Hi all. I'm new to the forum so I hope this is the right place to put this.
This is something that has been on my mind lately and I am wondering how other Christians feel about this.
Traditionally it seems Christians consider consuming animal products perfectly acceptable; however my question is even though it is "acceptable" isn't it still something that should be avoided if possible? (I should note that I am including dairy/eggs in this discussion b/c of the conditions that these animals are often kept under i.e. small enclosures and unsanitary. However I don't see any problem with consuming dairy/egg from an animal that is well maintained).
It is my understanding this acceptance comes from God telling Adam that man has dominion over the animals and then also from Peter revealing the dream that eating any animal acceptable.
However it is my understanding that animals did not consume each other (literally or otherwise) until the first sin and the corruption of the physical world. After this time animals (including man) began to kill and eat other animals to survive.
So I would tend to conclude that killing animals to survive and the necessity of animals suffering for our comfort a cycle of a corrupted system. To go further, as satan is the "god" of this world, all our physical systems are corrupted and generally under under the realm of satan (although I'm sure this point is debatable among varying theologies).
In Revelation "The lion lays side by side with the lamb" denoting an end to corrupt physical systems and cycles.
So shouldn't that be something that should be strived for, and shouldn't veganism be more desirable than eating animals? Even though we are absolved of something doing something awful, shouldn't we still strive to avoid it, as it seems to me, to be part of a demonic and corrupt system?
This is something that has been on my mind lately and I am wondering how other Christians feel about this.
Traditionally it seems Christians consider consuming animal products perfectly acceptable; however my question is even though it is "acceptable" isn't it still something that should be avoided if possible? (I should note that I am including dairy/eggs in this discussion b/c of the conditions that these animals are often kept under i.e. small enclosures and unsanitary. However I don't see any problem with consuming dairy/egg from an animal that is well maintained).
It is my understanding this acceptance comes from God telling Adam that man has dominion over the animals and then also from Peter revealing the dream that eating any animal acceptable.
However it is my understanding that animals did not consume each other (literally or otherwise) until the first sin and the corruption of the physical world. After this time animals (including man) began to kill and eat other animals to survive.
So I would tend to conclude that killing animals to survive and the necessity of animals suffering for our comfort a cycle of a corrupted system. To go further, as satan is the "god" of this world, all our physical systems are corrupted and generally under under the realm of satan (although I'm sure this point is debatable among varying theologies).
In Revelation "The lion lays side by side with the lamb" denoting an end to corrupt physical systems and cycles.
So shouldn't that be something that should be strived for, and shouldn't veganism be more desirable than eating animals? Even though we are absolved of something doing something awful, shouldn't we still strive to avoid it, as it seems to me, to be part of a demonic and corrupt system?
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