it\'s just gives rise to the kind of silly practice of \\"eating a hamburger is wrong, but eating a hamburger with a tofu patty made to taste remarkably similar to meat is acceptable\\".... is it?
Yes, you\'re still eating \\"meat\\" per se....so you lose the spirit of fasting by focusing on the letter.
is it better to eat meat and feel bad about it?
If you skip here and there, repent and realize we are only humans. But don\'t beat yourself about it. Breaking the fast just so you can \\"feel bad\\" about it later = wrong
is it better to eat veggies and feel triumphant?
Worse than not fasting at all. You\'re being Phariseeistic about your fasting.
is it better to not be concerned if it\'s meat or not, and just eat in moderation?
Eat moderately anyways and do your best not to eat meat.
And ultimately
\\"Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man\\"
ALONG WITH
\\"It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.\\"
My layman\'s POV on the issue
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