Are there Christian reasons for becoming Vegetarian?

Question

Wow!!! This was all over the map (or rather, all over the buffet table)!

So rather than pick an answer on my own, I'll let the rest of the community vote on the best answer.

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Answer 1

No.

Answer 2

Hi! I'm a Christian and a vegetarian. My reason for this was health. I had high B/P on medication and couldn't afford my medications..so I became vegetarian. I lost 73 lbs., high blood pressure and got my self-esteem back. Plus...I know the Bible tells me that we are the temple of God. I wanted Him to live in a better place, YEAH! It now been about three years for me since I changed my way of eating. And I wouldn't trade it. I went from a size 20 to a size 12 and still going. Being a vegetarian helps other diseases also. There is a diet called the Daniel diet also. I've never tried it that I know of. Happiness to you! You will remain in my prayers.

Answer 3

Yes! God's original diet was a vegetarian diet. Gen 1:29
When the flood came God gave Noah permission to eat flesh foods but Noah knew the difference between clean and unclean meats. Also, even though he had permission...it cut their lifespan down drastically.
Clean animals must have a spit or divided hoof and chew the cud. Unclean animals are those like pigs that do not have the above features. Clean sea animals must have both fins and scales. Lev. 11:1-12
Personally, whatever God's original plan was is what I would think would be best. It is a choice but there are consequences.

Answer 4

Offhand, i will think of of two thoughts. the 1st one is kinda skinny, yet i myself like it: Proverbs 12:10 The righteous regard the lives of their beasts. (i myself used that as an excuse to feed my critters canned nutrition on Sundays, lol). the different may be tied in to the 1st, yet is a touch more suitable argument: "I even have made a vow to the Lord. The vow would not ought to make experience to others (as contained in the tragic tale of Jeptha), yet he will honor me for making and appearing it." Numbers 30:2 and Deuteronomy 23:21 will artwork as establishing arguments. i can't help it. i used to be a Baptist. we are all legalists at heart.

Answer 5

During the time of Jesus. The Jews were divided into 3 groups. The Sadducees (elders and high priests), Pharisees (scribes), and Essenes (some scholars believe them to be vegetarian). Well, some scholars believed that Jesus was a part of this group and that Jesus was a vegetarian. Anyways, our relationship with God is not based on food. It is based on faith, hope and love.

Answer 6

No, but there might be a Christian reason for eating meat. When Noah and family got off the ark, one of the comandments of God was for them to eat meat. Like everything, you have to use the common sense God gave you and not OD on big macs.

Answer 7

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1 Tim 4:1-6
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

Answer 8

Sure. Read Daniel 1:11-16.

Answer 9

Absolutely NOT... When Peter was troubled by what was clean or unclean accoriding to the Mosaic Laws, God (in a vision) told him to eat of everything that was in the creation... So, you see, God was ratifying man's omnivorous nature. That means carnivorous as well vegetarian.... It's up to you and not the Bible to choose what you should or want to eat.

Answer 10

If you study the pre-flood world people were somewhat vegetarian. They ate fruits and vegetables, grains (bread), and milk. You will also notice that life spans were much longer then. After the flood people started eating more meats, lifespans were became much shorter. Diet wasn't the main cause, but I believe it was a contributor to the shorter life spans.

Answer 11

The Bible says that eating meat is okay. It also says to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice. I believe that our bodies should be kept as healthy as possible, so keeping your cholesterol levels down is a lot easier if you stay away from the animal products.