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Śrīla Prabhupāda: That would mean that Christ was not intelligent enough to use the right word: murder Do you think Jesus was not intelligent enough to use the right word – murder – instead of the word killing

Cardinal Daniélou: I think that perhaps this is not an essential point.

“One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down under any circumstance, at once transcends

reject the difficult part of the scriptures and obey the part we like, such an interpretation will not We have to accept all the injunctions of the scripture as they are given, not only those that suit us If you do not follow the first order, “Thou shalt not kill,” then where is the question of love of God

Cardinal Daniélou: Certainly not, but the idea that all life is part of the life of God is difficult

Actually, you will not even have a human society until this cruel practice of maintaining slaughterhouses animal killing may sometimes be necessary for survival, at least the mother animal, the cow, should not The trees offer us many varieties of fruits, but the trees are not killed. Of course, one living entity is food for another living entity, but that does not mean you can kill your

Jesus Christ taught, “Thou shalt not kill.”

Suppose a man has two sons, not equally meritorious. He does not make the distinction that the son who is a judge is very important and the worker-son is not important.

(Of course, they could not actually kill him. They know not what they are doing.”

just because you have big machines and a ghastly scene, while the animal simply eats grass, this does not mean that you are so advanced that only within your body is there a soul and that there is not a soul

If offering vegetarian food to Kṛṣṇa were sinful, then it would be Kṛṣṇa’s sin, not ours. But God is apāpa-viddha – sinful reactions are not applicable to Him. Similarly, when we eat only prasāda [the remnants of food offered to Kṛṣṇa], we do not commit any sin

Even a tree has a soul, but a tree’s consciousness is not very developed. If you cut a tree it does not resist. Actually, it does resist, but only to a very small degree.

This program follows the teachings of the Bible; it is not my philosophy.

They could not appreciate his preaching.

Lord Jesus Christ exemplified this by teaching, “Thou shalt not kill.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda: It is not a fault. God is very kind.

But the civilized human being, the religious human being, is not meant to kill and eat animals. I have not come to teach you, but only to request you to please chant the name of God.

Similarly, when you commit sinful activities, you must suffer – not Jesus Christ. This is God’s law.

Instead of keeping the churches closed, why not give them to us?

Then we can see whether the human being has a soul and the cow does not.