AaranaKinsley wrote: I prefer to leave that crowd alone and let them continue indulging their taste for fiction in the manner they've chosen.
Yes, that's exactly what I mean about them having a different world view. For an example, they believe that high cholesterol has nothing to do with heart disease, therefore they see nothing wrong with having high cholesterol, eating foods that are high in saturated fats, etc. So they dismiss the benefits of a plant-based diet because they don't believe the science behind it, yet they'll believe the lies of their "leaders."
The fact that we do have science and board-certified doctors behind what we believe, makes no difference to them--in fact, since many of them view the medical world with distrust, the science that we can show them means nothing.
It sort of reminds me of something I learned in school a long time ago. Some organization went to Africa, I believe, and was trying to push a method of birth control. It failed miserably, because these people didn't believe that sxx had anything to do with making babies. So if you're trying to talk with people who don't believe high cholesterol, organ meats, raw meats, etc, are harmful, then obviously we really have very little in common. Showing them, for example, Dr Esselstyn's or Dr Ornish's proof that heart disease is reversed with a plant-based diet (you've all seen the photos and videos, I'm sure, of the before and after shots of the arteries) will mean nothing because they don't believe the build-up of crap in the arteries cause disease. I'm not exactly sure
what they believe causes disease, other than the general belief that vegetarians are unhealthy.
I tend to have a "live and let live" attitude with people. If they want to eat that way, fine. They complain to me about their headaches, constipation, and lack of energy, and make no connection to our dietary differences--yet view my diet with disdain. It's really very sad.