Towards Non-Violent

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28952, 21 July 1959, Page 3

Towards Non-Violent

Living Sir, —A verse in St. John 3: 2 reads: “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be. . . .” •Pondering this verse, we trust that we today are not the final produet and 'the way to a higher being or expression of life is open to our inner vision. N. M. Bell’s letter shows that he, too, is -awarfe. I am sorry that thoughts take centuries to be grasped and ‘that N. M. Bell would that >ith all his good. intentions he would kill plants if hot insects and other manifestations of life. I am interested to hear &bout his diet. Is he a fruitarian?— Yours, etc., L. J. SCHWARZ. July 19. 1959.

Sir,—N. M. Bell is perhaps speaking in mystic terms when he states that “to kill a plant or I animal is just as much a crime I against lite as to kill a man.” If 'he is not, then how true are his final words: “What a task awaits man!” Surely the ‘few miserable survivors of such a creed copld only lay down and die. Imagine a community who could not weed or till crops nor eat seeds, roots, or most fruits. No building or working in wood, vegetable oils, etc. No culling ’of surplus animals. No killing of germs by antiseptics or sterilisation. How bugridden can one get and keep on living? Maybe I have not got a correct' grasp of Mr Bell’s ideas. I hope he will expppnd.—Yours, etc.. WONDERING. July 19, 1959.