The redneck strike again.

[Confused Ape]

I was kidding earlier, but I'm starting to wonder if Enrico isn't already institutionalized, someone should get on that.

1: He believes in reincarnation. Umpteen millions of people have, and still do, believe in reincarnation. Many of these people are highly educated. In some belief systems humans can reincarnate as animals.

2: He insists that humans aren't designed to eat meat. Many vegans and vegetarians insist that humans aren't designed to eat meat and they have posted dozens of articles on the internet about it. He's getting his information from these people.

3: He follows the teachings of a cult which, according to wikipedia, uses Tantra Yoga/meditation. As it was founded in 1955 it could be classed as New Age. This isn't a particularly odd belief system when you consider that shamans in Peru make a living catering to well off New Agers who are seeking spiritual revelations by taking ayahuasca.

4: His concept of God can be found on the internet using keywords like 'god is within you Hnduism'. This isn't surprising when the Ananda Marga cult was founded by an Indian philosopher.

5: He doesn't listen when it comes to scientific evidence which conflicts with his beliefs so he's the same as the other religious forum members in this respect.

6: I googled Intuitional Science and discovered it's something to do with the philosophy of yoga.

7: He makes interesting points about the environmental issues connected to meat production. Here is a Scientific American article about it - How Does eat in the Diet Take an Environmental Toll?

Our meat consumption habits take a serious toll on the environment. According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the production, processing and distribution of meat requires huge outlays of pesticides, fertilizer, fuel, feed and water while releasing greenhouse gases, manure and a range of toxic chemicals into our air and water. A lifecycle analysis conducted by EWG that took into account the production and distribution of 20 common agricultural products found that red meat such as beef and lamb is responsible for 10 to 40 times as many greenhouse gas emissions as common vegetables and grains.

“If all the grain currently fed to livestock in the United States were consumed directly by people, the number of people who could be fed would be nearly 800 million,” reports ecologist David Pimentel of Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He adds that the seven billion livestock in the U.S. consume five times as much grain as is consumed directly by the entire U.S. population.

Our meat consumption habits also cause other environmental problems. A 2009 study found that four-fifths of the deforestation across the Amazon rainforest could be linked to cattle ranching. And the water pollution from factory farms (also called concentrated animal feeding operations or CAFOs)—whereby pigs and other livestock are contained in tight quarters—can produce as much sewage waste as a small city, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Further, the widespread use of antibiotics to keep livestock healthy on those overcrowded CAFOs has led to the development of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria that threaten human health and the environment in their own right.

8: I've found articles about the health risks of eating too much factory farmed meat while doing research for this topic. The Scientific American article, after mentioning the use of antibiotics, goes on to say -

Eating too much meat is no good for our health, with overindulgence linked to increasing rates of heart disease, cancer and obesity. Worldwide, between 1971 and 2010, production of meat tripled to around 600 billion pounds while global population grew by 81 percent, meaning that we are eating a lot more meat than our grandparents. Researchers extrapolate that global meat production will double by 2050 to about 1.2 trillion pounds a year, putting further pressure on the environment and human health.

9: He's got an odd way of writing his posts but he's explained that English isn't his mother language. I don't know what his mother language is but I certainly couldn't write posts in it because I can't speak or write anything but English.

So, I've never wondered if he's institutionalised because he's not alone where his beliefs are concerned.