When Jesus said to eat his body & drink his blood. That pretty well negates the vegetarian aspect doesn't it?
2007-09-12 15:22:01 · 23 answers · asked by bandycat5 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The original diet for humans was a diet of fruits, nuts, legumes and grains. Then God said, 'I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food'.(Genesis 1:29 NIV). After the flood, God added meat to the diet; Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things (Genesis 9:3). Eating Jesus' flesh and drinking His blood is symbolic; it doesn't have anything to do with diet. It represents Jesus' being apart of you.
I think this link will be of interest to you; it's about the diet and it quotes many scriptures http://en.bibleinfo.com/topics/topic.html?id=63
P.S- Jesus ate fish- And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate it in their presence.
(Luke 24:41-43)
2007-09-12 15:46:27 · answer #1 · answered by spicequeen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leviticus chapter 11 lists the dietary restrictions God gave to the nation of Israel. The dietary rules were never intended to apply to anyone other than Israel. Jesus later declares all foods clean (Mark 7:19). God gave the apostle Peter a vision in which He declares concerning formerly unclean animals, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean” (Acts 10:15). When Jesus died on the cross, He put an end to the Old Testament law (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:24-26; Ephesians 2:15). This includes the laws regarding clean and unclean foods.
2007-09-12 22:48:35 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Christians think this? I've never heard of it. I live in the Bible Belt, and while Christians believe some truly ridiculous things, I've never seen the claim that the Bible promotes vegetarianism embraced by any mainstream denomination.
This question kinda threw me for a loop. I'm used to the made-up quotes and strawmen being used to insult ATHEISTS.
2007-09-12 22:45:33 · answer #3 · answered by au_catboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians have misunderstood Jesus when He said He made all animals clean. He did not mean that humans should stop following the kosher diet He wrote for all of mankind in Leviticus chapter 11. Nor did He require His followers to become vegetarians.
2007-09-12 22:36:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can quite figure it when they eat pork but medical science does confirm that high fiber vegan or vegetarian diets are better for your health . Christians didn't have knowledge of phytochemicals but they do exist . NIH also supports vegetarianism.
His body and blood was bread and wine though ...but I don't really believe Christianity addresses medical science in diet but the it does address spiritual food . Two branches of the same tree but different none the less.
2007-09-12 23:26:20 · answer #5 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoever told you that was either pulling your leg or never read the bible.
The Eucharistic injunction aside, there are lots of places in the bible that talk about eating lamb, beef, chicken, and some fish. And when the host is consecrated, the actual body of Jesus is under the appearance of bread, so there is no meat involved.
2007-09-12 22:25:37 · answer #6 · answered by Acorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do? That's news to me!
But no. I don't think that eating meat is wrong. People ate meat in the bible all the time and Jesus never got mad at them for it.
But you can't really count the Eucharist as part of the discussion. Different issue entirely.
2007-09-12 22:32:32 · answer #7 · answered by Catholicgal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haven't heard of too many Christians go for that one, usually it's us Buddhists and Hindus, and others who choose it as a way to help ease a lot of the suffering of animals and other people in this world. I'm sure there are Christians who likely view the world this way too... Jesus was quite compassionate and altruistic.
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2007-09-12 22:30:34 · answer #8 · answered by vinslave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is one thing I don't think the Bible even hints at. No where does it say anything about not eating animals, and most the time it even likes eating animals a lot.
2007-09-12 22:28:25 · answer #9 · answered by locusfire 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummm ... nobody thinks that. Most people who choose to be vegetarian do it as a personal choice (relating to their health or their stance on animal rights), or because they believe that killing another living being for food will bring them bad karma -- and karma isn't a concept in Christianity.
2007-09-12 22:27:55 · answer #10 · answered by ◦Delylah◦ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋