As a non-Christian I have a concern for the future human beings on this planet.As a Christian I have a concern for the future human beings on this planet.
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As a non-Christian I have a concern for the future human beings on this planet.As a Christian I have a concern for the future human beings on this planet.
That's one (of surely thousands) of (Christian) interpretations of that, yes.God's ideal in Genesis 1 is vegetarian. Meat eating in Genesis 9 is a concession for a fallen world.
As a Christian I have a concern for the future human beings on this planet. Being faithful to my brothers an sisters in Christ, who I love as myself, means making sure that they live in a world that is sustainable and not clouded by environmental damage and problem.
And that means that faithfulness to the human race, as everyone has a future with God, brings with it the faithfulness to the material environment in which we live.(and God made for us out of love).
We can't be faithful to each other without a care for the natural world which we are part of.
At present there is irreversible damage and degeneration of the environment, of many the destruction of rainforests (to grow grain to feed livestock farms and cheaper mcdonald containers), and so on, take it for granted that the human future is part of the planets future.
This crosses over into the animal world, disappearance of species,
That's one (of surely thousands) of (Christian) interpretations of that, yes.
Not literally, no. But I no longer underestimate the potential for the diversity of opinion on any aspect of scripture (or on anything else, for that matter)!I don't think you'll find that many ideas on this point.
Sorry if I am too strong with my view I'm not trying to put you down for what you eat, maybe I could be wrong and that is why I wanted other people to debate on this topic.
Plants do not have nervous systems ans differ in primary cells, they cannot feel pain, lets agree that type of pain is cutting some fruit from a tree, and they do not display any type of pain behaviour either when cut because they do not have pain receptors.
If you cut an animal, lets say a chicken's beak off, then it does feel pain.
This is what I disagree with, not you, but the ethics and process behind meat, now feel free to argue why it is ok for animals to feel pain in the process of meat conversion
I no longer underestimate the potential for the diversity of opinion on any aspect of scripture (or on anything else, for that matter)!
pain free meat conversion
Not true at all. Veggies have NEVER given me what I need nutritionally. No strength, no energy, and I get sick.
I get all my information on this from "Animal Liberation", unless Peter Singer lied in his book, the only extra you get from animal products are the carbohydrates and fat cotent.
In fact the really big step in our development that set us obviously apart was learning to farm. Lots of animals successfully hunt in teams.
Then God said "I now give to you all the plants on the earth that yield seeds and all the trees whose fruit produces its seeds within it. These will be your food."
The bible also says this
1 Timothy Chapter 4
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
According to the Christian faith, the NT trumps the OT, correct?
This passage is not referencing OT practice. No place in the OT is marriage forbidden. In fact, God COMMANDED Adam and Eve to multiply.
The passage is referring to ascetic practices of some other sort.
I was referring to the meat eating part of the verse since that's the topic at hand