there would be far less hunger in India if people ate cows instead of believing the reincarnation rubbish. People starving while cows are sacred!

Runner you while off subject open a can of worms, have we any right to question others rights to their faith? if so they too have that right concerning us,population could be one humanity without faith, even then it would have its limits surely?

I agree with you there Belly. Any people have a right to decide their taboos & preferences.

What they don't have, if they decide to deny themselves a major source of sustenance, is to be given aid to overcome any problem such as lack of food, because of those choices.

They were Polynesian and among the best open ocean navigators of all time.
mhaze,
Well, those lucky enough to make it to another shore. Look at how many well-founded ships have disappeared without trace & they had very good open ocean navigators too.
There are no records on how many Polynesians vanished & my gut feeling tells me there were more than those who were lucky enough & found land by pure chance. They could not have have known of other lands thousands of miles from their tiny islands until they stumbled upon them by chance. The seamaship & navigation developed much later once they knew where the land was. This was not a regular thing otherwise the language would not be so different on the various islands. Denounce my theory by all means but my logic is the one I put forward.
World population would not have increased so much if all the lands were populated by small groups in boats. The europeans were responsible for that increase & once they realised their mistake of providing bigger ships for regular transoceanic transport it was too late to slow it down.

Dear Runner,

«there would be far less hunger in India if people ate cows instead of believing the reincarnation rubbish. People starving while cows are sacred!»

Then why not eat babies?

Even if you fail to believe that cows can be spiritually evolved, adult cows are still more developed than newborn babies - physically, emotionally and mentally, so if it is morally acceptable to eat the former then it is also morally acceptable to eat the latter.

Eating excess babies is a great strategy for reducing world population, thus helps in more than one way to reduce hunger.

While off topic, we do that, FAITH, who are we to tell others what to believe in? do we have that right? then if yes is your answer do they have the same rights to tell us?faith in my view divides the world,every one, presumes to claim to be the only one,humanity will need to mature far more before we can bravely examine faith in all its different forms, and rules, back on topic would eating cows in any way impact on population numbers? in any country?