I have no idea, but I’m new to this Buddhist thing, so I e-mailed Cybermonk. I’ll tell you what they say. 
Zsofia what is Cybermonk? Because I have LOADS of questions.
The Zen Mountain Monastery people run it -link. This is actually the first thing I’ve asked them, so if I get blacklisted from a whole order of Zen Buddhists it’s you guys’ fault.
Interesting side-note: the survivors of the Uruguayan rugby team plane crash in the Andes mountains, some of whom resorted to cannibalism, asked their priest for absolutions. Their priest refused to perform an absolution, on the grounds that they had done nothing sinful.
I also have a copy of Mr Wurf’s book. It’s signed. I’ve also been in his kitchen.
Only if my travel companion is Jesus.
I finally got an answer from the nice people at the Zen Mountain Monastery - it’s really bullshit, though. (I bet they sat around the dinner table for a while with it.)
“Key thing to remember in this that there is no Buddhist ultimate stand point on much of anything as Buddhism is not a doctrinal religion. The morality in Buddhism is a set of guidelines that are based on careful study of one’s life and deep appreciation of causality. Meaning, that each one of us needs to stay awake and take heed of the situation, taking full responsibility for the consequences that arise from our choices. Hopefully , through practice, those choices will be based in clear seeing and selflessness.
Take care”
I think that means that hell yeah you can eat people.
That’s what it sounded like to me, nom nom nom.
At our Unitarian Universalist “Building your own theology” workshops, the issue comes up with great regularity, and the idea is always endorsed with the greatest enthusiasm. In fact, we are encouraged to not let ourselves become too hungry, because when you are weak it is harder to saw through the bones.
The above was facetious, but I promise to bring it up with our minister at the nearest opportunity.
That’s how I see it. But if I needed to in order to survive, and the person was already dead, I would… and as soon as I was rescued, I’d need some serious confession… and a cheeseburger…
Strangely enough, only if the deceased was a vegetarian.
Being agnostic, I can’t say for sure.
That post is just a thing of beauty.
Speaking of christains, canabalism, and cults. Does anyone know a good fiction book on cults out there? This just seemed like the thread to ask…
I would say The Da Vinci Code, but you specified “good”, so …
Regards,
Shodan
Stuck in an elevator - need answer fast.
The question wouldn’t even arise.
I was just thinking this morning that my ass would make a nice rump roast.
Any humans we were forced to eat for survival would probably be starved themselves, and so not at their tastiest …
Just to clarify the above, they were Catholics.
And I think all the survivors resorted to cannibalism, not just some.