Can veganism be pleasing to God?

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We dont know what the reason for Abels gift is, it doesnt say the lamb was killed or sacrificed. We also know this event happened outside the garden, while in the garden a sacrifice wasnt called for. I love bbq’d peppers!
 
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Animals dont produce b12 either. It comes from the ground and their foraging off it. Befor we started processing and cleaning our vegetables, especially potatoes, carrots, onions, etc we also got the B12.

If you google health of vegans you rarely find poorer health.
 
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sigh this type of attitude can be pervasive in certain Christian denominations.

Firstly, it’s my belief that Adam and Eve evolved. Therefore I have no problem accepting that after the Fall they went back to eating animals. Pre-Fall, it’s certainly possible that they didn’t even need to eat…maybe they just ate for pleasure? At any rate, veganism is pretty extreme. I couldn’t do it (physically or mentally). I want the meat industry to be reformed for sure, but in all honesty, my health comes first. I feel better eating meat. That’s just me and my genes…other people can do different things. And I believe all this b/c I believe in evolution. People who don’t believe in evolution have a different way of explaining all of this. (I’m not putting anyone down BTW, it’s just what I’ve observed over the years.) I’m accepting of vegans and vegetarians but I can’t always say that they are very accepting of omnivores.
 
Cain and Abel, in Chap. 4 of Genesis. Abel is the good meat-eater, Cain is the evil vegan.

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I guess we all forgot Peters vision and the sheet shaken out with all kinds of animals and birds and fish
 
FormerXCatholic said:
… I also lean towards believing that God is pleased by the efforts of veganism, because it was his original intent, …
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It helps in the control of passions to avoid rich pleasing foods but the food laws of the Jews were eschewed. St. Paul avoided eating food knowingly offered to pagan idols so as not to give scandal.

Matthew 15
10 And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand. 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
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Acts Chapter 10 where God offered Peter meat saying it is clean so I believe we should eat meat.
 
Alright. Here is a more comprehensive answer.

In the times of the Old Testament, people were required by God to give animals to the High Priests to be sacrificed and eaten. However, after the Crucifixion of Jesus this practice was no longer necessary.

I think vegetarianism and veganism, if followed as a discipline, can be pleasing to God. God likes it when we give up things in his name and there is a tradition of doing this in the Church (the vows of priests and monks, and practice of giving something up for lent). If your motive for being vegetarian is to honor God by having a simpler diet then I think it is alright.

It is a problem, however, if it leads to attributing an undo status to animals. While God created animals and said that they were good, he did not make them equal to humans. We alone are known to have souls that persist beyond death, and when God came to Earth he did so as a human.
 
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13pollitos said:
I could easily be vegetarian but not vegan.
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Sort of funny story: I know some vegans who use India as an example of how veganism can work. When I went to India, I noticed that my friends who didn’t eat meat had no problems eating things that were milk-based. I asked one what she thought of veganism, and I had to explain it. Her response was a quick, “That’s stupid.”

Also, one of the books I picked up there was a collection of short stories. In one of the stories, the author uses veganism as a symbol of intolerance, oppression, and extremism. Granted, I don’t think he used the term “vegan”, just described a very restrictive diet that ultimately turned out to be vegan.
13pollitos said:
I like fish, eggs and milk.
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Technically, when you add fish, you are a pescatarian, not a vegetarian.
 
Have to admit, I do like meat. I just prefer fish and eggs. Also it’s funny to me that you brought up India. My sister’s husband is from India and was raised Hindu. He now has no faith but attends Mass with my sister. And his favorite food is a fat, juicy hamburger straight from the grill. His mother still is devout Hindu and avoids meat and eggs to the extreme, but she is not a pure vegan at all like my sister is. His mom will eat chicken for certain celebrations and when she was pregnant with her children. She doesn’t avoid commercial breads. She drinks milk. The closest I ever met to a true, cultural vegan was a couple from Nepal. The man and his wife avoided eating any animal products but had no problem with using products derived from animals (like leather or wool). Their kids ate chicken though.

That being said, I do think many Americans eat too much meat.
 
I only eat animals which are herbivores because they are healthy for us to eat.
 
I have been called a very bad person by several people because I only eat meat from animals which are herbivores.
 
In the absence of explicit evidence to the contrary, I rather doubt that God cares one way or the other.

That said, when I read the thread title, I and an image in my mind of God doing a face-palm and saying, “I gave you steak, bacon, and fried chicken – why are you rejecting my gifts?”

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Shaneto said:
Many people get worms from eating pork.
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The same can be said of beef. People also can get salmonella from eating chicken and fish.

Edit: Also, please define “many”. Is that just enough to find stories or a sizeable percentage of people who eat pork?
 
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Beef is meat from a herbivores.

Pigs are scavengers and are therefore unfit for human consumption.
 
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