Warning against eating meat
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You need to flee from this one "from the good side in the spiritual" and seek the one true God. I recommend that you get a copy of God's word and read it. I also recommend that you find a church that preaches and teaches to Gospel. Finally, spend some time in fasting and prayer.
I see no point in killing an animal for anything other than meat. If you put in the proper context, killing plants for food is probably more harmful to the environment than killing animals. It is the plants that remove the CO2 from our atmosphere. Animals add CO2 to the atmosphere.
The conspiracy to destroy humanity comes from man's failure to seek the one true God.
I see no point in killing an animal for anything other than meat. If you put in the proper context, killing plants for food is probably more harmful to the environment than killing animals. It is the plants that remove the CO2 from our atmosphere. Animals add CO2 to the atmosphere.
The conspiracy to destroy humanity comes from man's failure to seek the one true God.
That is true 
Yet God was not pleased with their grumbling against His provision, for some had called the manna "horrible," "wretched," "worthless," etc. (depending on translation and claiming they were better off in Egypt, which is why they asked for meat), and God told them: You will eat it (the quail) not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days, but for a whole month — until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous— because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?" Scripture records: While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck down the people with a very great plague. So, perhaps not the best example to give in favor of eating meat
Yet God was not pleased with their grumbling against His provision, for some had called the manna "horrible," "wretched," "worthless," etc. (depending on translation and claiming they were better off in Egypt, which is why they asked for meat), and God told them: You will eat it (the quail) not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days, but for a whole month — until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous— because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?" Scripture records: While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck down the people with a very great plague. So, perhaps not the best example to give in favor of eating meat -
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The debate on whether or not a Christian should kill innocent animals for food comes up regularly, and I always wonder why this passage isn't brought up:
Genesis 3:21 -- Then the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
I'm guessing God wasn't making them coats out of carrot skins. And even more intriguing is that Adam and Eve's own first choice for coverings was vegetarian (fig leaves,) but God seems to be the one who specifically chose animal skins as a better alternative.
There is no further explanation as to whether the animals were killed for another purpose (such as sacrifice) or food, or if they were killed for the sole reason of being made into clothing. We also don't know who killed the animals -- did God command Adam and Eve to kill the animals and bring him the skins? Did God kill the animals Himself? Did He command an angel to kill the animals for Him?
One thing we do know is that God's purpose for animals sometimes includes putting them to death, such as the countless number of blood sacrifices in the Old Testament, because "there can be no forgiveness without the shedding of blood" (Hebrews 9:22,) which, at the time, clearly meant animal sacrifices (because human sacrifice was forbidden,) and certainly not the blood of vegetables.
God seems to have planned animals into man's provision, even telling Peter to "kill and eat" (though I know this was about preaching to the Gentiles and not actual food,) but I personally don't think God would have used this example if He completely forbid using any animal for food.
Just my perspective though -- I've actually lost most of my taste for meat, and I think whether or not to partake is a personal conviction, which is highly individual.
Genesis 3:21 -- Then the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
I'm guessing God wasn't making them coats out of carrot skins. And even more intriguing is that Adam and Eve's own first choice for coverings was vegetarian (fig leaves,) but God seems to be the one who specifically chose animal skins as a better alternative.
There is no further explanation as to whether the animals were killed for another purpose (such as sacrifice) or food, or if they were killed for the sole reason of being made into clothing. We also don't know who killed the animals -- did God command Adam and Eve to kill the animals and bring him the skins? Did God kill the animals Himself? Did He command an angel to kill the animals for Him?
One thing we do know is that God's purpose for animals sometimes includes putting them to death, such as the countless number of blood sacrifices in the Old Testament, because "there can be no forgiveness without the shedding of blood" (Hebrews 9:22,) which, at the time, clearly meant animal sacrifices (because human sacrifice was forbidden,) and certainly not the blood of vegetables.
God seems to have planned animals into man's provision, even telling Peter to "kill and eat" (though I know this was about preaching to the Gentiles and not actual food,) but I personally don't think God would have used this example if He completely forbid using any animal for food.
Just my perspective though -- I've actually lost most of my taste for meat, and I think whether or not to partake is a personal conviction, which is highly individual.
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Hello Kim It seems a widely accepted idea that the covering of Adam and Eve after they sinned requiring a blood sacrifice is a foreshadowing of Christ's blood sacrifice for the remission of sin... heh, which granted, has nothing to do with eating meat. Some claim that sinful men were eating meat pre-flood, though meat was not given for food to mankind until after the flood
It seems a widely accepted idea that the covering of Adam and Eve after they sinned requiring a blood sacrifice is a foreshadowing of Christ's blood sacrifice for the remission of sin... heh, which granted, has nothing to do with eating meat. Some claim that sinful men were eating meat pre-flood, though meat was not given for food to mankind until after the flood -
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