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It just occurred to me that many veg*ns fall in love with omnivores. Seems strange, when so many of us define basic morality and human kindness with respect to animals. I have done so myself, but I never lived with an omnivore I was dating. But now that I have dated a vegan, (whom I converted) I don't think I could ever go back.
And what about marriage and kids?
How do you move in with someone whose basic beliefs are so far from your own?
And who decides what the kids eat?
Who cooks what?
And how do you talk about this thing which is so important to you with someone who doesn't understand it?

Do you just keep hoping they'll come around to the idea?

Just wondering...

Some scholars think that Jesus was an Essene or at least heavily influenced by them. One reason for that theory is that he most frequently quoted Isaiah, who was believed to be an Essene.

From what I know of the Essenes, they were a monastic brotherhood of Jews in Palestine from the 2d century B.C. to the 2d century A.D. They espoused non-violence and vegetarianism. This passage from chapter 11 of Isaiah (King James version) displays those themes:

6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

7And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

All that being said, I agree that it's usually a waste of time and energy to argue religion with anyone. An appeal to compassion for the suffering of the weak is probably more effective.

I think it's great that you are speaking up for animals. The most important thing is to keep trying.

I don't know how much this will help, but you can make humane cockroach traps by getting mason type or similar jars and putting food in the bottom and smearing vaseline around the top inside edge, about a quarter of the way down. - They can climb up and fall in to get the food, but they can't get back out because of the vaseline. - Then you can take them somewhere else.

~ Cobweb