they may be allowed to do it but in such a way that they can still have some opportunity for advancing in God consciousness.
So there is provision in scripture for animal sacrifice in the different cultures for very specific reasons. That is not the general rule that anyone can just go and start an animal slaughtering business. The law is Thou shalt not kill. Then if the Lord or His bonafide representatives have to make some amendment to it from time to time for very specific reasons that is also there.
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