I am trying to become a vegetarian!  Are you a vegetarian?
No, I like meat too much!  I don't want to abstain from the eating of meat!
Isn't a vegetarian diet better for your health?
Some people do eat a vegetarian diet for health-related reasons, as well as cultural or personal preference.
What are the benefits to a vegetarian diet versus meat
History of vegetarianism
The earliest records of vegetarianism as a concept and practice amongst a significant number of people are from ancient India and the ancient Greek civilizations in southern Italy and Greece. In both instances, the diet was closely connected with the idea of nonviolence toward animals (called "ahimsa" in India), and was promoted by religious groups and philosophers.
Following the Christianization of the Roman Empire in late antiquity (4th–6th centuries), vegetarianism nearly disappeared from Europe. Several orders of monks in medieval Europe restricted or
-Adha. Certain Islamic orders are mainly vegetarian; many Sufis maintain a vegetarian diet. Some Muslims think that being a vegetarian for reasons other than health is un-Islamic and it is a form of emulation of the infidels ("tashabbuh bil kuffar").
Abrahamic religions Rastafari.
Rastafarians generally follow a diet called "I-tal", which eschews the eating of food that has been artificially preserved, flavoured, or chemically altered in any way. Some Rastafarians consider it to also forbid the eating of meat