I have heard people claim that God prefers you to be vegetarian. Those who feel this way...?

How do you combat this scripture:


Genesis 9:3


(God, talking to Noah and his sons) "Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything."





Seems like eating meat and the flesh of animals is not only allowed, but it is a gift from God Almighty!

I have heard people claim that God prefers you to be vegetarian. Those who feel this way...?
Who is their God? Not the God of the Bible who was in to BBQ and called it a "sweet smelling savor".





And then there is also this in 1 Timothy 4:3...


"...speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth."
Reply:(Mar 7:18) And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;


(Mar 7:19) Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?


(Mar 7:20) And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.


(Mar 7:21) For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,


(Mar 7:22) Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:


(Mar 7:23) All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.





1Co 6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.





Rom 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.





1Co 10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the meat market, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:





Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:





(1Co 8:7) Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.


(1Co 8:8) But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.


(1Co 8:9) But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.


(1Co 8:10) For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;


(1Co 8:11) And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?


(1Co 8:12) But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.


(1Co 8:13) Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Reply:Jesus was coming 2000 years ago to teach people stop eating mammal-meat. But have all the Christian listen to him ? all of the christian priests around the world are calling themeselves experts in reading and knowing the Bible, but they even dont understand, why he was coming....the essence of his teachings...How can you advance in evolution, when you are living like an animal ?
Reply:It's also said by god that he gives these things only to be used in times of need.





Maybe the people talking were hindu?
Reply:God gave us animals to eat!
Reply:The Bible depicts a world which was originally vegetarian. And the verse you point to specifically says that earlier, God had given the vegetables for food, and only now (after the flood) did he give the animals for food. Why did God change? It doesn't seem to be a reward for good behavior, because God just wiped out the whole planet except for one family. I believe it could be interpreted as more of a concession to weak human nature. God seems to have "conceded" after the flood that man is just not so strong. He decides not to destroy them by flood again, because obviously man is so sinful. That is the conclusion He seems to reach in the story.





There are some climates where meat-eating has historically been necessary for survival. God is perhaps saying here that you do not need to feel sinful for eating to survive. However, vegetarianism is an ideal, as seen from the fact that in the Garden of Eden, vegetarianism was the way. And in the Messianic Era, the animals are all at peace as well as the humans.





People in Biblical times ate meat very rarely. If you followed their diet, you would be eating mostly beans, grains, vegetables, and on occasion fish, and on a very rare occasion, some meat.





The Bible also makes it clear that blood should not be consumed. The koshering method sees to it that all the blood is drained out of the animal before consumption. And again in the New Testament, it is reiterated that even Gentiles should not eat blood. Therefore, why do you eat non-kosher meat? If you want to avoid blood, you really should eat kosher meat.





I don't know why everyone totally ignores this Biblical command.
Reply:God granted us meat and it is not like that he would prefer someone over the other because of what he eat.





But of course, eating meat or not make a difference and I have experienced it myself.





It said that you are what you eat. If you are a spiritual person, you might believe this is true. When you eat meat of any creature, you also digest with it the feelings of that creature it had when slaughtered. You take the anger and sadness.





To be more scientific, I once read that when you are sad, angry or happy, you release some kind of hormones into your body. Similar to the animals, and thus we take their hormones whether good or bad.





Vegetables and plants are different than animals. They are more calm if that's the right expression.





Anyhow, I know when I stop eating meat and be vegetarian for a while, I become more peaceful, more calm and have a clear mind.


If your peaceful and calm with a clear mind, then you can feel God better I suppose.





I guess what I'm trying to say is that the preference is for you to reach God better, and not for God to like you better.
Reply:if GOD did not want us to eat animals why did He make them out of meat?
Reply:what r u bugs bunny...eat up
Reply:You have sharp teeth and flat teeth which qualifies you as an omnivour. Have a hamburger and go with God. :)
Reply:I have never heard that and from the scripture you have shown I would agree with you about meat being a gift. I am a vegetarian, but not because God prefers it, I just can't stomach eating it.



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