Monday, December 14 | Filed in:
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I was reading in Genesis 1 this morning and had a realization, something I hadn't noticed before. Maybe you guys have already thought about his but--we were intended to be vegetarians?
29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
To me that sounds like all living creatures were to eat only plants. That makes sense I suppose. It's hard to imagine all of creation being in harmony if some animals had to kill others for food. So eating meat is a consequence of the fall? That's interesting. What do you think?
This doesn't make me feel like I need to become a vegetarian, by the way, anymore than I feel like I need walk around naked.
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Hmm. That's interesting. I'll have to look into that... ... I so don't want to be a vegetarian. I like fried shrimp too much, and beef enchiladas.
I like that last sentence you wrote. !!
You're right. People aren't given permission to eat meat until after the flood in Genesis 9:1-3. There are a lot of vegetarians that use this exact passage as basis for abstaining from meat. I actually go to school with someone who does this.
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