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Originally Posted by 5757
I've been told that I am going against God by making this decision. This is probably the most annoying comment I've recieved so far. Whatever though.
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Hope you feel good about your decision 5757--I've been veggie for about 10 years now--it's easier with time.
A fair argument can be made for eating meat, if you are the type to interpret the Bible literally. I guess the most direct quote regarding the topic is this one:
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. -- Gen.9:3
You may, however, wish to refer them to other passages in the bible, that sort of blur the line on what God wants us to eat:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/eat.html
And, of course, you may refer many other non-food related passages in the Bible, that might make them blush if they were to take the literal instruction.
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Originally Posted by skinnymofo
if you dont eat it, its not going to be not killed, its just going to rot due to no consumption.
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Well, this would be true if the world decided stop eating meat tomorrow. We could say the same thing about asparagus--a lot of unpleasant smelling rot. But let's say asparagus consumption dropped 30% in the next 10 years. Will the poor farmers be knee deep in rotten asparagus?