| </span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (the_anawim,)
I'm a vegetarian because I'm a Christian. I know there's not a one to one correlation for most people (ie, being a Christian doesn't "make" you a vegetarian, or vice versa)--but from the standpoint of my faith there are lots of reasons to be a vegetarian. A big part of it is I am a Christian pacifist. I do see much more of a one to one correlation, here--ie, I don't see how people can be Christians and not be pacifists. But at any rate, that is important for me because I believe that non-violence is essential to Christianity, and thus being a vegetarian is one way to witness to the fact that God intended the world to function without any forms of killing. Also, perhaps the main reason I'm a vegetarian is because of the economic facts--also related to my faith. In short, I can't ultimately reconcile following Jesus and eating meat for which it is taking much of the world's food resources (grain) to prepare. If I did that, I'd be saying--well, I don't "need" this meat to live, but I like it--so I don't care that by my eating it I'm sapping up lots of excess grain that could be used to feed third world countries. Those are just a few reasons for me.
Scott<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Didn't Jesus eat meat though? |