is it true that vegetarians TEND not to be interested in religion?

Question

someone told me this. My friend recently talked to some people from PETA and he said they were either agnostic or atheist. I'm sure this is not true of all vegetarians, but i was just wondering if many are like this, why? i thought it might have to do with mainstream Christianity's views on vegetarianism.

Answer 1

What? Huh? Baffling!

Ok Ok Ok....

I am a vegetarian, and I am a Christian. There is absolutely no correlation between the two. I prefer not to eat meat, simply because it's (meat) unhealthy for you. My husband ate a steak last night. I don't think that either him or myself is going to go to hell over what we ate for dinner. That's just crazy talk.

To be a TRUE PETA member you are SUPPOSED to be a Vegan, there is a big difference between being a Vegan and being a Vegetarian.

Answer 2

Mainstream Christianity has nothing to say about vegetarianism - apart from several passages in the bible on not eating flesh, and an off-shoot of the christian church that abstained from meat on the back of that. It is some of the strange blinkered folk who claim to be Christians that have a problem with other people not falling for the same rubbish that they have. If 'god' had wanted us all the same, he/she/it would only have made one of us, surely!

Whilst many see their vegetarianism as a belief system, it is NOT A RELIGION. It is a community, perhaps, and I would say that most veggies & vegans I know (and I probably know more than many non-veggies) are very spiritual in all kinds of ways. But no one is there to tell any of us what to do or what to eat or not eat. No one is claiming to be the 'intermediary' between humans and PETA, and that the only way to join PETA is through them, or that the only one true diet is in 'Cook Vegan'. Been a veggie for 24 years (vegan for some of that) and never joined PETA.

I have sent money to the RSPCA though... are their folks in uniform going out tending to sick animals and dealing with the sick people who abuse them priests now? Is Rolf Harris the pope?

Answer 3

Because vegetarianism, more specifically, veganism, isn't exactly mainstream in the sense that the majority don't fall under the category of "vegan", those who do aren't lending themselves to conformity as far as diet goes. Most vegans I know have many more layers than they're diet alone, and are often inquisitive people, who question things, go against things, etc. Religion tends to go along with conformity, as a religious person would follow certain beliefs, values, and behaviors. There are a lot of atheist or agnostic vegan/veggies out there, but than again there are a lot of meat eaters just the same. I am a vegan-Christian(not that the two really go together in the sense of equal importance). I have run across Christians who think it's wrong of me to eat the way I do, but then again that's something you have to figure out on your own, and decided, whether with the help of God or not, what's right for you. The way I see it, being vegan is a choice of what's I will and won't eat, and a silent stand agaisn't the mistreatment and overuse of the animals God gave us. Christianity is a religion I chose to follow because of my belief and trust in God and Christ, and my willingness to follow them. The two really don't go hand in hand for me, "Christian" and "vegan" are both just labels that I have. I'm also a "girl", an "artist", a "daughter", a "baseball player". That's the way I see it.

Answer 4

I'm an Atheist. And I'm a vegetarian. I think that so many atheists are vegetarian because in the bible there's a lot of talk about eating meat and stuff. It's also got allot to do with the fact that atheists make there own decisions about how the world was made ecc. instead of just thinking how everyone else thinks.

Answer 5

I can't answer for other veggies but as a Vegan Catholic I can say that my Christian values are one of the main reasons why I choose to live a cruelty free lifestyle. Yes, the bible is full of references to meat eating, animal sacrifice etc. but the bible is a reflection of the time it was written in and to dwell on these aspects misses the point of the message behind it. If you want to read up about the Jewish and Christian attitude to animals, look no further than "After Noah, animals and the liberation of Theology" by Andrew Linzey and Dan Cohn-Sherbok. It shows how being vegan can actually be viewed as the pinacle of worshiping God.

Peachie 7 You seem to have misinterpreted what I said completely. I did not say that if you're not vegan you're going to hell. I merely said that in some people's view, in terms of respecting God's creation, avoiding destroying it by adopting a vegan diet is a Christian way of doing things. I'm a Theology graduate, not some weirdo who says people will go to hell unless they're vegan, fact is I don't really believe in hell in the way you're talking about it. As for you being vegetarian, I'd be interested in how you justified eating steak, just curious.

Answer 6

I don't know if vegetarians tend to be atheist but I know I believe in God. Some Christians believe God gave us meat (at one time there was no killing and one day again this will be) but for now he also gave very strict rules on how the animals should be treated, killed, fed, live, etc. Now man is greedy and only after money so these are not taken into account and I am not going to have anything to do with it.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

I'm a Christian vegetarian. Most religions don't care about what the people eat. It's probably some PETA members who are without religion... maybe.

Answer 9

I am vegetarian and I'm not interested in religion. I only know one religious vegetarian (she's Hindu) but then the people I know tend not to be interested in religion regardless of what they eat.

Answer 10

I'm a very non religious vegetarian.

I belonged to an online group for vegetarians once and ended up leaving because of the religious freaks.