Whatever faith this is, it’s not Christianity. Jesus himself ate slaughtered animals regularly. So He didn’t respect his Father’s creation?
As Jesus ate meat, I will continue to do so. I have no problem with people who don’t eat meat, but please don’t try to make yourself out to be a better Christian than me because of that difference.
This post is long, I promise I’m not lecturing.
I’m not trying to make myself out to be a better Christian because I have a certain ethical viewpoint. But my ethical viewpoint is in line with Catholic teaching (I mean not against any Church doctrine).
The facts that “Jesus ate meat” or that “The Church doesn’t say we should be veg” are simply not good enough premises to conclude that a Catholic can not or should not choose because of ethics to be a vegetarian.
Jesus didn’t eat factory farmed animals. He lived in a different time and place. His diet is not relevant to this discussion. If Jesus were to come and walk around America in 2009, I doubt that he would be glad about the way God’s creatures are being treated in factory farms.
We’re not saying it is inherently immoral to eat meat. If it was, the Church would tell us so. But the Catechism does tell us this,if anyone’s curious. (Underlining mine):
2415 The seventh commandment enjoins respect for the integrity of creation. Animals, like plants and inanimate beings, are by nature destined for the common good of past, present and future humanity. Use of the mineral, vegetable and animal resources of the universe cannot be divorced from respect for moral imperatives. Man’s dominion over inanimate and other living beings granted by the Creator is not absolute; it is limited by the concern for the quality of life of his neighbour, including generations to come; it requires a religious respect for the integrity of creation.
2416 Animals are God’s creatures. He surrounds them with his providential care. By their mere existence they bless him and give him glory. Thus men owe them kindness. We should recall the gentleness with which saints like St. Francis of Assisi or St. Philip Neri treated animals
2417 God entrusted animals to the stewardshipof those whom he created in his own image. Hence it is legitimate to use animals for food and clothing. They may be domesticated to help man in his work and leisure. Medical and scientific experimentation on animals is a morally acceptable practice if it remains within reasonable limits and contributes to caring for or saving human lives.
2418 It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly. It is likewise unworthy to spend money on them that should as a priority go to the relief of human misery. One can love animals; one should not direct to them the affection due only to persons.
2456 The dominion granted by the Creator over the mineral, vegetable, and animal resources of the universe cannot be separated from respect for moral obligations, including those toward generations to come.
2457 Animals are entrusted to man’s stewardship; he must show them kindness. They may be used to serve the just satisfaction of man’s needs.
Of course you’re not morally obligated to become a vegetarian. But you can think about it all. By *all, *I mean not just the animal-related ethics, but also the respect we should all have to our own bodily integrity, and how we should keep our bodies healthy too. The consumption of meat if associated with heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
So when we talk about the ethics of vegetarianism, it’s about two things. It is about respecting our own bodies and our health, and it is also about ethics concerning our fellow creatures- though not in God’s image, they are still God’s.
Anyone and everyone can do something, a big something or a little something, with their diets, to make them all around better, healthier, more ethical, however you want to look at it. There are people who go veg specifically for health, specifically for ethics, or a mesh of both. Some people just cut down on red meat, some are pescatarian (eat fish), some are ovo and/or lacto vegetarians, some choose a completely vegan lifestyle.
But my main point is, vegetarianism has good reasons all around. But that doesn’t mean we are trying to claim that you’re going to hell for eating meat or something like that. Like I said, if it was inherently immoral, the Church would tell us.
One last thing-- Don’t freak out about the idea of (yourself or someone else) not eating meat. I know (really I do-- I wasn’t always veg, and I did not always feel as I do now) that it seems like a major major huge change of life style. But it does not have to be a big scary thing. It’s not a big scary thing. And it is certainly not a radical or crazy thing.
It is a healthy life style if done correctly. However, it is not the life style for me. Not that I would never consider fasting from meat for a week; I just would have to carefully plan it out. I rarely go over my 2-3 servings of meat per day, if I even do that. I have more carbs than anything. As for the Cholesterol problems I may incur with later on, I’m always sure to eat my 5-6 severings of Cheerios a day. 
Hi all! I’ve been a vegetarian most of my life, except for a mad craving for fish and chips while preggers with DS1 that hit me in the middle of the Nevada desert 
the one thing I have a hard time giving up is dairy. I rarely eat eggs unless they are in something. Everyone thinks that is weirder than not eating meat because I raise chickens for eggs. For me it’s mostly because I just don’t like meat. I love animals and hate the practices on factory farms, but I really just don’t like the taste or feel of meat.
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